Mary Louise Zeyen

While Mary Louise Zeyen was born in Washington State in 1926, her family moved to the Los Angeles area when she was very young. Her talent on cello was recognized at a young age, and she became a member of the Peter Meremblum California Junior Symphony Orchestra, one of the premier youth training orchestras in Southern California. Ms. Zeyen appeared in three movies and one short subject. She had a bit role as a young cellist known as "Katie" in the Goldwyn film "They Shall Have Music" (1939), which featured Jascha Heifetz. A year later, she appeared in the film "There's Magic in Music" (also known as "The Hard-Boiled Canary") (1940), as an unnamed cellist in the camp orchestra. She was in the Meremblum orchestra in a short subject "California Junior Symphony" (1942) and also in the film "Song of Russia" (1944). Mary Louise Zeyen followed two of her sisters and took the vow as a nun, with the name of "Sister Mary Athony." She also was a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for several years. She spent her later years in retirement in Southern California. Sister Anthony (Zeyen) died March 14, 2013, in Pomona California.