Background
Keith, Elizabeth Miller was born on July 23, 1911 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edgar T. and Norah (Schweyer) Miller.
Keith, Elizabeth Miller was born on July 23, 1911 in Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Edgar T. and Norah (Schweyer) Miller.
Graduate, Baldwin School, 1930. Bachelor, Vassar College, 1934. Postgraduate, Maria Ouspenskaya School Acting, 1936.
Actress Essex Summer Theatre, New York, 1937, Barter Theatre, Abindgon, 1938—1939, Drove Players, Greenwich Village, New York City, 1939—1941, Woonsocket Theatre, Rhode Island, 1940, Canton Workshop, Connecticut, 1941. Nurse's aide American Red Cross, Waterbury Hospital, 1942—1948. Chairman Planned Parenthood.
President Woodbury Parent-Teachers Association, Connecticut, 1951—1953. Member Citizens Committee Evaluate Public School and Teacher Training, 1954. Member restoration committee Wallace House, Somerville, New Jersey, 1966—1968.
Chairman decorating, seminar committees Wykeham Rise School Festival, 1972—1973, member public relations committee. Education chairman New York Bryant Park Flower Show, 1976—1978.
Board directors Visiting Nurse Association, Somerset Hills, 1962—1968, Washington, 1972—1974. Vestry Wykeham Rise School, 1973—1976, trustee, 1982—1988, Gunnery School, Washington, 1973—1976. Member of Washington Club, Washington Garden Club (Connecticut) (horticultural chairman 1971-1973, program chairman 1973-1975, visiting garden chairman 1978-1979, vice president 1980, 1982-1983), Cosmopolitan Club (New York City), Vassar Club, Somerset Hills Garden Club (historian 1967-1969), Garden America Club (horticultural zone representative 1974-1976, flower show zone representative 1978-1980, national flower chairman 1980-1982, director 1982-1984).
Married George R. Vila, October 4, 1941 (divorced February 1970). Children: John Desmond, Richard Lawrence. Married Percival Cleveland Keith, January 17, 1976 (deceased July 1976).