Actress, stage, motion picture, and television in both the American and British. She went to the Cincinnati School of Expression in Ohio for theatrical classes. Blakeney began her acting career in the early 1910s with the Stock Company in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Orpheum Theater in Cincinnati, and, by 1914, the Lucille LaVerns Company in Atlanta. She appeared in two vaudeville comedy shows, "Quick Sales" and "Strings," for three years in the early 1920s with her partner Ezra Matthews. She performed in nine plays between 1923 and 1924, including "Adam and Eve," "Civilian Clothes," "Just Married," and "So This Is London."She was one of the most popular theater actresses from 1924 to 1926, performing in different weekly plays for $1 per performance. Before marrying her fiance, actor Bernard Nedell, she moved to London, England in 1927 and made her first theater appearance in the play "Broadway." The Nedalls' daughter was born in London on January 23, 1928. She was the first American child baptized in St. George's chapel at Windsor Castle and at the same font where King Charles II was christened, thanks to Nedall's friendship with the dean of Windsor. She made her first public appearance with her husband since the birth of her daughter in London's play "Square Crooks" in March 1928. Blakeney was never out of work in London's theaters. The critic and the audience both adored her. She starred in twelve British films between 1933 and 1939. In her film debut, "Her Imaginary Lover," she starred with her husband, Bernard Nedell. After moving to Hollywood, she appeared in thirty-four films from 1940 to 1958. After years of playing leading ladies in British films, she was reduced to minor roles and was usually cast as a mother, friend, or housekeeper. Blakeney had minor roles in thirty-four television shows throughout the 1950s, with eighty-four appearances.