Most Recent Role: Edna Curtis on Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Birthday: 9-15-1907
Birth Name: Vina Fay Wray
Date of Death: 8-8-2004
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Cardston, Alberta, Canada
Birthday: 9-15-1907
Birth Name: Vina Fay Wray
Date of Death: 8-8-2004
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Fay was raised in Los Angeles and began going to different studio offices trying to become an actress. She finally made it big when she was cast in the lead female role in Erich Von Stroheim's movie, The Wedding March , which was made in 1928. She starred in other productions which leading men such as Gary Cooper, but is probably most identified as the heroine in the monkey flick, King Kong ....
Most Recent Appearance
Gideon's Trumpet
Wednesday 30 April 1980 on CBS
Clarence Earl Gideon, a semi-literate drifter, is arrested for breaking into a pool room and for petty theft. When he asks the court to appoint a lawyer for his defense because he cannot afford one, his request is denied. Acting as his own lawyer, Gideon is convicted and sent to jail. While in...
Fay was the granddaughter of Mormon pioneer Daniel Webster Jones.
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Fay was Mormon.
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Fay was known as "The Queen of Scream" and "The Queen of Bs."
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Fay donned a blonde wig for her role in "King Kong."
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Fay's first film was 1923's "Gasoline Love."
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Fay: I have come to believe over the years that Kong is my friend.
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Fay: Every time I'm in New York I say a little prayer when passing the Empire State Building. A good friend of mine died up there.
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Fay: (referring to working with Lillian Gish) She was a lovely actress and I admired her very much. She was a very delicate and elegant lady
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Fay: I was known as the Queen of the Bs. If only I'd been a little more selective.
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Fay: All my life I've written something, I've always cared much more about writing than I do about acting.
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Other Appearances
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Pride of the Family
Catherine Morrison |
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77 Sunset Strip
Who Killed Cock Robin? Clara |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Morning After Mrs. Nelson |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A Dip in the Poole Mrs. Renshaw |
Cavalcade of America
One Nation Indivisible |
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Damon Runyon Theater
There's No Forever Grace |
David Niven Show
The Promise Allison |
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