Fay Wray

ActorWriter Sep 15 (died age 96) Cardston, Alberta, Canada 1924–2024 (100 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fay Wray (born Vina Fay Wray; September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress. Through an acting career that spanned 57 years, Wray attained international stardom as an actress in horror film roles, leading to many considering her as the first "scream queen". After appearing in minor film roles, Wray gained media attention being selected as one of the "WAMPAS Baby Stars". This led to Wray being signed to Paramount Pictures as a teenag…

Known For

Film

King Kong

Ann Darrow

Film

Murder by Death

Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

Film

Return to Jurassic Park

Self (archive footage)

Film

The Most Dangerous Game

Eve Trowbridge

Film

Mystery of the Wax Museum

Charlotte Duncan

Film

Mighty Joe Young

Woman's Scream (uncredited)

Film

The Wedding March

Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell

Film

Doctor X

Joanne Xavier

Filmography

Acting (135)

Movies (117)

King Kong: Monster and Myth

2024

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

7.3

Return to Jurassic Park

2011

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

2008

as Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

The Lost Spider Pit Sequence

2005

as Ann Darrow (archive footage)

6.8

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

1998

as Self

7.3

Universal Horror

1998

as Self - Interviewee

7.1

Frank Capra's American Dream

1997

as Self

6.3

Hollywood Uncensored

1987

as Self (archive footage)

Gideon's Trumpet

as Edna Curtis

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

Murder by Death

as Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

7.2

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

Kinkón

as Ann Darrow

Hollywood Blue

as (archive footage)

Dragstrip Riot

as Norma Martin

Summer Love

as Beth Daley

Tammy and the Bachelor

as Mrs. Brent

Crime of Passion

as Alice Pope

Rock, Pretty Baby

as Beth Daley

Queen Bee

as Sue McKinnon

The Cobweb

as Edna Devanal

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Kay Stanley

Small Town Girl

as Mrs. Gordon Kimbell

5.4

Treasure of the Golden Condor

1953

as Annette, Marquise de St. Malo

6.2

Mighty Joe Young

1949

as Woman's Scream (uncredited)

Not a Ladies' Man

as Hester Hunter

Melody for Three

as Mary Stanley

Adam Had Four Sons

as Molly Stoddard

Wildcat Bus

as Ted Dawson

Navy Secrets

as Carol Mathews, alias Carol Stevens

5.2

Smashing the Spy Ring

as Eleanor Dunlap

The Jury's Secret

as Linda Ware

It Happened in Hollywood

1937

as Gloria Gay

6.1

Murder in Greenwich Village

1937

as Kay Cabot aka Lucky

5.6

When Knights Were Bold

as Lady Rowena

They Met in a Taxi

as Mary Trenton

Roaming Lady

as Joyce Reid

The Clairvoyant

as Rene

White Lies

as Joan Mitchell

Bulldog Jack

as Ann Manders

Come Out of the Pantry

1935

as Hilda Beech Howard

Viva Villa!

1934

as Teresa

6.2

Cheating Cheaters

1934

as Nan Brockton

Mills of the Gods

1934

as Jean Hastings

Madame Spy

1934

as Marie Franck

6.0

The Affairs of Cellini

as Angela

Black Moon

as Gail Hamilton

The Richest Girl in the World

as Sylvia Lockwood

Once to Every Woman

as Fanshawe

Woman in the Dark

as Louise Loring

The Countess of Monte Cristo

as Janet Kruegar

King Kong

as Ann Darrow

The Son of Kong

as Screaming voice (uncredited)

The Woman I Stole

as Vida Carew

The Big Brain

as Cynthia Glennon

Below the Sea

1933

as Diana

6.2

Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Charlotte Duncan

The Bowery

as Lucy Calhoun

Shanghai Madness

as Wildeth Christie

Master of Men

1933

as Kay Walling

One Sunday Afternoon

as Virginia Brush

The Vampire Bat

as Ruth Bertin

Ann Carver's Profession

1933

as Ann

6.3

Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

1933

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Doctor X

1932

as Joanne Xavier

6.0

The Most Dangerous Game

as Eve Trowbridge

Stowaway

as Mary Foster

Dirigible

as Helen Pierce

The Unholy Garden

as Camille de Jonghe

The Stolen Jools

as Fay Wray

Three Rogues

as Lee Carleton

The Finger Points

as Marcia Collins

The Lawyer's Secret

as Kay Roberts

The Conquering Horde

as Taisie Lockhart

The Texan

as Consuelo

Paramount on Parade

as Sweetheart

The Border Legion

as Joan Randall

The Sea God

as Daisy

Behind the Make-Up

as Marie Gardoni

Captain Thunder

as Ynez

Pointed Heels

as Lora Nixon

Thunderbolt

as Ritzy

The Honeymoon

as Mitzi

The Four Feathers

1929

as Ethne Eustace

4.4

The Wedding March

1928

as Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell

7.1

The Street of Sin

1928

as Elizabeth

The First Kiss

1928

as Anna Lee

The Legion of the Condemned

1928

as Christine Charteris

Loco Luck

1927

as Molly Vernon

Spurs and Saddles

1927

as Mildred Orth

A One Man Game

1927

as Roberta

The Wild Horse Stampede

as Jessie Hayden

The Saddle Tramp

Lazy Lightning

as Lila Rogers

The Show Cowpuncher

1926

The Man in the Saddle

1926

as Pauline Stewart

Four Square Steve

1926

as Milly

7.0

Don't Shoot

1926

as Nancy Burton

Don Key (Son of Burro)

One Wild Time

Moonlight and Noses

as Miss Sniff, the Professor's Daughter

4.5

Sure-Mike!

1925

as Salesgirl at Department Store

What Price Goofy?

1925

as Concerned Girl with Perfume (uncredited)

Unfriendly Enemies

as The Girl

The Coast Patrol

as Beth Slocum

Thundering Landlords

as The Wife

Chasing the Chaser

as Nursemaid

Madame Sans Jane

as The Girl

A Lover's Oath

In the Grease

as School Girl

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

as Potential Pen-Buyer (uncredited)

5.8

No Father to Guide Him

1925

as Beach House Cashier (uncredited)

6.5

Your Own Back Yard

1925

as Woman in Quarrelsome Couple

5.8

Sweet Daddy

1924

as Lady in Car

Just a Good Guy

1924

as Girl Entering Taxi

Television (18)

The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

1987

as Self

8.0

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Mrs. White

The Eleventh Hour

The Islanders

as Mrs. Staunton

Hawaiian Eye

77 Sunset Strip

as Clara Moore

Perry Mason

as Ethel Harrison

Wagon Train

as Mrs. Edwards

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Mrs. Renshaw

7.8

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Agnes Marsh

5.4

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Mary Parker

6.5

Studio 57

1954

as Mary Collins

General Electric Theater

1953

as Mrs. Turner

6.4

The Pride of the Family

1953

as Catherine Morrison

This Is Your Life

as Self

Cavalcade of America

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Edna Curtis

8.6

Kraft Television Theatre

1947

7.5

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

This Is the Life

1944

Theatre Play

5.0