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Jan 4, 1991 · Sanford F. Rothenberg, former president of the Los Angeles County Medical Assn., past chief of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and vice president of Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange, which he helped found in the 1970s at the height of the malpractice insurance crisis, is dead.
- She Came from Humble Beginnings
- She Had A Lucky Break
- She Won A Special Honor
- She Finally Took Center Stage
- She Was An Acting Machine
- She Faced A Monumental Change in The Industry
- She Was Horror Royalty
- She Earned Another Title
- She Was A People Person
- She Filmed Two Movies Simultaneously
Vina Fay Wray was born on September 15, 1907, near Cardston, Alberta, to Joseph Heber Wray and Elvina Marguerite Jones. Only a few short years into her life, her family up and moved down to Utah, where her parents struggled financially to provide for her and her five siblings—but the worst was yet to come. It wasn’t long after that her father disap...
Without anyone to provide for the family, Wray began searching for work. And as luck would have it, a connection gave her the opportunity she was looking for. Her sister’s beau, who worked as a photographer, decided to bring her to Los Angeles. It was there that she found work with Hal Roach Studios, a film company. A contract with Universal Studio...
The talented and beautiful young actress made such a good impression when she arrived on the scene that she caught the attention of some who would catapult her into the spotlight. In 1926, Wray was chosen to be one of the “WAMPAS Baby Stars”, who were young actresses who showed real promise and were expected to make it big in showbiz. And though no...
Thrust into the limelight, Fay Wray seized the opportunity to act in a lead role, after several years of small bits and uncredited work. At just 18 years of age, she accepted director Erich von Stroheim’s offer to headline the romantic drama The Wedding March. It was hard work—but Wray wasn’t prepared for Von Stroheim’s extreme approach to directio...
Fay Wray knew what it was to be in need, having spent her childhood in poverty, her mother barely scraping enough together to keep her family going. But Wray wanted to change all that. Working under Paramount Pictures, Wray took as many jobs as she could, lending her considerable talent to over a dozen films in the next six years. She passed back t...
Cinema has been revolutionized many times since its conception, but few changes were as game-changing as the shift from silent films to “talkies”. Suddenly, there was a brand new element to acting, but Wray navigated the shift like a pro, with the 1929 film, Thunderbolt. The audience could now appreciate her vocal capabilities alongside the grace a...
A staple of the horror genre is the damsel in distress, beset by a terrible monster—and it was in this role that Wray exceled. From the very first cry of terror heard on screen, the audience was smitten with her. She showcased the skill in several films, such as 1930's The Sea Godfeaturing island-dwelling cannibals. The people called her “Hollywood...
Earning a title in Hollywood is a sign of a great star, but Wray didn’t just earn one, but two. Due to her drive, Wray raced through film after film and racked up a whopping 46 credits between 1928 and 1934 and thus gained the nickname of “the hardest working actress in Hollywood”. And she had no plans of slowing down. Picryl
The stars of the silver screen were often shallow, self-centered people who used relationships as a means to further their careers. But Fay Wray couldn’t have been more different. She loved people and had a strong desire to really know who they were on the inside. She was a great listener and anyone found talking to her to be easy and freeing. It w...
Working on a film is tough work normally—and Wray decided to make it twice as hard. Under RKO, Wray spent several months on the same set, shooting two different movies. One, they shot during the day, and the other during the night, in a grueling schedule that would wear down even the most experienced actor. But Wray was up to the challenge. The fir...
Nov 5, 2019 · Wray remarried in 1971 to Dr. Sanford Rothenberg. That union lasted until his death in 1991. Wray would go on to give Riskin the love letters she once exchanged with Robert and had since...
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Her third husband, physician Sanford Rothenberg, died in 1991. Wray is survived by a son, Robert Riskin Jr., a longtime owner of McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica; two daughters, Susan Riskin ...
Jan 4, 1991 · Dr. Sanford Fallows Rothenberg M.D. Born 28 Jan 1919 in Ohio, United States. Ancestors. Son of [father unknown] and Sadie Beatrice (Druce) Rothenberg. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Vina Fay Wray — married 6 Aug 1971 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States. [children unknown]
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- January 28, 1919
- Vina Fay Wray
- January 4, 1991
Aug 10, 2004 · In 1971, she married Dr. Sanford Rothenberg, a neurosurgeon who had been one of Riskin's doctors. Dr. Rothenberg died in 1991. Miss Wray retired in 1942 but made occasional movies in the 1950's...
When Dr. Sanford Fallows Rothenberg was born on 28 January 1919, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Abraham Rothenberg, was 25 and his mother, Selma Druce, was 17. He married Vina Fay Wray on 6 August 1971, in San Francisco, California, United States.
