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Actress: King Kong. Canadian-born Fay Wray was brought up in Los Angeles and entered films at an early age. She was barely in her teens when she started working as an extra. She began her career as a heroine in westerns at Universal during the silent era. In 1926 the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers selected 13 young starlets ...
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Fay Wray. Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. She has been dubbed one of the early "scream queens".
Feb 23, 2024 · Fay Wray (born September 15, 1907, near Cardston, Alberta, Canada—died August 8, 2004, New York, New York, U.S.) Canadian-born actor who appeared in more than 90 motion pictures, including a number of silent films, and acted opposite some of Hollywood’s most notable male stars, but was best remembered for her performance as the love object of a giant gorilla in King Kong (1933).
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Aug 10, 2004 · Fay Wray, actress who appeared in about 100 movies but whose fame is linked with King Kong, dies at age 96; photo (M) ... Fay Wray was born on Sept. 15, 1907, on a farm in Alberta, a daughter of ...
Sep 13, 2011 · Fay Wray, born Vina Fay Wray, actress, writer (b at Cardston, Alta 15 Sep 1907; d at Manhattan 8 Aug 2004). Fay Wray spent her early childhood on her family's ranch in Alberta before the family moved to Arizona, Utah and then California, where she attended Hollywood High School. She achieved lasting worldwide fame in 1933 as the shrieking ...
