Aus Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Whatever happened to Fay Wray? Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong! (Science Fiction Double Feature)
Whatever happened to Fay Wray? That delicate Satin Draped frame As it clung to her thigh how I started to cry Coz I wanted to be dressed just the same - Dr. Frank N. Furter
Die Schauspielerin wurde am 15. September 1907 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada als Vina Fay Wray wie sie bürgerlich hies geboren. Sie ist in Los Angeles aufgewachsen. Als junges Mädchen hatte sie schon kleinere Rollen in Filmen aber zu Starruhm kam sie erst 1928 als weibliche Hauptdarstellerin in Erich von Stroheim's "The Wedding March". In vielen anderen Rollen spielte sie an der Seite von Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman, Fredric March, William Powell, und Richard Arlen. Am meisten Indentifizierte sie sich mit ihrer Rolle in KING KONG (1933) als das Mädchen das vom Riesenaffen auf das Empire State Building geschleppt wurde. Mit dieser Rolle sollte sie zur Kultfigur werden. Mitte 30er Jahre wurde Fay Wray vorwiegend in billigen Action Filmen eingesetzt. Ihr Übername war Scream-Queen. Mit ihrem ersten Ehemann dem Autor John Monk Saunders war sie von 1928 bis 1939 verheiratet. 1942, nach ihrer Heirat mit ihrem zweiten Ehemann dem Drehbuchautor Robert Riskin zog sie sich vom Filmgeschäft zurück. Nach dem Tod von Robert Riskin machte sie ein Comeback, vor allem in Charakter Rollen. 1958 zog sie sich aber ganz aus dem Filmgeschäft zurück. Fay Wray hat auch einige Stücke geschrieben die aber nicht sehr erfolgreich waren
Die Filme von Fay Wray
1980 Gideon's Trumpet (TV Movie)
1958-1965 Perry Mason (TV Series) The Case of the Fatal Fetish (1965) ... Mignon Germaine The Case of the Watery Witness (1959) ... Lorna Thomas The Case of the Prodigal Parent (1958) ... Ethel Harrison
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) You're So Smart, Why Can't You Be Good?
1962 Wagon Train (TV Series) The Cole Crawford Story
1957-1961 General Electric Theater (TV Series) Money and the Minister (1961) The Odd Ball (1958) The Iron Rose (1957)
1961 The Real McCoys (TV Series) Theatre in the Barn (1961) ... Fay Wray (as Miss Fay Wray)
1960 The Islanders (TV Series) Flight from Terror (1960) ... Mrs. Staunton Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) Bequest of Arthur Goodwin (1960) 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) Who Killed Cock Robin (1960)
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV Series) The Second Happiest Day (1959) The David Niven Show (TV Series) The Promise (1959)
1958-1959 Alfred Hitchcock erzählt (TV Series) The Morning After (1959) Dip in the Pool (1958)
1958 Summer Love Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) Dragstrip Riot Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series)
1957 World in White (TV Movie) Telephone Time (TV Series) Alice's Wedding Gown (1957) Tammy and the Bachelor Matinee Theatre (TV Series) Hymn to the Dedicated (1957)
1955-1957 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV Series) Killer's Pride (1957) Holiday in Autumn (1955)
1957 Crime of Passion
1956 Rock, Pretty Baby
1955-1956 Studio 57 (TV Series) Exit Laughing (1956) My Son Is Gone (1955)
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series) In Times Like These (1956) Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) It's Always Sunday (1956)
1955 Hell on Frisco Bay Queen Bee Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) There's No Forever (1955) ... Mrs. Grace Harper The Cobweb
1953-1954 The Pride of the Family (TV Series) Albie and the New Catherine (1954) Albie the Clown (1954) Income Tax Collector (1953) Albie's Dishwasher (1953) Portrait Story (1953) Pilot (1953)
1953 Cavalcade of America (TV Series) One Nation Indivisible (1953) Small Town Girl Treasure of the Golden Condor
1942 Not a Ladies' Man
1941 Melody for Three Adam Had Four Sons
1940 Wildcat Bus
1939 Navy Secrets
1938 Smashing the Spy Ring The Jury's Secret
1937 Murder in Greenwich Village It Happened in Hollywood
1936 They Met in a Taxi Roaming Lady When Knights Were Bold
1935 White Lies Come Out of the Pantry Bulldog Jack The Clairvoyant
1934 Mills of the Gods Woman in the Dark Cheating Cheaters The Richest Girl in the World The Affairs of Cellini Black Moon Viva Villa! Once to Every Woman The Countess of Monte Cristo Madame Spy
1933 Master of Men The Bowery One Sunday Afternoon The Big Brain Shanghai Madness The Woman I Stole Ann Carver's Profession Below the Sea King Kong Mystery of the Wax Museum The Vampire Bat
1932 The Most Dangerous Game Doctor X Stowaway
1931 The Unholy Garden The Lawyer's Secret The Finger Points The Stolen Jools (Short) Not Exactly Gentlemen The Conquering Horde Dirigible
1930 Captain Thunder The Honeymoon The Sea God The Border Legion The Texan Paramount on Parade - Sweetheart - Episode 'Dream Girl' Behind the Make-Up
1929 Pointed Heels Thunderbolt The Four Feathers
1928 The Wedding March The First Kiss Street of Sin The Legion of the Condemned
1927 Spurs and Saddles A One Man Game Loco Luck
1926 Lazy Lightning The Show Cowpuncher (Short) The Saddle Tramp (Short) The Wild Horse Stampede Don't Shoot (Short) The Man in the Saddle Four Square Steve (Short) Don Key (Son of Burro) (Short) One Wild Time (Short)
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Slave Girl (unconfirmed, uncredited) Moonlight and Noses (Short) A Lover's Oath (uncredited) Your Own Back Yard (Short) - Woman in Quarrelsome Couple Unfriendly Enemies (Short) No Father to Guide Him (Short) - Beach House Cashier (uncredited) Madame Sans Jane (Short) Chasing the Chaser (Short) - Nursemaid Thundering Landlords (Short) - The Wife Isn't Life Terrible? (Short) - Potential Pen-Buyer (uncredited) What Price Goofy? (Short) - Concerned Girl with Perfume (uncredited) Sure-Mike! (Short) - Salesgirl at Department Store The Coast Patrol
1924 Just a Good Guy (Short) - Girl Entering Taxi (uncredited) Sweet Daddy (Short) - Lady in car (uncredited)