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Fay Wray

Acting

Born September 15, 1907 · Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Died August 8, 2004

Also known as Фэй Рэй · Фэй Рей · 菲伊·雷

Biography

Vina Fay Wray 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 the first "scream queen".

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

Awards & recognition

  • Canada's Walk of Fame · 2005
  • Crystal Award · 1989
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • The George Pal Memorial Award

Filmography32 titles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Mrs. Nelson

Perry Mason

1957as Lorna Thomas

King Kong

1933as Ann Darrow

Murder by Death

1976as Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)

The Wedding March

1928as Mitzi / Mitzerl Schrammell

The Most Dangerous Game

1932as Eve Trowbridge

Wagon Train

1957as Mrs. Edwards

One Sunday Afternoon

1933as Virginia Brush

Melody for Three

1941as Mary Stanley

Gideon's Trumpet

1980as Edna Curtis

Mighty Joe Young

1949as Woman's Scream (uncredited)

Queen Bee

1955as Sue McKinnon

Navy Secrets

1939as Carol Mathews, alias Carol Stevens

The Texan

1930as Consuelo

Crime of Passion

1956as Alice Pope

Woman in the Dark

1934as Louise Loring

Rock, Pretty Baby

1956as Beth Daley

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955as Agnes Marsh

The Clairvoyant

1935as Rene

Doctor X

1932as Joanne Xavier

Adam Had Four Sons

1941as Molly Stoddard

The Cobweb

1955as Edna Devanal

Thunderbolt

1929as Ritzy

Small Town Girl

1953as Mrs. Gordon Kimbell

The Stolen Jools

1931as Fay Wray

The Vampire Bat

1933as Ruth Bertin

Hollywood Uncensored

1987as Self (archive footage)

The Bowery

1933as Lucy Calhoun

Son of Kong

1933as Screaming voice (uncredited)

The Affairs of Cellini

1934as Angela

The Four Feathers

1929as Ethne Eustace

Cavalcade of America

1952