Fay Wray was born on September 15, 1907 in Near Cardston, Alberta,
Canada. Her birth name is Vina Fay Wray. On August 8, 2004 Fay
Wray passed away in Manhattan, New York from natural causes.
The Queen of Scream is one of the nicknames Fay Wray was given
also Queen of the Bs.
In 1926, the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers
selected 13 young starlets whom they deemed most likely to succeed
in pictures Fay Wray was one of those 13 starlets. At the age
of 16, Fay played her first role in the motion picture GASOLINE
LOVE in 1923, but THE WEDDING MARCH in 1928 started the leading roles
for Fay Wray, she continuted to play the leading role in THUNDERBOLT
(1929).
Fay Wray is referenced twice in THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
During the Floorshow, Frank says 'Whatever happened to Fay Wray/that
delicate, satin-draped frame/as it clung to her thigh, how I
started to cry/cause I wanted to be dressed just the same';
in the opening song, 'then something went wrong/for Fay Wray
and King Kong/they got caught in a celluloid jam'.
In 1933 Fay Wray was at Paramount working with Gary Cooper
and Jack Holt in a number of films like MASTER OF MEN. Fay was
regarded as Hollywood's first "scream queen". This came from
the year of horror flicks 1932-1933, when she made the early
Technicolor thrillers DOCTOR X (1932) and MYSTERY OF THE WAX
MUSEUM (1933). She also co-starred in THE VAMPIRE BAT (1933), at RKO she made THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932) and, of course,
KING KONG (1933). Fay Wray's last performance before the cameras
was a made for television movie called GIDEON'S TRUMPET.
Fay Wray will forever be remembered as the girl in KING
KONG. Perhaps no one in the history of pictures could scream
more dramatically than Fay, and she really put on a show with
the 1933 classic KING KONG.
Fay Wray's other notable credits include...
MURDER BY DEATH (1976)
DRAGSTRIP RIOT (1958)
SUMMER LOVE (1958)
QUEEN BEE (1955)
NOT A LADIES' MAN (1942)
MURDER IN GREENWICH VILLAGE (1937)
VIVA VILLA! (1934)
DOCTOR X (1932)
THE FIRST KISS (1928)
SURE-MIKE (1925)
