- Fay Holderness
Fay Holderness (
April 16 ,1881 –May 13 ,1963 ) was avaudeville performer and film actress fromOconto, Wisconsin .Holderness performed in a vaudeville production in
Olean, New York in 1920, a presentation of The Village Four. Three actors along with Holderness appeared in this comedy and harmony singing skit.She performed in
silent movie productions as early as 1917. In 1919 Holderness was in the cast of "Hearts of the World", directed byD.W. Griffith . The film was shot on location inFrance over a period of eighteen months. Other actors in the movie areLillian Gish ,Dorothy Gish , Kate Bruce, and George Fawcett.Holderness was in the cast of "Dick Turpin" (1925). This tale of romance and adventure was set in old England. The film featured
Tom Mix , Kathleen Meyers, Philo McCullough, andAlan Hale, Sr. .She appeared in many short comedies,including several with
Laurel and Hardy ,playing Mrs. Laurel in "Their Purple Moment " (1928),and Mrs. Hardy in "Hog Wild " (1930).She also supportedW.C. Fields in "The Barber Shop " (1933) and "The Bank Dick " (1940).Her career continued into the late 1930s and the era of sound film. Holderness' last screen credits are for "Share The Wealth" (1936) and "Just Speeding" (1936). Her uncredited parts take her career into the 1940s. Among these are parts in "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942) and "The Mummy's Ghost (1944).
Fay Holderness died in 1963 at the Pacific Convalarium in
Santa Monica, California , aged 82, from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.External links
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References
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Appleton, Wisconsin Post-Crescent, "Dick Turpin", Wednesday Evening, February 3, 1926, Page 7.
*Clearfield, Pennsylvania Progress, "Hearts of the World", February 6, 1919, Page 3.
* Olean Evening Herald, "Dorothy Phillips At Palace The Right To Happiness", January 5, 1920, Page 4.
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