Fay McKenzie

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2.248

Gender

Female

Birthday

19-Feb-1918

Age

(106 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Eunice Fay McKenzie
  • Fay Shannon

Fay McKenzie

Biography

Eunice Fay McKenzie was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early 1940s in five horse opera features. She was also known for her collaborations with director Blake Edwards on five occasions. She also appeared on Broadway, radio, and television, having appeared on screen at ten weeks old in 1918. She was still appearing on screen at the time of her death, with her latest project opposite her son Tom Waldman Jr. in the comedy Kill a Better Mousetrap, based on a play by Scott K. Ratner, filmed in the summer of 2018 and not yet released at the time of her death. She was briefly billed as Fay Shannon. She's the actress with the longest movie career ever, (100 years).


Credits

Distilled Love Distilled Love (1920) Character: Baby
Alice Howell is a simple milkmaid in love with color-blind artist Dick Smith. Oliver Hardy is a bootlegger who lures her to the wicked city to be a gypsy dancer on the street but then accuses her of having an illicit baby.
When Love Comes When Love Comes (1922) Character: Ruth
Jane Coleridge and Peter Jamison are a pair of small town sweethearts. She's an old-fashioned girl and he's timid, but he manages to get up the nerve to propose and asks her to run away with him. Unfortunately, around the time Jane's supposed to meet him at the station her father dies and she has to take care of her brothers and sisters. Jamison believes she loves someone else and disappears for several years. When he finally returns, he has a three-year-old child in tow. But he explains that his wife has been unfaithful and he and Jane renew their romance. Then wife shows up and causes trouble by claiming that Jamison left her for Jane.
Ghost Town Riders Ghost Town Riders (1938) Character: Molly Taylor
Molly Taylor owns the town of Stillwell but is unaware the taxes are due as Gomer has stolen her notice. Bob Martin arrives at the same time as Molly and eventually realizes Gomer is up to something. When Gomer's henchman slips and reveals there is a letter, Bob finds it and heads for the tax collector with Gomer's men in pursuit.
Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic (2006) Character: Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Breakfast at Tiffany's".
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! (1940) Character: Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss Manhattan" to promote a cheap line of clothing. To escort her about town, the agent invents a "Mr. Manhattan." He then has them fake a marriage. When he realizes that he is in love with his creation, the agent promptly fires "Mr. M" and takes her to the altar personally. Songs include: "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me," "Unfair To Love," and "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love."
What a Life What a Life (1939) Character: Student in Lunchroom
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
Slander House Slander House (1938) Character: Anna
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.
Sundown Trail Sundown Trail (1934) Character: Mickey Moore
A cattleman's son stops his men from busting up a herd of sheep when he sees that they're owned by a pretty young woman.
Down Mexico Way Down Mexico Way (1941) Character: Maria Elena Alvarado
Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", to be promoted separately from Autry's regular B-western series as an A-picture attraction. The story gets under way when a pair of con artists, Gibson (Sidney Blackmer) and Allen (Joe Sawyer), breeze into the town of Sage City claiming to be movie producers. The two scoundrels promise to film a movie in the little burg on the condition that the townsfolk pony up the necessary production fees.
Ferocious Pal Ferocious Pal (1934) Character: Girl at Dog Fight
A stray German shepherd, a runaway teenage boy, and a runaway teenage girl end up at her uncle's place in Oregon, where an epidemic of sheep rustling is under way.
Sierra Sue Sierra Sue (1941) Character: Sue Larrabee
To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until the Larabee ranch is reached. When Larrabee refuses to allow the equipment on his land, Gene has it sprayed by airplane. Cattle must stay off recently sprayed land and when a Larrabee man shoots down the plane, the crash sends the cattle stampeding toward the newly sprayed land.
The Boss Cowboy The Boss Cowboy (1934) Character: Sally Nolan
Both Nolan and Ross are losing cattle and Ross' foreman Kerns is the culprit. When Taylor finds a wanted poster of Kerns he goes after him.
All Women Have Secrets All Women Have Secrets (1939) Character: Martha
When they decide they might as well be penniless husbands and wives as penniless campus sweethearts, three couples at a Midwestern university, against the advice of their friends, get married. Joe and Susie Tucker prove that two can live as cheap as one by setting up housekeeping in a trailer, and working at whatever odd jobs turn up.
Mad Youth Mad Youth (1940) Character: Escort Girl
A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughter conflict forces the daughter to run off to stay with a friend who is enslaved by a prostitution ring.
It's a Wonderful World It's a Wonderful World (1939) Character: Guest (uncredited)
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
The Big Guy The Big Guy (1939) Character: Waitress (uncredited)
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
Cowboy Serenade Cowboy Serenade (1942) Character: Stephanie Lock
Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends up losing the cattle in a crooked poker game, however, and Gene and his sidekick Frog set out to find the cheating gamblers. It soon becomes clear that the leader of the gamblers is none other than Asa Lock, the dastardly father of Gene's romantic interest Stephanie.
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt (1935) Character: Annie
A pair of crooked deputies steal a gold shipment, murder a young boy's father and pin the blame on a cowboy. The murdered man's son and his dog set out to prove the cowboy's innocence.
Gunga Din Gunga Din (1939) Character: Girl at Party (uncredited)
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
The Singing Sheriff The Singing Sheriff (1944) Character: Caroline
In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled friend. While there, the performer finds himself forced into becoming the town sheriff. Mayhem ensues, but somehow, the crooner manages to round up a band of killers.
Breakfast at Tiffany's Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) Character: Party Guest Laughing in Mirror (uncredited)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
The Party The Party (1968) Character: Alice Clutterbuck
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.
Murder in the Music Hall Murder in the Music Hall (1946) Character: Singer in Mom's Cafe
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
Station Content Station Content (1918) Character: Baby in Arms (uncredited)
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him.
Irene Irene (1926) Character: Irene's Younger Sister
Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to New York City to seek fame and fortune. She gets a job as a dressmaker's model and becomes involved with Donald, the scion of a wealthy family. Donald's mother doesn't approve of Irene and sets out to discredit her in Donald's eyes.
Assassin of Youth Assassin of Youth (1938) Character: Linda Clayton
A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.
When the Daltons Rode When the Daltons Rode (1940) Character: Hannah
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
Heart of the Rio Grande Heart of the Rio Grande (1942) Character: Alice Bennett
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman that Gene replaced, now just a ranch hand. Gene eventually gets the daughter straightened out but has to fire the ex-foreman and this leads to trouble when he returns intent on revenge.
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) Character: Sarah Lincoln
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Remember Pearl Harbor Remember Pearl Harbor (1942) Character: Marcia Porter
A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.
Judgment of the Storm Judgment of the Storm (1924) Character: Heath Twin
Mary Heath's brother Dave is accidentally killed in a gambling den. Mary’s sweetheart, John Trevor, discovers the joint is secretly owned by his mother and he denounces her. As Dave was the head of the Heath household, John, knowing that Dave was head of the Heath household, feels responsible for the boy's death and offers himself as a replacement. Treated badly initially, eventually the family takes him into their hearts.
Ride 'Em Cowboy Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936) Character: Stamp Buyer (uncredited)
A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
Arizona Bad Man Arizona Bad Man (1935) Character: Girl at Barn Dance
The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.
Home in Wyomin' Home in Wyomin' (1942) Character: Clementine (Clem) Benson
Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his wayward son, Tex Harrison, whose gambling and drinking threaten to bankrupt the rodeo organization which he heads. News photographer Clementine "Clem" Benson and reporter Hack Hackett are ordered to follow Gene. The group finds quarters at the "Bar Nothing" dude ranch, winter quarters for Tex's rodeo group, and Tex soon tangles with Hackett in a quarrel.
It's a Date It's a Date (1940) Character: Young Girl (uncredited)
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.
Death Rides the Range Death Rides the Range (1939) Character: Letty Morgan
A wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys bring him to a nearby trading post, he's murdered after he lets slip a secret about a hidden cave. Investigating his death, Ken and his friends encounter a land dispute between a pair of neighboring ranches, an arrogant German baron and a mysterious shack that houses a great secret.
Swingtime in the Movies Swingtime in the Movies (1938) Character: Girl from Dallas (uncredited)
In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Student Tour Student Tour (1934) Character: Student
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.



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