Frank Fay

(1891-1961)

American actor and comedian

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Frank Fay (born Francis Anthony Donner; November 17, 1891 – September 25, 1961) was an American vaudeville comedian (the first stand-up) and film and stage actor. He is considered an important pioneer in comedy. For a time he was a well known and influential star, vaudeville's highest-paid headliner, earning $17,500 a week in the 1920s, but he later fell into obscurity, in part because of his abrasive personality and fascist political views. He played the role of Elwood P. Dowd in the 1944 Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase. He is best known as actress Barbara Stanwyck's first husband.

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Born	Francis Anthony Donner 17 November 1891 San Francisco, California USA
Died	25 September 1961 (aged 69) Santa Monica, California, USA
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Frances White 1896-1969 · American actress · m. 1917 info edit

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Barbara Stanwyck 1907-1990 · American actress · m. 1928; div. 1935 info edit

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Betty Kean 1915-1986 · American actress · m. ???? info edit

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