Actor
Fay Wray
Born 15 September 1907 · Cardston, Alberta, Canada — died 8 August 2004
Fay Wray (1907–2004) was a Canadian-American actress whose career began in the silent era and lasted decades. She is best remembered for early 1930s horror and adventure films, above all King Kong, and is often called the first "scream queen."
Key films
The Wedding March (1928)
Silent-era drama directed by Erich von Stroheim, an important early role before her horror fame.
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Adventure-thriller in which she co-starred, made by the King Kong creative team.
Doctor X (1932)
One of her first horror roles, helping establish her in the genre.
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Another early horror hit that cemented her screen image as a screaming heroine.
King Kong (1933)
Her defining role as Ann Darrow, creating one of cinema's most iconic images.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 119
- 1924Sweet Daddy · as Lady in CarActor
- 1924Just a Good Guy · as Girl Entering TaxiActor
- 1925Isn't Life Terrible? · as Potential Pen-Buyer (uncredited)Actor
- 1925Moonlight and Noses · as Miss Sniff, the Professor's DaughterActor
- 1925What Price Goofy? · as Concerned Girl with Perfume (uncredited)Actor
- 1925Madame Sans Jane · as The GirlActor
- 1925Your Own Back Yard · as Woman in Quarrelsome CoupleActor
- 1925No Father to Guide Him · as Beach House Cashier (uncredited)Actor
- 1925Unfriendly Enemies · as The GirlActor
- 1925The Coast Patrol · as Beth SlocumActor
- 1925Chasing the Chaser · as NursemaidActor
- 1925A Lover's OathActor
- 1925Thundering Landlords · as The WifeActor
- 1925In the Grease · as School GirlActor
- 1925Sure-Mike! · as Salesgirl at Department StoreActor
- 1926Four Square Steve · as MillyActor
- 1926Don Key (Son of Burro)Actor
- 1926The Wild Horse Stampede · as Jessie HaydenActor
- 1926One Wild TimeActor
- 1926Don't Shoot · as Nancy BurtonActor
- 1926The Saddle TrampActor
- 1926The Show CowpuncherActor
- 1926Lazy Lightning · as Lila RogersActor
- 1926The Man in the Saddle · as Pauline StewartActor
- 1927Loco Luck · as Molly VernonActor
- 1927A One Man Game · as RobertaActor
- 1927Spurs and Saddles · as Mildred OrthActor
- 1928The Wedding March · as Mitzi / Mitzerl SchrammellActor
- 1928The Street of Sin · as ElizabethActor
- 1928The Legion of the Condemned · as Christine CharterisActor
- 1928The First Kiss · as Anna LeeActor
- 1929Thunderbolt · as RitzyActor
- 1929The Four Feathers · as Ethne EustaceActor
- 1929Pointed Heels · as Lora NixonActor
- 1929The Honeymoon · as MitziActor
- 1930The Texan · as ConsueloActor
- 1930Paramount on Parade · as SweetheartActor
- 1930Captain Thunder · as YnezActor
- 1930Behind the Make-Up · as Marie GardoniActor
- 1930The Sea God · as DaisyActor
- 1930The Border Legion · as Joan RandallActor
- 1931The Stolen Jools · as Fay WrayActor
- 1931Dirigible · as Helen PierceActor
- 1931The Finger Points · as Marcia CollinsActor
- 1931The Lawyer's Secret · as Kay RobertsActor
- 1931The Unholy Garden · as Camille de JongheActor
- 1931The Conquering Horde · as Taisie LockhartActor
- 1931Three Rogues · as Lee CarletonActor
- 1932The Most Dangerous Game · as Eve TrowbridgeActor
- 1932Doctor X · as Joanne XavierActor
- 1932Stowaway · as Mary FosterActor
- 1933King Kong · as Ann DarrowActor
- 1933Mystery of the Wax Museum · as Charlotte DuncanActor
- 1933The Son of Kong · as Screaming voice (uncredited)Actor
- 1933The Vampire Bat · as Ruth BertinActor
- 1933The Bowery · as Lucy CalhounActor
- 1933One Sunday Afternoon · as Virginia BrushActor
- 1933Below the Sea · as DianaActor
- 1933Ann Carver's Profession · as AnnActor
- 1933The Woman I Stole · as Vida CarewActor
- 1933Shanghai Madness · as Wildeth ChristieActor
- 1933The Big Brain · as Cynthia GlennonActor
- 1933Master of Men · as Kay WallingActor
- 1933Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 1934Viva Villa! · as TeresaActor
- 1934Black Moon · as Gail HamiltonActor
- 1934Woman in the Dark · as Louise LoringActor
- 1934The Richest Girl in the World · as Sylvia LockwoodActor
- 1934The Affairs of Cellini · as AngelaActor
- 1934Once to Every Woman · as FanshaweActor
- 1934The Countess of Monte Cristo · as Janet KruegarActor
- 1934Madame Spy · as Marie FranckActor
- 1934Mills of the Gods · as Jean HastingsActor
- 1934Cheating Cheaters · as Nan BrocktonActor
- 1935The Clairvoyant · as ReneActor
- 1935Bulldog Jack · as Ann MandersActor
- 1935White Lies · as Joan MitchellActor
- 1935Come Out of the Pantry · as Hilda Beech HowardActor
- 1936They Met in a Taxi · as Mary TrentonActor
- 1936Roaming Lady · as Joyce ReidActor
- 1936When Knights Were Bold · as Lady RowenaActor
- 1937It Happened in Hollywood · as Gloria GayActor
- 1937Murder in Greenwich Village · as Kay Cabot aka LuckyActor
- 1938The Jury's Secret · as Linda WareActor
- 1938Smashing the Spy Ring · as Eleanor DunlapActor
- 1939Navy Secrets · as Carol Mathews, alias Carol StevensActor
- 1940Wildcat Bus · as Ted DawsonActor
- 1941Adam Had Four Sons · as Molly StoddardActor
- 1941Melody for Three · as Mary StanleyActor
- 1942Not a Ladies' Man · as Hester HunterActor
- 1949Mighty Joe Young · as Woman's Scream (uncredited)Actor
- 1953Small Town Girl · as Mrs. Gordon KimbellActor
- 1953Treasure of the Golden Condor · as Annette, Marquise de St. MaloActor
- 1955Queen Bee · as Sue McKinnonActor
- 1955The Cobweb · as Edna DevanalActor
- 1955Hell on Frisco Bay · as Kay StanleyActor
- 1956Crime of Passion · as Alice PopeActor
- 1956Rock, Pretty Baby · as Beth DaleyActor
- 1956The Last Stop · as LeahActor
- 1957Tammy and the Bachelor · as Mrs. BrentActor
- 1958Dragstrip Riot · as Norma MartinActor
- 1958Summer Love · as Beth DaleyActor
- 1970Hollywood Blue · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1971Kinkón · as Ann DarrowActor
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1976Murder by Death · as Door Bell (archive sound) (uncredited)Actor
- 1979The Horror Show · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1980Gideon's Trumpet · as Edna CurtisActor
- 1987Hollywood Uncensored · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash · as Rene (archive footage)Actor
- 1997Frank Capra's American Dream · as SelfActor
- 1998Universal Horror · as Self - IntervieweeActor
- 1998Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's · as SelfActor
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · as SelfActor
- 2005The Lost Spider Pit Sequence · as Ann Darrow (archive footage)Actor
- 2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2011Return to Jurassic Park · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2024King Kong: Monster and Myth · as Self - Actress (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.