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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).

Known For

Death Rides the Range
Death Rides the Range
Assassin of Youth
Assassin of Youth
When Love Comes
When Love Comes
Heart of the Rio Grande
Heart of the Rio Grande
Down Mexico Way
Down Mexico Way
Judgment of the Storm
Judgment of the Storm

Filmography

2006 Breakfast at Tiffany's: The Making of a Classic
as Self
1968 The Party
as Alice Clutterbuck
1961 Breakfast at Tiffany's
as Party Guest Laughing in Mirror (uncredited)
1959 Mr. Lucky
as
1955 The Millionaire
as Ruth Spencer
1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1946 Murder in the Music Hall
as Singer in Mom's Cafe
1944 The Singing Sheriff
as Caroline
1942 Home in Wyomin'
as Clementine (Clem) Benson
1942 Heart of the Rio Grande
as Alice Bennett
1942 Cowboy Serenade
as Stephanie Lock
1942 Remember Pearl Harbor
as Marcia Porter
1941 Sierra Sue
as Sue Larrabee
1941 Down Mexico Way
as Maria Elena Alvarado
1940 When the Daltons Rode
as Hannah
1940 Mad Youth
as Escort Girl
1940 It's a Date
as Young Girl (uncredited)
1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
as Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)
1939 The Big Guy
as Waitress (uncredited)
1939 All Women Have Secrets
as Martha