Elinor Fair
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Elinor Fair was an American motion picture actress born in Richmond, Virginia
. She began her career with the name Eleanor Crowe, changed it to Lenore Fair, and finally settled on Elinor Fair. It is not clear what her name at birth was.
When Fair was elected a WAMPAS
Baby Star in 1924, she had already been in films for a number of years, and in vaudeville
before that. She did some of her best work under contract to Cecil B. DeMille
, appearing in such productions as Yankee Clipper and Let 'er go Gallagher. She also played in a handful of talkies, (often reduced to minor roles) before disappearing from the big screen in 1934.
From 1926 to 1929, she was married to cowboy actor, William Boyd
. Boyd's proposal was unique—while filming a scene for the DeMille film The Volga Boatman (1926), Boyd's character professes his love for Fair's character. However, what audiences were not aware of (due to The Volga Boatman being a silent film
) was that Boyd was actually proposing for real, and that Fair accepted in character and on screen, and for real. A baby girl was born to her and Boyd but died in infancy.
Fair died at the age of 53 in Seattle, Washington
.
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. It is an independent city and not part of any county. Richmond is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Greater Richmond area...
. She began her career with the name Eleanor Crowe, changed it to Lenore Fair, and finally settled on Elinor Fair. It is not clear what her name at birth was.
When Fair was elected a WAMPAS
WAMPAS Baby Stars
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States which honored thirteen young women each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. They were selected from 1922 to 1934, and annual...
Baby Star in 1924, she had already been in films for a number of years, and in vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
before that. She did some of her best work under contract to Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
, appearing in such productions as Yankee Clipper and Let 'er go Gallagher. She also played in a handful of talkies, (often reduced to minor roles) before disappearing from the big screen in 1934.
From 1926 to 1929, she was married to cowboy actor, William Boyd
William Boyd (actor)
William Lawrence Boyd was an American film actor best known for portraying Hopalong Cassidy.-Biography:...
. Boyd's proposal was unique—while filming a scene for the DeMille film The Volga Boatman (1926), Boyd's character professes his love for Fair's character. However, what audiences were not aware of (due to The Volga Boatman being a silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
) was that Boyd was actually proposing for real, and that Fair accepted in character and on screen, and for real. A baby girl was born to her and Boyd but died in infancy.
Fair died at the age of 53 in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
.
Selected filmography
- Big StakesBig Stakes (1922 film)- Cast :*J.B. Warner as Jim Gregory*Elinor Fair as Señorita Mercedes Aloyez*Les Bates as Bully Brand*Willie Mae Carson as Mary Moore*Hilliard Karr as Sidekick Skinny Fargo*R. Henry Grey as El Capitán Montoya*Ethelbert Knott as Pascal...
- The Volga Boatman
- Jim, the ConquerorJim, the Conqueror-Cast:* William Boyd as Jim Burgess* Elinor Fair as Polly Graydon* Walter Long as Hank Milford* Tully Marshall as Dave Mahler* Tom Santschi as Sam Black* Marcelle Corday as Judy...
(1926) - Sin Town
- The Yankee Clipper
- The Night Rider