Vivien Fay


Vivien Fay was an American actress. Fay began her career during the 1930s and continued until the 1940s.

Early life

Fay was born in San Francisco in 1912. She was the daughter of G.H. Fields, a newspaperman and Fay Vivien Fields. She studied dancing in San Francisco with Leila Maple, shortly after in Los Angeles with Ernest Belcher and lastly with Mahr Mieczkowski in San Francisco. She later received dancing instruction from Chester Hale and Zanfretti in New York, Gsovsky in Berlin and instruction from Pavlowa's dancing partner, Vladimiroff.

Career

Fay started her acting career on stage, appearing in the broadway play Naughty Riquette. She then appeared in the musical Good [News (musical)|Good News]. During this time Fay also danced in the New York theatres. Following this, she appeared in The [Earl Carroll Vanities] in Broadway.
After a time of absence in Europe, she appeared as dancer in The [Great Waltz (musical)|The Great Waltz]. She danced in this musical for three seasons, until its close.
She subsequently appeared in films like Lottery Lover, A [Day at the Races (film)|A Day at the Races], Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me, Dance, [Girl, Dance], One Night in the Tropics and A Song for Miss Julie among others.

Death

Fay died in Northridge, California on August 10, 2007.

Filmography

Film