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Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. She has been dubbed one of the early "scream queens".
Fay Wray was a Canadian-born actress who starred in silent and sound films, including the classic King Kong (1933). She also appeared in TV shows, plays and wrote a play based on her husband's stories.
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May 10, 2024 · Fay Wray was a Canadian-born actor who appeared in more than 90 motion pictures, including a number of silent films, and acted opposite some of Hollywood’s most notable male stars. She was best remembered for her performance as the love object of a giant gorilla in King Kong (1933).
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Fay Wray, who screamed her way into movie history as the apple of King Kong’s eye, has died. She was 96. Wray died of natural causes Sunday night at her home in New York City, said Rick...
Oct 13, 2022 · About 43 minutes into the 1933 pre-code horror classic “King Kong,” aspiring actress Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) finds herself on a remote island struggling to free herself from the two stone pillars...
Aug 10, 2004 · Fay Wray, an actress who appeared in about 100 movies but whose fame is inextricably linked with the hours she spent struggling, helplessly screaming, in the eight-foot hand of King Kong, died...
Fay Wray stars as the blonde starlet who captivates the giant ape Kong on a tropical island and brings him to New York City. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic adventure horror film.
