Leading Ladies Fay Spain
Al Capone/ Maureen Flannery
God's Little Acre/ Darling Jill
Welcome To Hard Times/ Jessie
The Godfather: Part Two/ Mrs. Marcia Roth
Fay Spain was an American film and television actress.
She was born at Phoenix, AZ in 1932.
Spain began living alone in the attic of her English teacher. The teacher had a daughter who was connected with an acting stock company in Maryland. Through this connection Fay Spain got a job combining the duties of acting and babysitting. She later moved to New York where she worked in a tie shop. Through an associate of Walter Winchell , who was a gossip columnist and who mentioned her in the column, Ms. Spain received a call from Columbia Pictures but not a contract because they said that she was not pretty enough.
But within a few months she found work with a stock company in the Catskill Mountains.
After completing high school Ms. Spain chose to pursue a stock company apprenticeship instead of a college scholarship.
Her first screen test was with James Garner but the test was unfavorable. They said that she was not photogenic enough. In spite of rejections, she continued to pursue acting. She accepted any parts so as to develop herself in the acting trade.
She first came to prominence in the late 1950's in such films as The Crooked Circle and God's Little Acre.
Fay Spain made her film debut in 1957 in the film Drag Strip Girl.
Some of the film roles of Fay Spain were:
Drag Strip Girl (1957) as Louise Blake
The Abductors (1957) as Sue Ellen
Teenage Doll (1957) as Helen
The Crooked Circle (1957) as Carol Smith
God's Little Acre (1958) as Darling Jill
Al Capone (1959) as Maureen Flannery
The Beat Generation (1959) as Frances Culloran
Johnny Guitar (1959-TV) as Anna Carrick
The Private Lives Of Adam And Eve (1960) as Lil Lewis/ Lilith
Hercules And The Captive Women (1961) as Queen Antinea Of Atlantis
Black Gold (1962) as Julie
Thunder Island (1963) as Helen Dodge
Flight To Fury (1964) as Destiny Cooper
The Gentle Rain (1968) as Nancy Masters
Welcome To Hard Times ( 1967) as Jessie
The Naked Zoo (1970) as Pauline
The Todd Killings (1971) as Mrs. Mack
The Godfather Part Two (1974) as Mrs. Marcia Roth
The Godfather: A Novel For Television (1977-TV Miniseries) as Marcia Roth
Her television beginnings began as a contestant on the Groucho Marx Show "You Bet Your Life".
She made her TV debut in 1955 in the TV series Big Town.
Fay Spain appeared on may television programs including Big Town, Warner Brothers Presents, Cheyenne, Conflict, Dragnet, The Web, Sugarfoot, Whirlybirds, The Court Of Last Resort, Mike Hammer, The Millionaire, Perry Mason, Tombstone Territory, M Squad, Playhouse 90, The Texan, Bat Masterson, 77 Sunset Strip, The Restless Gun, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Bonanza, Wanted Dead Or Alive, The Detectives, Markham, The Alaskans, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Naked City, Michael Shayne, The Deputy, Riverboat, Route 66, Maverick, Adventures In Paradise, The Untouchables, Ben Casey, Hawaiian Eye, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Rawhide, Laramie, The Greatest Show On Earth, Channing, Daniel Boone, Dr. Kildare, The Fugitive, A Man Called Shenandoah, I Spy, The Rat Patrol, Death Valley Days, Iron Horse, Gunsmoke, Hogan's Heroes, Gomer Pyle M C, Medical Center, Mannix, Night Gallery, Ironside, Caribe and Police Woman among others.
She was married four times. Her first three marriages ended in divorce. Her last marriage was to Philip Westbrook and it lasted from 1968 until her death.
Fay Spain passed away in 1983 at age 50 from lymphatic cancer.
I enjoyed this actress in the films The Crooked Circle, God's Little Acre, Al Capone, Welcome To Hard Times, Flight To Fury and The Godfather Part 2.
Louie The Movie Buff