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born: "26 September 1893"
died: "23 June 1973"
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# Fay Holden

Actor. Born 26 September 1893 in Birmingham, England, UK. Died 23 June 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1893, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Died:** 23 June 1973
- **Also known as:** Gaby Fay, Dorothy Fay Hammerton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Holden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q511274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117414

## Biography

Fay Holden (born Dorothy Fay Hammerton) was a British-born actress who worked primarily in American films. She began her career on stage under the name Gaby Fay and appeared in 46 films between 1935 and 1958.

She is best known for playing Emily Hardy, the mother of Mickey Rooney’s character, in 15 of the MGM Andy Hardy series films. Other notable roles include Mrs. Kahly in *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Mrs. Overmire in *Canyon Passage* (1946) and Hazel in *Samson and Delilah* (1949). She was married to actor David Clyde from 1914 until his death in 1945.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Fi1m 58, as Mrs. Catherine Kahly — [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy* (1998), as Emily Hardy (archive footage)
- *Andy Hardy Comes Home* (1958), as Emily Hardy
- *The Big Hangover* (1950), as Martha Belney
- *Samson and Delilah* (1949), as Hazel
- *Whispering Smith* (1948), as Emmy Dansing
- *Love Laughs at Andy Hardy* (1946), as Mrs. Hardy
- *Canyon Passage* (1946), as Mrs. Overmire
- *Little Miss Big* (1946), as Mary Jane Baxter
- *Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble* (1944), as Emily Hardy
- *Andy Hardy's Double Life* (1942), as Emily Hardy
- *The Courtship of Andy Hardy* (1942), as Emily Hardy
- *H.M. Pulham, Esq.* (1941), as Mrs. John Pulham
- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), as Mrs. Catherine Kahly — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)
- *Life Begins for Andy Hardy* (1941), as Emily Hardy
- *I'll Wait for You* (1941), as Mrs. Miller
- *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), as Mrs. Regan
- *Washington Melodrama* (1941), as Elizabeth Claymore
- *Andy Hardy's Private Secretary* (1941), as Emily Hardy
- *Bitter Sweet* (1940), as Mrs. Millick
- *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), as Emily Hardy
- *Judge Hardy and Son* (1939), as Emily Hardy
- *Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever* (1939), as Emily Hardy
- *The Hardys Ride High* (1939), as Emily Hardy
- *Sergeant Madden* (1939), as Mary Madden
- *Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)* (1939), as Mrs. Emily Hardy
- *Sweethearts* (1938), as Hannah
- *Out West with the Hardys* (1938), as Emily Hardy
- *Love Finds Andy Hardy* (1938), as Mrs. Hardy
- *Hold That Kiss* (1938), as Mrs. Evans
- *Judge Hardy's Children* (1938), as Emily Hardy
- *Love Is a Headache* (1938), as Mary, Peter's Secretary
- *You're Only Young Once* (1937), as Emily Hardy
- *Double or Nothing* (1937), as Martha Sewell Clark
- *Souls at Sea* (1937), as Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
- *Exclusive* (1937), as Mrs. Swain
- *King of Gamblers* (1937), as Nurse
- *Internes Can't Take Money* (1937), as Mother Teresa
- *Bulldog Drummond Escapes* (1937), as Natalie Merridew Seldon
- *Guns of the Pecos* (1936), as Aunt Carrie Burton
- *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Twitchy's Landlady
- *Polo Joe* (1936), as Aunt Minnie
- *Wives Never Know* (1936), as Mrs. Gossamer
- *The White Angel* (1936), as Queen Victoria (uncredited)
- *I Married a Doctor* (1936), as Ella Stowbody
- *The Pace That Kills* (1935), as Madame / Henchwoman

## Gallery

- ![Fay Holden](https://film.one/media/person/1232224/gallery-c35546f02615.jpg) Fay Holden — unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Fay_Holden.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fay Holden](https://film.one/media/person/1232224/gallery-c47f9b3f0527.jpg) Fay Holden — Image via TMDB

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