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name: "Jesslyn Fax"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jesslyn-fax"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 January 1893"
died: "16 February 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 90
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:16.022201+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jesslyn Fax

Actor. Born 2 January 1893 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 16 February 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 January 1893, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 16 February 1975
- **Active:** 1954–1959

## Biography

Jesslyn Fax was a Canadian-American actress. Born in Toronto, she was the daughter of Canadian actor and comedian Jimmy Fax. She began performing with her father as a singer, pianist and monologist at the age of 16, later working in vaudeville and stock companies before moving to Hollywood in 1949.

Fax appeared in numerous film and television roles between 1950 and 1969, often as cheerful elderly characters. She is known for playing Miss Hearing Aid in *Rear Window* (1954), Avis Grubb in *The Music Man* (1962), and roles in *North by Northwest* (1959), *An Affair to Remember* (1957), *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), *Doctor Dolittle* (1967) and episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and *The Andy Griffith Show*. She died in Hollywood, California, on 16 February 1975.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *North by Northwest* (1959), Fi1m 89, as Train Passenger (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/north-by-northwest.md)
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Horace's Wife — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)
- *Rear Window* (1954), Fi1m 94, as Miss Hearing Aid — [page](https://film.one/film/rear-window.md)

## Also known for

- *Batman* (1966), Bon Bon
- *An Affair to Remember* (1957), Terry's Landlady (uncredited)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Mrs. Gruber, Mrs. Evans, The Motel Manageress
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), Woman in Brooklyn (uncredited)
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1967), Old Woman (uncredited)
- *The Music Man* (1962), Avis Grubb
- *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), Mrs. Le Grande
- *Perry Mason* (1957), Court Clerk, Little Old Lady

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