
Acting
Fay Holden
Born 1893-09-26 · Birmingham, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Fay Holden (September 26, 1893 – June 23, 1973), was an British-born American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career. Born as Dorothy Fay Hammerton in Birmingham, England, she appeared in 46 films between 1935 and 1958, but is best-known for her recurring role as Emily Hardy, Mickey Rooney's mother in the MGM Andy Hardy movie series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fay Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
6.6Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
6.6When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Samson and Delilah
1949
6.7In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Canyon Passage
1946
5.8An MGM short promoting the studio's impact on fashion through film through their chief of costume design, Adrian; in rural America, a mother and daughter are shopping and observe a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie.
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
7.5A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Sergeant Madden
1939
7.2In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
The White Angel
1936
5.7Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
6.7Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).
Whispering Smith
1948
7.1A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman who once brought him out of his shell.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
6.6Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
6.7Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
Out West with the Hardys
1938
6.7A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late millionaire.
Double or Nothing
1937
6.3Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright. Andy likes Kay, but Dr. Standish also seems to take an interest in her. Things are going well at College with Kay, but the blonde is nice one minute and ignores Andy the next. When Andy finds out that the blonde is really identical twins, he tries to help them out with their father but gets caught at their rooming house after midnight.
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
5.9Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
6.8A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
I'll Wait for You
1941
5.8A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
The Accusing Finger
1936
6.5Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
Souls at Sea
1937
5.9Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
6.0A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
Bitter Sweet
1940
6.2Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
5.3In a deconstruction of classic Hollywood codes, using repetitive single frame images, the re-editing of teenager movies produces an intense Oedipal drama.
Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy
1998
6.4A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.
The Big Hangover
1950
5.8The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
Sweethearts
1938
9.0The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".
Wives Never Know
1936