Fay Holden

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1893-09-26 (80 years old)

Deathday

1973-06-23

Place of Birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Fay Holden

Biography

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

1946

Canyon Passage

as Mrs. Overmire

1946

1941

1940

1938

Love Finds Andy Hardy

as Emily Hardy

1937

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

as Natalie Merridew Seldon

1937

Double or Nothing

as Martha Sewell Clark

1941

Blossoms in the Dust

as Mrs. Catherine Kahly

1944

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Mrs. John Pulham

1938

1939

Judge Hardy and Son

as Emily Hardy

1938

1958

Andy Hardy Comes Home

as Emily Hardy

1939

The Hardys Ride High

as Emily Hardy

1937

1941

I'll Wait for You

as Mrs. Miller

1939

Sergeant Madden

as Mary Madden

1938

Love Is a Headache

as Mary, Peter's Secretary

1950

The Big Hangover

as Martha Belney

1938

Hold That Kiss

as Mrs. Evans

1937

Exclusive

as Mrs. Swain

1936

Polo Joe

as Aunt Minnie

1942

1937

Souls at Sea

as Mrs. Martin (uncredited)

1940

Bitter Sweet

as Mrs. Millick

1942

1941

Washington Melodrama

as Elizabeth Claymore

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Mrs. Regan

1949

1948

Whispering Smith

as Emmy Dansing

1936

Guns of the Pecos

as Aunt Carrie Burton

1936

The White Angel

as Queen Victoria (uncredited)

1946

Little Miss Big

as Mary Jane Baxter

1937

1936

I Married a Doctor

as Ella Stowbody

1937

1936

Wives Never Know

as Mrs. Gossamer

1938

Sweethearts

as Hannah

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Twitchy's Landlady

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid

as Self (uncredited)

1935

The Pace That Kills

as Madame / Henchwoman

1998

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

as Emily Hardy (archive footage)

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