Fay Courteney (about 1878 – July 18, 1943) was an American actress on stage and in radio.
Frances K. Courteney was born in San Francisco, [1] the daughter of Herbert Courteney and A. H. Courteney. Her father was a building contractor. [2]
Courteney toured vaudeville in the Courteney Sisters, with her sister, and as a solo artist, [3] with her "deep and voluminous" "organ-like contralto" voice. [4] She was a fixture in stock companies in Cleveland, Columbus, Rochester, Detroit, [5] and Toronto, [1] [6] and associated for many years with actor Vaughan Glaser. [7] [8] [9] In 1920, she played the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, co-starring in Bought and Paid For and The Matinee Hero [10] with Clay Clement, [11] [12] and in Happiness. [13] [14] Her Broadway credits [15] included roles in the comedies The Advertising of Kate (1922), She Couldn't Say No (1926), It Never Rains (1929-1930), and Off to Buffalo (1939). Later in her career, she was active in radio productions. [1] [16]
Courteney, described as having "hypnotic eyes" and an "alluring manner", had "multitudes of suitors" as a young actress. [17] She married Theodore L. Gamble in 1901 in New Jersey; [18] they divorced in 1910. [19] She enjoyed driving an automobile, [9] and even raced her car on occasion. [20] She died in New York City in 1943, in her sixties, from a cerebral hemorrhage. [1] [16]
Fay Courteney (about 1878 – July 18, 1943) was an American actress on stage and in radio.
Frances K. Courteney was born in San Francisco, [1] the daughter of Herbert Courteney and A. H. Courteney. Her father was a building contractor. [2]
Courteney toured vaudeville in the Courteney Sisters, with her sister, and as a solo artist, [3] with her "deep and voluminous" "organ-like contralto" voice. [4] She was a fixture in stock companies in Cleveland, Columbus, Rochester, Detroit, [5] and Toronto, [1] [6] and associated for many years with actor Vaughan Glaser. [7] [8] [9] In 1920, she played the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco, co-starring in Bought and Paid For and The Matinee Hero [10] with Clay Clement, [11] [12] and in Happiness. [13] [14] Her Broadway credits [15] included roles in the comedies The Advertising of Kate (1922), She Couldn't Say No (1926), It Never Rains (1929-1930), and Off to Buffalo (1939). Later in her career, she was active in radio productions. [1] [16]
Courteney, described as having "hypnotic eyes" and an "alluring manner", had "multitudes of suitors" as a young actress. [17] She married Theodore L. Gamble in 1901 in New Jersey; [18] they divorced in 1910. [19] She enjoyed driving an automobile, [9] and even raced her car on occasion. [20] She died in New York City in 1943, in her sixties, from a cerebral hemorrhage. [1] [16]