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By Scott K. Ratner
4/21/2019
Fay McKenzie passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday morning. From playing Gloria Swanson’s baby in STATION CONTENT (1918), to Gene Autry’s leading lady in several of his films in the 1940’s, to singing and dancing with Groucho on USO tours, to having her house destroyed by Peter Sellers as hostess Mrs. Clutterbuck in Blake Edward’s riotous THE PARTY, she had an amazing career and life (she told me— hilariously— of her surprise that HUAC didn’t come after her: “I don’t know why... I wasn’t in the marches, but I went to all the parties afterward!”). Here she is doing me the supreme honor of making her final movie appearance in the upcoming KILL A BETTER MOUSETRAP— her performance marking not only the first time she worked opposite her son Tom, but also the first century-spanning career in motion pictures! A wonderful lady!"
McKENZIE, Fay (Eunice Fay McKenzie)
Born: 2/19/1918, Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
Died: 4/16/2019, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Fay McKenzie’ westerns – actress:
A Knight of the West – 1921 (Fray Morten)
Boss Cowboy – 1934 (Sally Nolan)
Ferocious Pal – 1934 (girl at dog fight)
Sundown Trail 1934 (Mickey Moore)
Arizona Bad Man – 1935 (girl at barn dance)
Lawless Riders – 1935 (girl in candy kisses booth)
Thunderbolt – 1935 (Annie)
The Border Patrolmn – 1936
Lucky Terror – 1936 (young girl spectator)
Ride ‘Em Cowboy – 1936 (stamp buyer)
Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts – 1937 (girl at dance)
Ghost Town Riders – 1938 (Molly Taylor)
Death Rides on the Range – 1939 9Letty Morgan)
Man of Conquest – 1939 (young lady)
When the Daltons Rode – 1940 (Hannah)
Down Mexico Way – 1941 (Maria Elena Alvorado)
Sierra Sue – 1941 (Sue Larrabee)
Cowboy Serenade – 1942 (Stephanie ‘Steve’ Lock)
Heart of the Rio Grande – 1942 (Alice Bennett)
Home in Wyomin’ – 1942 (Clementine)
The Singing Sheriff – 1944 (Caroline)
Bonanza (TV) – 1961 (Victoria Gates)