Fay Holden
Acting
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.
Born: September 26, 1893
Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, UK
Known For
The White Angel
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
A 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.
King of Gamblers
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her employer is the secret head of the city's major gambling machine racket and has a penchant for murdering anyone who gets in his way.
I'll Wait for You
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
Blossoms in the Dust
Edna 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.
Canyon Passage
In 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.
Double or Nothing
A 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.
Samson and Delilah
When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.
Whispering Smith
Smith 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).
Judge Hardy's Children
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
Filmography
as Emily Hardy (archive footage)
as Emily Hardy
as Martha Belney
as Hazel
as Emmy Dansing
as Emily Hardy
as Mrs. Overmire
as Mary Jane Baxter
as Emily Hardy
as Emily Hardy
as Emily Hardy
as Mrs. John Pulham
as Mrs. Catherine Kahly
as Emily Hardy
as Mrs. Miller
as Mrs. Regan
as Elizabeth Claymore
as Emily Hardy
as Mrs. Millick
as Emily Hardy
as Emily Hardy
as Emily Hardy
as Self
as Emily Hardy
as Mary Madden
as Hannah
as Emily Hardy
as Emily Hardy
as Mrs. Evans
as Emily Hardy
as Self (uncredited)
as Mary, Peter's Secretary
as Emily Hardy
as Martha Sewell Clark
as Mrs. Martin (uncredited)
as Mrs. Swain
as Nurse
as Mother Teresa
as Natalie Merridew Seldon
as Aunt Carrie Burton
as Twitchy's Landlady
as Aunt Minnie
as Mrs. Gossamer
as Queen Victoria (uncredited)
as Ella Stowbody
as Madame / Henchwoman