Acting

Fay McKenzie

Born February 19, 1918 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died April 16, 2019 · aged 101

Eunice Fay McKenzie was an American actress and singer. She starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult, but perhaps she is best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early 1940s in five horse opera features. She was also known for her collaborations with director Blake Edwards on five occasions. She also appeared on Broadway, radio, and television, havin…

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's · 1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's

MovieComedyRomance

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

The Party

The Party · 1968

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

Gunga Din

Gunga Din · 1939

MovieAdventureWar

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode · 1940

When the Daltons Rode

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World · 1939

It's a Wonderful World

MovieComedyRomance

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

Down Mexico Way

Down Mexico Way · 1941

Down Mexico Way

MovieWesternComedy

A charismatic cowboy journeys down to Mexico with his loyal sidekick. They must track down cunning con artists and retrieve the stolen funds of innocent townsfolk.

Slander House

Slander House · 1938

MovieDramaRomance

Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln · 1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

MovieHistoryDrama

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's · 1961

Breakfast at Tiffany's

MovieComedyRomance

Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Party

The Party · 1968

Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.

Alice Clutterbuck

Gunga Din

Gunga Din · 1939

MovieAdventureWar

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.

Girl at Party (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode

When the Daltons Rode · 1940

When the Daltons Rode

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Hannah

It's a Wonderful World

It's a Wonderful World · 1939

It's a Wonderful World

MovieComedyRomance

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.

Guest (uncredited)

Down Mexico Way

Down Mexico Way · 1941

Down Mexico Way

MovieWesternComedy

A charismatic cowboy journeys down to Mexico with his loyal sidekick. They must track down cunning con artists and retrieve the stolen funds of innocent townsfolk.

Maria Elena Alvarado

Slander House

Slander House · 1938

MovieDramaRomance

Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.

Anna

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln · 1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

MovieHistoryDrama

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

Sarah Lincoln

Arizona Bad Man

Arizona Bad Man · 1935

Arizona Bad Man

The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.

Girl at Barn Dance

Student Tour

Student Tour · 1934

A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.

Student

Sierra Sue

Sierra Sue · 1941

MovieAdventureMusic

To fight a poisonous weed, ranchers are burning their land. Gene is the Inspector brought in and he recommends spraying. The spraying goes well until the Larabee ranch is reached. When Larrabee refuses to allow the equipment on his land, Gene has it sprayed by airplane. Cattle must stay off recently sprayed land and when a Larrabee man shoots down the plane, the crash sends the cattle stampeding toward the newly sprayed land.

Sue Larrabee

Murder in the Music Hall

Murder in the Music Hall · 1946

Murder in the Music Hall

MovieCrimeMusic

An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

Singer in Mom's Cafe

Swingtime in the Movies

Swingtime in the Movies · 1938

Swingtime in the Movies

MovieComedyMusic

In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.

Girl from Dallas (uncredited)

Remember Pearl Harbor

Remember Pearl Harbor · 1942

Remember Pearl Harbor

A man tries to redeem himself after ducking out on his comrades before the fatal attack.

Marcia Porter

Home in Wyomin'

Home in Wyomin' · 1942

Home in Wyomin'

Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his wayward son, Tex Harrison, whose gambling and drinking threaten to bankrupt the rodeo organization which he heads. News photographer Clementine "Clem" Benson and reporter Hack Hackett are ordered to follow Gene. The group finds quarters at the "Bar Nothing" dude ranch, winter quarters for Tex's rodeo group, and Tex soon tangles with Hackett in a quarrel.

Clementine (Clem) Benson

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! · 1940

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!

MovieRomanceComedy

In this musical, a sharp witted press agent teams up with an unemployed chorine and dubs her "Miss Manhattan" to promote a cheap line of clothing. To escort her about town, the agent invents a "Mr. Manhattan." He then has them fake a marriage. When he realizes that he is in love with his creation, the agent promptly fires "Mr. M" and takes her to the altar personally. Songs include: "Ma, He's Making Eyes At Me," "Unfair To Love," and "A Lemon In The Garden Of Love."

Brooklyn Girl (uncredited)

It's a Date

It's a Date · 1940

MovieComedyMusic

An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.

Young Girl (uncredited)

Assassin of Youth

Assassin of Youth · 1938

Assassin of Youth

MovieDramaComedy

A high-school girl gets involved with a ring of teenage marijuana smokers and starts down the road to ruin. A reporter poses as a soda jerk to infiltrate the gang of teen dope fiends.

Linda Clayton

The Boss Cowboy

The Boss Cowboy · 1934

The Boss Cowboy

Both Nolan and Ross are losing cattle and Ross' foreman Kerns is the culprit. When Taylor finds a wanted poster of Kerns he goes after him.

Sally Nolan

The Singing Sheriff

The Singing Sheriff · 1944

The Singing Sheriff

MovieWesternComedy

In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled friend. While there, the performer finds himself forced into becoming the town sheriff. Mayhem ensues, but somehow, the crooner manages to round up a band of killers.

Caroline

Mad Youth

Mad Youth · 1940

A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughter conflict forces the daughter to run off to stay with a friend who is enslaved by a prostitution ring.

Escort Girl

Death Rides the Range

Death Rides the Range · 1939

Death Rides the Range

MovieActionWestern

A wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys bring him to a nearby trading post, he's murdered after he lets slip a secret about a hidden cave. Investigating his death, Ken and his friends encounter a land dispute between a pair of neighboring ranches, an arrogant German baron and a mysterious shack that houses a great secret.

Letty Morgan

What a Life

What a Life · 1939

MovieDramaComedy

Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.

Student in Lunchroom

Ferocious Pal

Ferocious Pal · 1934

MovieActionAdventure

A stray German shepherd, a runaway teenage boy, and a runaway teenage girl end up at her uncle's place in Oregon, where an epidemic of sheep rustling is under way.

Girl at Dog Fight

The Millionaire

The Millionaire · 1955

The Millionaire

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.

Ruth Spencer

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky · 1959

An honest professional gambler operates a floating casino.