Elinor Fair

Elinor Fair

actress

Elinor Fair was born on Dec 21, 1903 in USA. Elinor Fair's big-screen debut came with Married in Haste directed by Arthur Rosson in 1919. Elinor Fair is known for The Scarlet Empress directed by Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich stars as Princess Sophia Frederica and John Lodge as Count Alexei. The upcoming new movie Elinor Fair plays is The Scarlet Empress which will be released on Sep 07, 1934.

Elinor Fair was born Elinor Virginia Crowe on December 21, 1903 in Richmond, Virginia. Sadly her only brother died in 1904 shortly before his third birthday. The family moved to Seattle, Washington where her father was the manager of a credit card company. After her parents divorced Elinor and her mother lived in Paris, France. When she was a child she began her career performing in vaudeville. Her dream was to become a opera star. At the age of twelve she made her film debut in the 1916 drama The End Of The Trail. Fox offered her a five year contract in 1919. Elinor appeared in the films Loves Is Love and Be A Little Sport, and The Miracle Man with Lon Chaney. The beautiful brunette started dating Lew Cody, her costar in Wait For Me. In 1924 she was chosen as one of the Wampas Baby Stars along with Clara Bow. Then Cecille B. Demile cast her in his 1926 film The Volga Boatman costarring William Boyd. She and William fell in love and were married in January of 1926. They worked together in the films The Yankee Clipper and Jim The Conqueror. For a while Elinor put her career on hold and became a full-time housewife. Unfortunately her marriage to William ended in 1930. She returned to acting with a role in the 1932 adventure 45 Calibre Echo. That same year she became engaged to actor Frank Clark. Following a fight with Frank she impulsively married Thomas W. Daniels, a stunt man, on December 27, 1932.

  • Birthday

    Dec 21, 1903
  • Place of Birth

    Richmond, Virginia, USA

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