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Virginia Browne Faire (June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns.

Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, New York, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's Fame and Fortune Contest.

Between 1920 and 1935, the actress appeared in some 75 films. Her first film credit was the 1920 film Runnin' Straight, a Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson

Hoot Gibson was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, film director and Film producer....
 short western at Universal.






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Virginia Browne Faire (June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns.

Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, New York, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's Fame and Fortune Contest.

Between 1920 and 1935, the actress appeared in some 75 films. Her first film credit was the 1920 film Runnin' Straight, a Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson

Hoot Gibson was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, film director and Film producer....
 short western at Universal. Faire was the leading lady of John Gilbert
John Gilbert (actor)

John Gilbert was an American actor and a major star of the silent film era.Known as "the great lover", he rivaled even the great Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw....
 in Monte Cristo (1922). She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars
WAMPAS Baby Stars

The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States. Baby star was a popular slang term for starlet at the time and should not be confused with child star....
 in 1923 and appeared with Wallace
Wallace Beery

Wallace Beery was an United States Academy Award-winning actor, arguably best known for his portrayal of Long John Silver in Treasure Island , who appeared in 200 movies over a 36-year span....
 and Noah Beery in Stormswept
Stormswept

Stormswept is a 1923 in film silent film starring brothers Wallace Beery and Noah Beery. The advertising phrase used for the movie was "Wallace and Noah Beery, The Two Greatest Character Actors on the American Screen." The movie was written by Winifred Dunn from the H....
 that same year. She is most remembered for her role as Tinker Bell in the 1924 film Peter Pan. In 1926 she had a small role in the Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo was a Swedish-American actor during Hollywood's silent film period and part of its Golden Age of Hollywood.Regarded as one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and the Hollywood studio system, Garbo received a 1954 Academy Honorary Award "for her unforgettable screen performances...
 film The Temptress
The Temptress

The Temptress is a 1926 in film United States silent film romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore and Roy D'Arcy it premiered on October 10 1926....
. Faire also appeared in westerns with Hoot Gibson
Hoot Gibson

Hoot Gibson was a rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, film director and Film producer....
, Buck Jones
Buck Jones

Buck Jones was an United States motion picture star of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, best known for his work starring in many popular Western . In his early film appearances, he was billed as Charles Jones....
, John Wayne
John Wayne

John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
, and Ken Maynard.

She made it through the transition of sound, making a successful talkie in Frank Capra
Frank Capra

'Frank Russell Capra' was an Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr....
's The Donovan Affair (1929), but was soon appearing in more low-budget films.

Faire left Hollywood for Chicago, Illinois in the late 1930s. She worked in radio and several films for industries prior to retiring to the west coast.

She was married at least twice in her lifetime. She was first married to actor Jack Daugherty
Jack Daugherty

Jack Daugherty may refer to:* Jack Daugherty , Major League Baseball player for seven seasons* Jack Daugherty , a musician and producer for The Carpenters...
, and later to producer Howard Weine. Faire wed Dougherty on February 7, 1927. Citing incompatibility, the couple separated in April 1928. Following her separation from Dougherty she resided with her mother at her Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is a city in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood, California are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, California....
 home.

Virginia Browne Faire died in 1980 in Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach, California

Laguna Beach is a seaside resort and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, approximately southeast of the county seat of Santa Ana, California....
, aged 76.

Selected filmography

  • West of the Divide
    West of the Divide

    West of the Divide is a 1934 in film film starring John Wayne....
     (1934
    1934 in film

    Events*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Hope...
    )
  • The Devil's Chaplain
    The Devil's Chaplain

    The Devil's Chaplain is a 1929 in film romance film directed by Duke Worne and featuring Boris Karloff....
     (1929
    1929 in film

    EventsThe days of the silent film were numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound film was on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona was released....
    )
  • Burning the Wind
    Burning the Wind

    Burning the Wind is a 1929 in film romance film directed by Herbert Blach? and Henry MacRae, starring Hoot Gibson and featuring Boris Karloff....
     (1929)
  • The Temptress
    The Temptress

    The Temptress is a 1926 in film United States silent film romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore and Roy D'Arcy it premiered on October 10 1926....
     (1926
    1926 in film

    Events*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan . The Vitaphone system used multiple 33? rpm gramophone record developed by Bell Labs and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
    )
  • The Lost World
    The Lost World (1925 film)

    The Lost World is a 1925 in film silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World . The movie stars Wallace Beery as Professor Challenger....
     (1925
    1925 in film

    Events...
    )
  • Peter Pan
    Peter Pan (1924 film)

    Peter Pan is a silent movie released in 1924 in film by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell....
     (1924
    1924 in film

    Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
    )
  • The Lightning Rider
    The Lightning Rider

    The Lightning Rider is a 1924 in film Western film featuring Harry Carey....
     (1924)
  • Stormswept
    Stormswept

    Stormswept is a 1923 in film silent film starring brothers Wallace Beery and Noah Beery. The advertising phrase used for the movie was "Wallace and Noah Beery, The Two Greatest Character Actors on the American Screen." The movie was written by Winifred Dunn from the H....
     (1923
    1923 in film

    Events*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm talking picture system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers....
    )
  • Omar the Tentmaker
    Omar the Tentmaker (film)

    Omar the Tentmaker is a 1922 in film drama film directed by James Young and featuring Boris Karloff. ...
     (1922
    1922 in film

    Events* November 26 - The Toll of the Sea, starring Anna May Wong and Kenneth Harlan, debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor ....
    )
  • Without Benefit of Clergy
    Without Benefit of Clergy

    Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921 in film drama film directed by James Young and featuring Boris Karloff. It is based on the story by Rudyard Kipling....
     (1921
    1921 in film

    Events* February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse , starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres.*September 5 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holds a party in a San Francisco hotel to celebrate his new $3,000,000 three-year contract with Paramount Pictures....
    )
  • Masked
    Masked (film)

    Masked is a 1920 in film short subject Western directed by Mack V. Wright and featuring Hoot Gibson....
     (1920
    1920 in film

    The year 1920 in film involved some significant events....
    )
  • Runnin' Straight
    Runnin' Straight

    Runnin' Straight is a 1920 in film short subject Western directed by Arthur J. Flaven and featuring Hoot Gibson....
     (1920)


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