Virginia Brown Faire

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Universal's ruffled cowboy star Hoot Gibson and brunette Virginia Browne Faire played feuding ranchers in this average silent Western directed by Herbert Blaché. The two ranchers get together to fight a common enemy, however, and fall in love. Based on William McLeod Raine's A Daughter of the Dons, this film is remembered only for Boris Karloff playing one of the thugs. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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Virginia Browne Faire
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Virginia Browne Faire
Born June 26, 1904(1904-06-26)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died June 30, 1980 (aged 76)
Laguna Beach, California, United States
Other name(s) Virginia Labuna
Occupation Actor
Years active 1920 - 1935

Virginia Browne Faire (June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American 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 short western at Universal. Faire was the leading lady of John Gilbert in Monte Cristo (1922). She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923 and appeared with Wallace and Noah Beery in Stormswept 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 film The Temptress. Faire also appeared in westerns with Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, John Wayne, and Ken Maynard.

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

Virginia Browne Faire died in 1980 in Laguna Beach, California, aged 76.

WAMPAS Baby Star of 1923.
Alternate Names:
Virginia Faire Brown | Virginia Brown Fair | Virginia Browne Faire
Filmography

Actress:

* 1930s
* 1920s

1. Tracy Rides (1935) .... Molly Hampton
2. Rainbow Riders (1934) (as Virginia Brown Fair) .... Jerry Hickson
3. West of the Divide (1934) (as Virginia Faire Brown) .... Fay Winters
4. Tex Takes a Holiday (1932) .... Dolores
... aka Dolores the Beautiful (UK)
5. The Lone Trail (1932) .... Ruth Farnum
6. The Last Ride (1931) .... Doris White
7. The Secret Menace (1931) .... Joan Grant
8. Alias: The Bad Man (1931) .... Mary Warner
... aka Alias Bad Man (USA: review title)
9. Sign of the Wolf (1931) .... Ruth Farnum
10. Hell's Valley (1931) .... Rosita Flores
11. Breed of the West (1930) .... Betty Sterner
12. Trails of Danger (1930) .... Mary Martin
13. The Lonesome Trail (1930) .... Martha Rankin
14. Murder on the Roof (1930) .... Monica

15. Handcuffed (1929) .... Gloria Randall
16. The Body Punch (1929) .... Natalie Sutherland
17. The Donovan Affair (1929) .... Mary Mills
18. The Devil's Chaplain (1929) .... Princess Therese
19. Burning the Wind (1929) .... Maria Valdez
20. Untamed Justice (1929) .... Louise Hill
21. The House of Shame (1928) .... Druid Baremore
22. Undressed (1928) .... Diana Stanley
23. Danger Patrol (1928) .... Céleste Gambier
24. The Canyon of Adventure (1928) .... Dolores Castanares
25. The Chorus Kid (1928) .... Beatrice Brown
... aka Her Great Ambition
26. Queen of the Chorus (1928) .... 'Queenie' Dale
27. A Race for Life (1928) .... Virginia Calhoun
28. Gun Gospel (1927) .... Mary Carrol
29. Hazardous Valley (1927)
30. The Devil's Masterpiece (1927) (as Virginia Browne Faire)
31. Tracked by the Police (1927) .... Marcella Bradley
32. Pleasure Before Business (1927) .... Ruth Weinberg
33. White Flannels (1927) .... Anne
34. The Mile-a-Minute Man (1926) .... Paul Greydon
35. Desert Valley (1926) .... Mildred Dean
36. Wings of the Storm (1926) .... Anita Baker
37. The Temptress (1926) .... Celinda
38. Frenzied Flames (1926) .... Alice Meagen
39. Racing Romance (1926) .... Isabel Channing
40. The Wolf Hunters (1926)
41. Broadway Billy (1926) .... Phyliss Brooks
42. Chip of the Flying U (1926) .... Dr. Della Whitmore
43. The Calgary Stampede (1925) .... Marie La Farge
44. His People (1925) .... Ruth Stein
... aka Proud Heart
45. The Thoroughbred (1925) .... Gwen Vandermere
46. Recompense (1925) .... Angelica
47. Friendly Enemies (1925)
48. The Lost World (1925) (uncredited) .... Marquette (half-caste girl)
49. Peter Pan (1924) (as Virginia Browne Faire) .... Tinker Bell
50. Air Hawk (1924) .... Edith
51. Welcome Stranger (1924) .... Essie Solomon
52. Romance Ranch (1924) .... Carmen Hendley
53. The Lightning Rider (1924) .... Patricia Alvarez
54. Thundergate (1923) .... Ellen Ainsmith/Jen Jue
55. Shadows of the North (1923) .... Beatrice Neilson
56. The Cricket on the Hearth (1923) .... Dot Marley
57. Vengeance of the Deep (1923) .... Ethel Musgrove
58. Stormswept (1923) .... Ann Reynolds
59. Omar the Tentmaker (1922) .... Shireen
60. Monte Cristo (1922) .... Haidee, an Arabian Princess
... aka The Count of Monte Cristo
61. Fightin' Mad (1921) .... Peggy Hughes
62. Doubling for Romeo (1921)
63. The Death Trap (1921/I)
64. Without Benefit of Clergy (1921) .... Ameera
65. The Timber Wolf (1920)
66. The Forest Runners (1920)
67. When the Devil Laughed (1920)
68. Big Stakes (1920)
69. The Girl and the Law (1920)
70. A Son of the North (1920)
71. Under Northern Lights (1920) .... Suzanne Foucharde
72. The Scarlet Rider (1920)
73. Masked (1920)
... aka Ransom (USA: alternative title)
74. Runnin' Straight (1920)