Fay McKenzie Death
Fay passed away on April 16, 2019 at the age of 101 in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
When did Fay McKenzie die?
April 16, 2019How old was Fay McKenzie when died?
101Where did Fay McKenzie die? What was the location of death?
Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Fay McKenzie Birthday and Date of Death
Fay McKenzie was born on February 19, 1918 and died on April 16, 2019. Fay was 101 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 19, 1918
Date of Death: April 16, 2019
Age at Death: 101
Fay McKenzie - Biography
Fay McKenzie (born February 19, 1918) is an American film actress known for her leading lady roles in five Gene Autry films in the early 1940s.
Eunice Fay McKenzie, better known professionally as Fay McKenzie and briefly billed as Fay Shannon was an American actress and singer who starred in silent films as a child, and then sound films as an adult she is but perhaps best known for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry in the early 1940s in five features. She also appeared on broadway, radio and television and she would appear in films until 1981.
In 1941, the president of Republic Pictures, Herbert Yates, met McKenzie through a mutual friend, and after a screen test he signed her to a contract to appear opposite the cowboy singer Gene Autry in Down Mexico Way (1941) as Maria Elena Alvarado. The film was a major financial success, and she received a lot of fan mail as a result. McKenzie went on to appear in four additional Autry films as his leading lady: Sierra Sue (1941) as Sue Larrabee, Cowboy Serenade (1942) as Stephanie Lock, Heart of the Rio Grande (1942) as Alice Bennett, and Home in Wyomin' (1942) as Clementine Benson. McKenzie sang duets with Autry in each of these films.
McKenzie was married twice. Her first marriage to the American actor Steve Cochran in Acapulco, Mexico, on January 1946. It ended in divorce in 1948, although they had separated nine months into the marriage. Her parents' disapproval of him was cited as one of the reasons. Her second marriage to the screenwriter Tom Waldman lasted from 1948 to his death on July 23, 1985. They had two children: the actor Tom Waldman Jr. and the writer Madora McKenzie. McKenzie is a Christian Scientist.
