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Fay Holden

Fay Holden

Fay Holden (September 26, 1893 – June 23, 1973), was an British-born American-based actress. She was known as Gaby Fay early in her career.

Born as Dorothy Fay Hammerton in Birmingham, England, she appeared in 46 films between 1935 and 1958, but is best-known for her recurring role as Emily Hardy, Mickey Rooney's mother in the MGM Andy Hardy movie series.

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Movies Starring Fay Holden (48)

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998)

In a deconstruction of classic Hollywood codes, using repetitive single frame images, the re-editing of teenager movies produces an intense Oedipal drama. ...

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Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)

Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics. ...

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The Big Hangover (1950)

A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol. ...

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Samson and Delilah (1949)

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret. ...

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Whispering Smith (1948)

Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa). ...

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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946)

Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else. ...

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Canyon Passage (1946)

In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line. ...

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Little Miss Big (1946)

A wealthy eccentric women escapes from a mental institution and finds refuge with a financially strapped barber and his two daughters ...

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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)

Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright ...

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Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)

Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Pol ...

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The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. ...

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H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman who once brought him out of his shell. ...

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Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)

With his high school graduation behind him, Andy Hardy decides that as an adult, it's time to start living his life. Judge Hardy had hoped that his son would go to college and study law, but Andy isn't sure that's what he wants to do so he heads off to New ...

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Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and ...

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I'll Wait for You (1941)

A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter. ...

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Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the w ...

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Washington Melodrama (1941)

An elderly businessman plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder. ...

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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary. ...

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Bitter Sweet (1940)

A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet. ...

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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home. ...

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Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)

This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Craw ...

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Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest. ...

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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets con ...

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From the Ends of the Earth (1939)

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the ...

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The Hardys Ride High (1939)

Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited he ...

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Sergeant Madden (1939)

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime. ...

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Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) (1939)

Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers. ...

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Sweethearts (1938)

The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood. ...

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Out West with the Hardys (1938)

Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him. ...

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Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)

Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time. ...

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Hold That Kiss (1938)

Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy. ...

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Judge Hardy's Children (1938)

Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter. ...

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Another Romance of Celluloid (1938)

This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions. ...

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Love Is a Headache (1938)

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge. ...

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You're Only Young Once (1937)

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina. ...

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Double or Nothing (1937)

A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late milliona ...

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Souls at Sea (1937)

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842. ...

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Exclusive (1937)

Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news. ...

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King of Gamblers (1937)

Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her employer is the secret head of the city's major gambling machine racket and has a penchant for murdering anyon ...

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Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Haley, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gangster Hanlon in a tavern back room. Kildare pursues Janet and enlists Hanlon to help her; the gangster's so ...

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Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation. ...

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Guns of the Pecos (1936)

A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas. ...

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The Accusing Finger (1936)

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real kill ...

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Polo Joe (1936)

A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy. ...

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Wives Never Know (1936)

The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death". ...

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The White Angel (1936)

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession. ...

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I Married a Doctor (1936)

City girl marries country doctor, meets prejudice and exclusion when she tries to befriend the townspeople. ...

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The Pace That Kills (1935)

A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother, and turns them into "cocaine fiends". ...

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