Portrait of Fay Holderness

Acting

Fay Holderness

Career

Active from 1918 to 1933, busiest in 1928 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Blind Husbands
Blind Husbands
GoodWatch score79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Fay Holderness Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.5, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.1, average 5.9
  • Mystery
    2.5, average 3.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Slapstick Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

1 title ยท average score 74
The Chaplin Revue
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
GoodWatch score 74

as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

5 titles ยท average score 65
The Mummy's Ghost
The Mummy's Ghost (1944)
GoodWatch score 39

as Policewoman (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
GoodWatch score 85

as Spectator (uncredited)

Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk (1941)
GoodWatch score 50

as Bricklayer (uncredited)

The Bank Dick
The Bank Dick (1940)
GoodWatch score 83

as Lady Passerby (uncredited)

Spring Parade
Spring Parade (1940)
GoodWatch score 68

as Townswoman

1930s

10 titles ยท average score 63
Zenobia
Zenobia (1939)
GoodWatch score 56

as Townswoman

Let Us Live
Let Us Live (1939)
GoodWatch score 61

as Theatre Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
GoodWatch score 64

as Prison Matron (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
GoodWatch score 84

as Nurse (uncredited)

Music Is Magic
Music Is Magic (1935)

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Babes in the Goods
Babes in the Goods (1934)

as Picky Nightgown Customer (uncredited)

The Bargain of the Century
The Bargain of the Century (1933)
GoodWatch score 54

as Elmer's Wife

Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers (1933)
GoodWatch score 54

as Prison Matron (uncredited)

Hog Wild
Hog Wild (1930)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mrs. Hardy

Bear Shooters
Bear Shooters (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Spud's Mother

1920s

12 titles ยท average score 65
Night Owls
Night Owls (1929)

as House mother

Lonesome
Lonesome (1928)
GoodWatch score 76

as Overdressed Woman

Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment (1928)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mrs. Pincher

The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend (1928)

as Mama Davidson

Campus Cuties
Campus Cuties (1928)

as "Cave Woman" school principal

Salvation Jane
Salvation Jane (1927)

as Captain Carrie Brown

Ten Years Old
Ten Years Old (1927)

as Jackies Step Mother

Up in Mabel's Room
Up in Mabel's Room (1926)

as Tiny (Mabel's maid)

Should Sailors Marry?
Should Sailors Marry? (1925)
GoodWatch score 56

as Verbena Singlefoot

Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin (1925)

as Barmaid (uncredited)

The Last Man on Earth
The Last Man on Earth (1924)

as Elmer's Mother

The Flaming Disk
The Flaming Disk (1920)

as Stella Dean

1910s

9 titles ยท average score 77
Blind Husbands
Blind Husbands (1919)
GoodWatch score 79

as The 'Vamp' Waitress

The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden (1919)

as Mrs. Medlock

The Right to Happiness
The Right to Happiness (1919)

as Leah

Men, Women, and Money
Men, Women, and Money (1919)

as Mrs. Parkton

Maggie Pepper
Maggie Pepper (1919)

as Mrs. Thatcher

A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life (1918)
GoodWatch score 77

as Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)

Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble (1918)

as A foxy spinster

Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World (1918)
GoodWatch score 73

as The Innkeeper

Bright and Early
Bright and Early (1918)

as A Maid