fiction.wikisort.org - Actor Jesslyn Fax (January 4, 1893 – February 16, 1975)[1] was a Canadian-American actress. She is known for playing 'Miss Hearing Aid' in Rear Window (1954),[2] [3] Avis Grubb in The Music Man (1962), Miss Hemphill in The Man Who Died Twice (1958),[4] and Airline passenger in The Family Jewels (1965).[5]
Canadian-American actress
Jesslyn Fax
Jesslyn Fax in the episode titled "Four O'Clock" (1941)
Born (1893-01-04 ) January 4, 1893Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died February 16, 1975(1975-02-16) (aged 82) Occupation Actress
Early years
Fax was born in Toronto, the daughter of Jimmy Fax, a noted Canadian actor and comedian. She began working with her father as a singer, pianist, and monologist when she was 16, then left her father's troupe after five seasons to work in vaudeville and traveling stock companies. She moved to Hollywood in 1949.[1]
Career
Fax in North by Northwest
A short, cherubic-like character actress, Fax mainly appeared in cheerful small supporting roles as 'little old ladies'. Occasional comic foil to Jack Benny, Lucille Ball , in a guest appearance on I Love Lucy and others. She also made appearances in numerous other popular 1950s-1960s TV shows such as Peter Gunn , Our Miss Brooks , The Jack Benny Program , Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Perry Mason , The Joey Bishop Show , The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. , and The Wild Wild West . Her film appearances include roles in the Don Knotts films The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and The Love God? (1969), the Alfred Hitchcock murder/suspense film North By Northwest (1959), which starred Cary Grant ,[6] The Music Man (1962), The Family Jewels (1965) with Jerry Lewis and the Andy Griffith film Angel in My Pocket (1969).
Filmography
Films
TV series
Hollywood Theatre Time (1951) as Maid
The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953)
Waterfront (1954) as Housekeeper
Public Defender (1954) as Mrs. Bassett
Willy (1954) as Louella
The Lineup (1955)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955) as Mrs. Damity
Our Miss Brooks (1953-1956) as Angela Devon
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1957)
I Love Lucy (1957) as Train Passenger
The Loretta Young Show (1954-1957) as Mrs. Connors / Mrs. Hulgard
Suspicion (1957) as Wife
Dragnet (1956-1957)
Schlitz Playhouse (1953-1957) as Agnes / Lady Bettor / Woman Passenger
How to Marry a Millionaire (1958) as Mother
Love That Jill (1958) as Dora
December Bride (1958)
The Californians (1958) as Annie Mortigan
The Ed Wynn Show (1958) as Mrs. Creavy
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Maid
Peter Gunn (1959) as Belle Decanto
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) as Ruth Erdlatz
Johnny Staccato (1960) as Clara - Cleaning Lady
The Ann Sothern Show (1960) as Tilly Barlow
The Comedy Spot (1960)
The Real McCoys (1961) as Miss Trumbull
Pete and Gladys (1961) as Mrs. Quigley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961-1962) as The Motel Manageress / Mrs. Gruber / Mrs. Evans
Route 66 (1962) as Birdie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1963) as Abigail Willis
Gunsmoke (19639) as Proprietress
Sam Benedict (1963) as Sarah Kolsky
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) as Miss McGuiness / Mrs. Bates
The Eleventh Hour (1963) as Mrs. Polhemus
The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1964) as Woman in Library / Cleaning Woman
Perry Mason (1958-1964) as Little Old Lady / Court Clerk
The Jack Benny Program (1954-1964) as Emma - Fan Club VP / Rick Barton / Woman in audience selling jam
Many Happy Returns (1964-1965) as Wilma Fritter
My Brother the Angel (1966) as Little Old Lady
The Monkees (1966) as Mrs. Purdy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965-1966) as Mrs. Feinberg / Mr. Willard
Batman (1967) as Bon Bon
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1967) as Mrs. Mealy
Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967) as Mrs. Nelson
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967) as Mrs. Barnes
The Second Hundred Years (1967) as Mildred Finch
The Wild Wild West (1967) as Mrs. Peacock
The Andy Griffith Show (1967) as Mrs. Le Grande
Cimarron Strip (1968) as Eva
The Doris Day Show (1969) as Lydia Lindsay
Radio series
Our Miss Brooks : "Mr. Conklin's Wax Effigies" (1954) as "Mrs. Davis's" sister "Angela"(?)
Our Miss Brooks : "Outpost Road" (1955) as unknown
References
External links
Authority control
General National libraries
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