Julia Faye
Biography
Julia Faye was an American actress whose career spanned silent films and the sound era. Born near Richmond, Virginia, and raised in St. Louis, she traveled to Hollywood in 1915 and began with bit parts before taking her first credited role as Dorothea in the 1915 adaptation of Don Quixote. She appeared in more than 30 films for Cecil B. DeMille, starting with The Woman God Forgot, and her roles included maids, ingénues, vamps and queens. Male and Female (1919) cast her as Gloria Swanson's maid, and she played the Wife of Pharaoh in The Ten Commandments (1923) and Martha in The King of Kings (1927). Chicago (1927) gave her the screen's first Velma. After a break she worked in nearly every DeMille picture from Union Pacific onward, among them Samson and Delilah (1949) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). She received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star for her contributions to film.
73years old at death
- Born Richmond
- Died Hollywood
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Julia Faye Maloney, Julia Faye Covell, Julia Faye Wallick and Julia Faye Merrill
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 33 years1919 to 1952
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A role that slipped away
Faye won the part of Empress Josephine in The Fighting Eagle (1927). She got the role after a screen test with a new actress, when the casting director chose Faye instead.
A first
Julia Faye played Velma in the 1927 film version of the play Chicago, which DeMille produced. She was the first actress to bring that role to the screen.
A first
In 1948, Faye marked 33 years as a film actress and Paramount signed her to play a nurse in Chicago Deadline, also called One Woman. She counted her screen appearances, and that role was her 250th film assignment.
A first
Julia Faye played Marcia Towne in Dynamite (1929), DeMille's first sound film, which marked her talkie debut. The movie was also her first for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Julia Faye movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Cecil B. DeMille directed eight of these films, John Farrow two. Clarence Burton appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Clarence Burton's page
Raymond Hatton's page
Henry Wilcoxon's page
William Boyd's page
Gloria Swanson's page
Bebe Daniels's page
All films by Cecil B. DeMille
John FarrowDirector, 2 films, 1947 to 1948
All films by John Farrow
Also three films together4 more actors
- James NeillThe King of Kings (1927), The Ten Commandments (1923) and Manslaughter (1922)
- Robert EdesonChicago (1927), The King of Kings (1927) and The Ten Commandments (1923)
- Theodore RobertsThe Ten Commandments (1923), The Affairs of Anatol (1921) and Male and Female (1919)
- Thomas MeighanManslaughter (1922), Why Change Your Wife? (1920) and Male and Female (1919)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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Official profiles and reference pages.