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Fay, Frank

(Encyclopedia) Fay, Frank, 1870–1931, and W. G. Fay, 1872–1947, brothers, both Irish actors. The Fay brothers formed the Irish National Theatre, an amateur group founded on the conviction that only…

Fay, Sidney Bradshaw

(Encyclopedia) Fay, Sidney Bradshaw, 1876–1967, American historian, b. Washington, D.C. Fay, professor of history at Dartmouth College (1902–14), Smith (1914–29), and Harvard (1929–46), earned his…

Drake, Joseph Rodman

(Encyclopedia) Drake, Joseph Rodman, 1795–1820, American poet and satirist, b. New York City. Under the name “The Croakers,” he and his friend Fitz-Greene Halleck wrote a series of light satirical…

Wray, Fay

actressBirthplace: nr. Cardston, Alb., CanadaBorn: 19/07Died: 2004

Bainter, Fay

actressBirthplace: Los AngelesBorn: 1891Died: 1968

Faye, Alice

(Ann Leppert) actressBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1912Died: 1998

Brewer's: Fay

(See Fairy.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FayeFavourites A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Faye

(1 syl.). The way to Faye (French, “Faie-la vineuse”). A winding or zigzag manner, like “Crooked Lane at Eastcheap.” A person who tries to do something indirectly goes by the pathway to…

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway is the Oscar-winning actress who starred in some of the great landmark movies of the 1960s and 1970s -- and decades later, in one of the great Academy Awards gaffes of all time. Faye…

Fay Vincent

Fay VincentBorn: May 29, 1938Baseball became 8th commissioner after death of A. Bartlett Giamatti in 1989; presided over World Series earthquake, owners' lockout and banishment of NY Yankees…