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Vina Fay Wray was a Canadian-born American actress best remembered for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong (1933). Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international recognition as an actress in horror films. She has been dubbed one of the early "scream queens".
Birth Name
Vina Fay Wray
Born
Sunday, 15 September 1907
Died
Sunday, 08 August 2004
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Rifftrax: The Most Dangerous Game | Eve | 2020 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Ann Darrow | 2016 |
| Projections of America | Self | 2014 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie | Ann Darrow | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Ann Darrow (clip from King Kong (1933)) | 2011 |
| Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! | Self | 2010 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Charlotte Duncan | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Ann Darrow | 2007 |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Rifftrax: The Most Dangerous Game | Eve | 2020 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | Ann Darrow | 2016 |
| Projections of America | Self | 2014 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie | Ann Darrow | 2011 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Ann Darrow (clip from King Kong (1933)) | 2011 |
| Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! | Self | 2010 |
| A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss | Charlotte Duncan | 2010 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Ann Darrow | 2007 |
| Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
| I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper | Self - 1997 Interview | 2005 |
| RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' | Self | 2005 |
| The 77th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2005 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Inside the Marx Brothers | Self | 2003 |
| Hollywood Stuntmakers | Ann Darrow | 1999 |
| Universal Horror | interview / Self / Self - Interviewee | 1998 |
| Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's | Self | 1998 |
| The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Self | 1998 |
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self - Interviewee / Self | 1997 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story | Self | 1987 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Hollywood Uncensored | Herself (archive footage) | 1987 |
| All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | Self | 1985 |
| Gideon's Trumpet | Edna Curtis | 1980 |
| Hollywood | Actress 'The Merry Widow' | 1980 |
| The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979 |
| Murder by Death | Screaming Door Bell | 1976 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Kinkón | Ann Darrow | 1971 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Mrs. Brubaker | 1962 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actress 'King Kong' | 1961 |
| The Islanders | Mrs. Staunton | 1960 |
| Hawaiian Eye | Amelia Goodwin | 1959 |
| The David Niven Show | Allison | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Clara Moore | 1958 |
| Dragstrip Riot | Mrs. Martin / Norma Martin | 1958 |
| Summer Love | Beth Daley | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Fay Wray | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Mignon Germaine / Lorna Thomas / Ethel Harrison | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Mrs. Edwards | 1957 |
| Tammy and the Bachelor | Mrs. Brent | 1957 |
| Crime of Passion | Alice Pope | 1956 |
| Rock, Pretty Baby! | Beth Daley | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Tula Marsh | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Miss Perry | 1956 |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Kay Stanley | 1955 |
| Queen Bee | Sue McKinnon | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Agnes Marsh | 1955 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Mary Parker | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Nelson / Mrs. Renshaw | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Mrs. Parr / Myra | 1955 |
| The Cobweb | Edna Devanal | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | Mrs. Grace Harper | 1955 |
| Studio 57 | Mary Collins | 1954 |
| The Pride of the Family | Catherine Morrison | 1953 |
| Small Town Girl | Mrs. Gordon Kimbell | 1953 |
| Treasure of the Golden Condor | Annette, Marquise de St. Malo | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mrs. Bassett / Mrs. Turner | 1953 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| Not a Ladies' Man | Hester Hunter | 1942 |
| Melody for Three | Mary Stanley | 1941 |
| Adam Had Four Sons | Molly Stoddard | 1941 |
| Wildcat Bus | Ted Dawson | 1940 |
| Navy Secrets | Carol Mathews - Posing as Carol Evans / Carol Mathews, alias Carol Stevens | 1939 |
| Smashing the Spy Ring | Eleanor Dunlap | 1938 |
| The Jury's Secret | Linda Ware | 1938 |
| Murder in Greenwich Village | Kay Cabot aka Lucky | 1937 |
| It Happened in Hollywood | Gloria Gay | 1937 |
| They Met in a Taxi | Mary Trenton | 1936 |
| Roaming Lady | Joyce Reid | 1936 |
| When Knights Were Bold | Lady Rowena | 1936 |
| Come Out of the Pantry | Hilda Beach-Howard | 1935 |
| Alias Bulldog Drummond | Ann Manders | 1935 |
| The Clairvoyant | Rene | 1935 |
| White Lies | Joan Mitchell | 1934 |
| Mills of the Gods | Jean Hastings | 1934 |
| Woman in the Dark | Louise Loring | 1934 |
| Cheating Cheaters | Nan Brockton | 1934 |
| The Richest Girl in the World | Sylvia Lockwood | 1934 |
| The Affairs of Cellini | Angela | 1934 |
| Black Moon | Gail Hamilton | 1934 |
| Viva Villa! | Teresa | 1934 |
| Once to Every Woman | Nurse Mary Fanshawe / Mary Fanshawe | 1934 |
| The Countess of Monte Cristo | Janet Krueger / Janet Kruegar | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | Self | 1934 |
| Madame Spy | B-24 / Marie Franck | 1934 |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 | Self | 1933 |
| Master of Men | Kay Walling | 1933 |
| The Bowery | Lucy Calhoun | 1933 |
| One Sunday Afternoon | Virginia Brush | 1933 |
| The Big Brain | Cynthia Glennon | 1933 |
| Shanghai Madness | Wildeth Christie | 1933 |
| The Woman I Stole | Vida Carew | 1933 |
| Ann Carver's Profession | Ann Carver Graham | 1933 |
| Below the Sea | Diana / Diana Templeton | 1933 |
| King Kong | Ann Darrow | 1933 |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Charlotte Duncan | 1933 |
| The Vampire Bat | Ruth Bertin | 1933 |
| The Most Dangerous Game | Eve / Eve Trowbridge | 1932 |
| Doctor X | Joanne Xavier | 1932 |
| Stowaway | Mary Foster | 1932 |
| The Unholy Garden | Camille de Jonghe | 1931 |
| The Lawyer's Secret | Kay Roberts | 1931 |
| The Finger Points | Marcia Collins | 1931 |
| Dirigible | Helen Pierce | 1931 |
| The Stolen Jools | Fay Wray | 1931 |
| Not Exactly Gentlemen | Lee Carleton | 1931 |
| The Conquering Horde | Taisie Lockhart | 1931 |
| Captain Thunder | Ynez / Ynez Dominguez | 1930 |
| The Sea God | Daisy | 1930 |
| The Border Legion | Joan Randall | 1930 |
| The Texan | Consuelo | 1930 |
| Paramount on Parade | Sweetheart / Sweetheart - Episode 'Dream Girl' | 1930 |
| Behind the Make-Up | Marie Gardoni | 1930 |
| Pointed Heels | Lora Nixon | 1929 |
| Thunderbolt | Ritzie / Ritzy | 1929 |
| The Four Feathers | Ethne Eustace | 1929 |
| The Wedding March | Mitzerl Schrammell / Mitzi | 1928 |
| The First Kiss | Anna Lee | 1928 |
| Street of Sin | Elizabeth | 1928 |
| The Legion of the Condemned | Christine Charteris | 1928 |
| Spurs and Saddles | Mildred Orth | 1927 |
| A One Man Game | Roberta | 1927 |
| Loco Luck | Molly Vernon | 1927 |
| Lazy Lightning | Lila Rogers | 1926 |
| Don't Shoot | Nancy Burton | 1926 |
| The Man in the Saddle | Pauline Stewart | 1926 |
| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Slave Girl | 1925 |
| A Lover's Oath | 1925 | |
| Your Own Back Yard | Woman in Quarrelsome Couple | 1925 |
| No Father to Guide Him | Beach House Cashier | 1925 |
| Chasing the Chaser | Nursemaid | 1925 |
| Isn't Life Terrible? | Potential Pen-Buyer | 1925 |
| What Price Goofy? | Concerned Girl with Perfume | 1925 |
| The Coast Patrol | Beth Slocum | 1925 |
| Just a Good Guy | Girl Entering Taxi | 1924 |
