Frank Fay
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About
Barbara Stanwyck's first husband who was also a successful vaudeville comedian. His risqué humor did not survive the conservative movement ushered in by the Great Depression.
Before Fame
He was making more than $17,000 a week playing vaudeville shows.
Trivia
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and he originated the role of "Elwood P. Dowd" in the 1944 Broadway play Harvey by the American playwright Mary Coyle Chase.
Family Life
His marriage to Babara Stanwyck became strained when she started gaining popularity.
Associated With
His troubled marriage with Barbara Stanwyck might have been the inspiration for the film A Star is Born.
