Faire Binney

Faire Binney
Born
Frederica Binney

August 24, 1900
Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
DiedAugust 28, 1957 (1957-08-29) (aged 57)
OccupationActress
Years active1918–1953
Spouse
David Carleton Sloane
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(m. 1922)​
RelativesConstance Binney (sister)

Frederica "Faire" Binney (August 24, 1900 – August 28, 1957) was an American stage and film actress.[2][3]

Biography

Born Frederica Binney[4] in Morristown, New Jersey,[5] she was the daughter of Horace Binney, a lawyer, and Gertrude Miles Binney.[4] She was educated in private schools[6] in Concord, Massachusetts.[5] She starred in a number of films during the silent era after making her debut in the 1918 film Sporting Life alongside her sister Constance Binney. During the early 1950s she appeared in several small, uncredited parts.[citation needed]

Binney married David Carleton Sloane[4] in October 1922, at her mother's house in New York.[7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Here is Connie's Sister", The Gazette Times (Pittsburgh), March 27, 1921. Accessed April 5, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Faire Binney, who plays a leading role in Madonnas and Men, is a sister of Constance Binney. She is a native of Morristown. N. J."
  2. ^ Goble p.306
  3. ^ Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.732
  4. ^ a b c "From Society To Stage -- and Back Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 28, 1926. p. 130. Retrieved August 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Fox, Charles Donald; Silver, Milton L. (1920). Who's who on the Screen. Ross publishing Company. p. 206. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  6. ^ Lowe, Denise (27 January 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  7. ^ Houser, Lionel (January 21, 1934). "Stage Again Lures Binney Duo Who Are Rehearsing New Play". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 23. Retrieved August 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella & Steve Joyce. American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland, 2014.


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