She was born on October 21, 1907 in Santa Monica, California. Her father, Clarence Webb, was the chief of police. When she was a baby she took dance classes and have become an professional swimmer. On the age of 19 she made a display screen check for MGM and was supplied a contract. She labored as an additional in quite a few movies however she was by no means given any vital roles. Fay met Rudy Vallee on the set of the 1929 movie The Vagabond Lover. The couple have been married on July 6, 1931. She determined to surrender her profession to be a full-time housewife. Sadly their marriage was tumultuous and he or she started ingesting. Fay additionally suffered from a recurring case of tuberculosis. They purchased a fourteen room mansion in Beverly Hills however due to Rudy’s busy touring schedule they by no means moved in. After simply two years of marriage they cut up up in 1933. She accused him of dishonest on her with Alice Fay and mentioned he “cursed and swore at me in entrance of his buddies.”
