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{{short description|American actress}}
{{Short description|American actress}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Julia Faye
| name = Julia Faye
| image = Julia Faye.jpg
| image = Julia Faye, actress.png
| caption = Julia Faye in ''Stars of the Photoplay'' (1924)
| caption = Faye {{circa}} 1924
| birth_name = Julia Faye Maloney
| birth_name = Julia Faye Maloney
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|09|24}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|09|24}}
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| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1915–1957
| years_active = 1915–1957
| spouse = {{marriage|Harold Leroy Wallick|1913||end=wid}}<br>{{marriage|Walter Anthony Merrill|1935|1936|end=div}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Harold Leroy Wallick|August 2, 1913|1918|end=d}}
* {{marriage|Walter Anthony Merrill|October 24, 1935|April 1936|end=div}}
}}
| partner = [[Cecil B. DeMille]]
| partner = [[Cecil B. DeMille]]
}}
}}
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'''Julia Faye Maloney'''<ref name="Julia Fay Malony - United States Census, 1900">{{cite web|title=Julia Fay Malony – United States Census, 1900|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSZ-5X9|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref> (September 24, 1892<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Merrill – United States Social Security Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT4G-731|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref> – April 6, 1966), known professionally as '''Julia Faye''', was an American actress of [[silent film|silent]] and [[sound film]]s.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Army of Ushers|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=February 17, 1924|page=X5}}</ref> She was known for her appearances in more than 30 [[Cecil B. DeMille]] productions. Her various roles ranged from maids and ingénues to vamps and queens.


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She was "famed throughout Hollywood for her perfect legs" until her performance in [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[The Volga Boatman (1926 film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' (1926) established her as "one of Hollywood's popular leading ladies."<ref name="Some Stars Break in Movies By Legs and Backs">{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Dan|title=Some Stars Break in Movies By Legs and Backs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19270619&id=Nr8aAAAAIBAJ&pg=4662,6642251|access-date=April 6, 2014|newspaper=[[The Pittsburgh Press]]|date=June 19, 1927}}</ref>
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'''Julia Faye''' (born '''Julia Faye Maloney''',<ref name="Julia Fay Malony - United States Census, 1900">{{cite web|title=Julia Fay Malony – United States Census, 1900|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSSZ-5X9|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=May 6, 2016}}</ref> September 24, 1892<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Merrill – United States Social Security Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT4G-731|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=May 6, 2016}}</ref> – April 6, 1966) was an American actress of [[silent film|silent]] and [[sound film]]s.<ref>''The Army of Ushers'', [[New York Times]], February 17, 1924, pg. X5.</ref> She was known for her appearances in more than 30 [[Cecil B. DeMille]] productions. Her various roles ranged from maids and ingénues to vamps and queens.

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She was "famed throughout Hollywood for her perfect legs" until her performance in [[Cecil B. DeMille]]'s ''[[The Volga Boatman (film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' (1926) established her as "one of Hollywood's popular leading ladies."<ref name="Some Stars Break in Movies By Legs and Backs">{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Dan|title=Some Stars Break in Movies By Legs and Backs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19270619&id=Nr8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KkoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4662,6642251|accessdate=April 6, 2014|newspaper=[[The Pittsburgh Press]]|date=June 19, 1927}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Faye was born at her grandmother's home near [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].<ref name="Miss Julia Faye, Actress, In City But Companions Didn't Recognize Her. Guest At Club.">{{cite news|title=Miss Julia Faye, Actress, In City But Companions Didn't Recognize Her. Guest At Club.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19340607&id=UdVNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uYoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6330,1950684|accessdate=April 6, 2014|newspaper=[[The Free Lance-Star]]|date=June 7, 1934}}</ref> Her father, Robert J. Maloney (born {{circa}} 1865),<ref name="Robert J Moloney [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Robert J Moloney and Louise E Elliott">{{cite web|title=Robert J Moloney [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Robert J Moloney and Louise E Elliott|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-LSNY|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=January 7, 2017}}</ref> worked for the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]].<ref name="A WEDDING AND A RECEPTION">{{cite news|title=A WEDDING AND A RECEPTION|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/79564413/|accessdate=January 7, 2017|work=Newton Daily Republican|date=August 7, 1890}}</ref> Her mother, Emma Louise Elliott (1872–1955),<ref>{{cite web|title=Louise Elliott Covell – California Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGR3-4FL|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> was from [[New Castle, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Emma Louise Covell – United States Passport Applications|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99D3-1QN9-W?mode=g&i=741&wc=3XC5-927%3A1056306501%2C1056343701%3Fcc%3D2185145&cc=2185145|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> Her parents had married in 1890 in [[Newton, Kansas]].<ref name="Robert J Moloney [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Robert J Moloney and Louise E Elliott" /><ref>{{cite news|title=An event long to be remembered in railroad circles was the marriage of Fireman R. J. Maloney to Miss Emma Elliott on Wednesday night, at the home of the groom's parents. The attendance of invited guests was large, the entertainment of the evening jovial, the supper splendid and the presents rare and costly. Both of the parties are well known nere, and have already commeneed house keeping on West Seventh street.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/64724442/|accessdate=May 6, 2016|work=The Topeka Daily Capital|date=August 10, 1890}}</ref> Faye's paternal grandfather, Thomas Maloney, was born in [[Ireland]] and had immigrated to the United States in the 1850s.<ref name="Thomas Malony [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Thomas Malony and Martha Reed">{{cite web|title=Thomas Malony [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Thomas Malony and Martha Reed|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRC2-L2G|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=January 7, 2017}}</ref>
Faye was born at her grandmother's home near [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]].<ref name="Miss Julia Faye, Actress, In City But Companions Didn't Recognize Her. Guest At Club.">{{cite news|title=Miss Julia Faye, Actress, In City But Companions Didn't Recognize Her. Guest At Club.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1298&dat=19340607&id=UdVNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6330,1950684|access-date=April 6, 2014|newspaper=[[The Free Lance-Star]]|date=June 7, 1934}}</ref> Her father, Robert J. Maloney (born {{circa}} 1865),<ref name="Robert J Moloney [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Robert J Moloney and Louise E Elliott">{{cite web|title=Robert J Moloney [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Robert J Moloney and Louise E Elliott|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-LSNY|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=January 7, 2017}}</ref> worked for the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]].<ref name="A WEDDING AND A RECEPTION">{{cite news|title=A Wedding and a Reception|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/79564413/|access-date=January 7, 2017|work=Newton Daily Republican|date=August 7, 1890}}</ref> Her mother, Emma Louise Elliott (1872–1955),<ref>{{cite web|title=Louise Elliott Covell – California Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGR3-4FL|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> was from [[New Castle, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Emma Louise Covell – United States Passport Applications|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99D3-1QN9-W?mode=g&i=741&wc=3XC5-927%3A1056306501%2C1056343701%3Fcc%3D2185145&cc=2185145|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> Her parents had married in 1890 in [[Newton, Kansas]].<ref name="Robert J Moloney [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Robert J Moloney and Louise E Elliott" /><ref>{{cite news|title=An event long to be remembered in railroad circles was the marriage of Fireman R. J. Maloney to Miss Emma Elliott on Wednesday night, at the home of the groom's parents. The attendance of invited guests was large, the entertainment of the evening jovial, the supper splendid and the presents rare and costly. Both of the parties are well known nere, and have already commeneed house keeping on West Seventh street.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/64724442/|access-date=May 6, 2016|work=The Topeka Daily Capital|date=August 10, 1890}}</ref> Faye's paternal grandfather, Thomas Maloney, was born in [[Ireland]] and had immigrated to the United States in the 1850s.<ref name="Thomas Malony [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Thomas Malony and Martha Reed">{{cite web|title=Thomas Malony [''sic''] mentioned in the record of Thomas Malony and Martha Reed|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRC2-L2G|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=January 7, 2017}}</ref>


Faye's father died sometime before 1901,<ref>{{cite web|title=Emma Maloney mentioned in the record of Cyrus Covel and Emma Maloney|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNQ-4FL|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=May 6, 2016}}</ref> when her widowed mother married Cyrus Demetrios Covell (1862–1941)<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyrus Demetrios Covell California – Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPVT-VZ2|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=April 7, 2016}}</ref> in Indiana. Faye took her stepfather's name and listed him as her father.
Faye's father died sometime before 1901,<ref>{{cite web|title=Emma Maloney mentioned in the record of Cyrus Covel and Emma Maloney|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFNQ-4FL|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref> when her widowed mother married Cyrus Demetrios Covell (1862–1941)<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyrus Demetrios Covell California – Death Index|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPVT-VZ2|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=April 7, 2016}}</ref> in Indiana. Faye took her stepfather's name and listed him as her father.


She had lived in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], prior to coming to [[Hollywood]] in 1915, to visit friends. She visited one of the film studios and was introduced to actor and director [[Christy Cabanne]]. The two reminisced about St. Louis and discovered that they had lived next door to one another there. Cabanne persuaded Faye's reluctant mother to allow her to be in motion pictures.<ref>"Beauty's Visit Here Starts Film Career", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', July 18, 1926, p. C32</ref>
She had lived in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], prior to coming to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] in 1915, to visit friends. She visited one of the film studios and was introduced to actor and director [[Christy Cabanne]]. The two reminisced about St. Louis and discovered that they had lived next door to one another there. Cabanne persuaded Faye's reluctant mother to allow her to be in motion pictures.<ref>"Beauty's Visit Here Starts Film Career", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', July 18, 1926, p. C32</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
===Triangle, Fine Arts, and Keystone (1915–1916)===
===Triangle, Fine Arts, and Keystone (1915–1916)===
[[File:Julia Faye The Blue Book of the Screen.jpg|thumb|right|Publicity photo of Julia Faye from ''The Blue Book of the Screen'' by Ruth Wing, 1923]]
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Faye made her debut in silent films with bit roles in ''[[Martyrs of the Alamo]]'' and ''[[The Lamb (1915 film)|The Lamb]]'', both directed by [[Christy Cabanne]] for [[Triangle Film Corporation]] in 1915.<ref name="Motion Picture, Volumes 81-82">{{cite book|title=Motion Picture, Volumes 81–82|date=1951|publisher=Macfadden-Bartell.|page=77|accessdate=January 17, 2017}}</ref> Her first credited and important role was as [[List of Don Quixote characters|Dorothea]] opposite [[DeWolf Hopper]]'s Don Quixote in the 1915 Fine Arts adaptation of [[Don Quixote|the famous Miguel de Cervantes novel]]. Neil G. Caward, a reviewer for the film journal ''[[Motography]]'', wrote, in his review of ''Don Quixote'', that "both [[Fay Tincher]] as Dulcinea and Julia Faye as Dorothea add much enjoyment to the picture."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Caward|first1=Neil G.|title=The Current Triangle Bill.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3lJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA84&dq=Julia+Faye+as+Dorothea+in+Don+Quixote&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj8_uesuMjRAhVC6mMKHa45CogQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=Julia%20Faye%20as%20Dorothea%20in%20Don%20Quixote&f=false|journal=[[Motography]]|date=January 8, 1916|volume=XV|issue=2|page=84|accessdate=January 17, 2017}}</ref> Faye's growing popularity increased with her appearances in several [[Keystone Studios|Keystone]] comedies, including ''A Movie Star'', ''His Auto Ruination'', ''His Last Laugh'', ''Bucking Society'', ''The Surf Girl'', and ''A Lover's Might'', all released in 1916. She also worked for [[D. W. Griffith]], who gave her a minor role in ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916).


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Faye made her debut in silent films with bit roles in ''[[Martyrs of the Alamo]]'' and ''[[The Lamb (1915 film)|The Lamb]]'', both directed by [[Christy Cabanne]] for [[Triangle Film Corporation]] in 1915.<ref name="Motion Picture, Volumes 81-82">{{cite book|title=Motion Picture, Volumes 81–82|date=1951|publisher=Macfadden-Bartell.|page=77}}</ref> Her first credited and important role was as [[List of Don Quixote characters|Dorothea]] opposite [[DeWolf Hopper]]'s Don Quixote in the 1915 Fine Arts adaptation of [[Don Quixote|the famous Miguel de Cervantes novel]]. Neil G. Caward, a reviewer for the film journal ''[[Motography]]'', wrote, in his review of ''Don Quixote'', that "both [[Fay Tincher]] as Dulcinea and Julia Faye as Dorothea add much enjoyment to the picture."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Caward|first1=Neil G.|title=The Current Triangle Bill.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3lJAQAAMAAJ&q=Julia+Faye+as+Dorothea+in+Don+Quixote&pg=PA84|journal=[[Motography]]|date=January 8, 1916|volume=XV|issue=2|page=84|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> Faye's growing popularity increased with her appearances in several [[Keystone Studios|Keystone]] comedies, including ''A Movie Star'', ''His Auto Ruination'', ''His Last Laugh'', ''Bucking Society'', ''The Surf Girl'', and ''A Lover's Might'', all released in 1916. She also worked for [[D. W. Griffith]], who gave her a minor role in ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916).
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===Famous Players-Lasky (1917–1925)===

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Faye's first role for [[Cecil B. DeMille]] was featured in ''[[The Woman God Forgot]]'' (1917).<ref>{{cite book|last1=DeMille|first1=Cecil B.|title=The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille|date=1959|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]|page=188|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> She continued working for DeMille in ''[[The Whispering Chorus]]'', ''[[Old Wives for New]]'', ''[[The Squaw Man (1918 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' and ''[[Till I Come Back to You]]'' (all 1918).
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===Famous Players–Lasky (1917–1925)===
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Faye's first role for [[Cecil B. DeMille]] was featured in ''[[The Woman God Forgot]]'' (1917).<ref>{{cite book|last1=DeMille|first1=Cecil B.|title=The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille|date=1959|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]|page=188}}</ref> She continued working for DeMille in ''[[The Whispering Chorus]]'', ''[[Old Wives for New]]'', ''[[The Squaw Man (1918 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' and ''[[Till I Come Back to You]]'' (all 1918).


[[File:Male and Female (1919) - Swanson Bath.jpg|thumbnail|Faye as [[Gloria Swanson]]'s maid in DeMille's ''[[Male and Female]]'' (1919)]]
[[File:Male and Female (1919) - Swanson Bath.jpg|thumbnail|Faye as [[Gloria Swanson]]'s maid in DeMille's ''[[Male and Female]]'' (1919)]]
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===DeMille Pictures Corporation (1925–1927)===
===DeMille Pictures Corporation (1925–1927)===
When DeMille resigned as director general of [[Famous Players-Lasky]], in January 1925, he became the production head of Cinema Corporation of America. He planned to direct two or three films per year and supervise the making of between ten and twenty more. Faye came along with him as did Joy, Rod La Roque, [[Florence Vidor]], [[Mary Astor]], and [[Vera Reynolds]].<ref>"DeMille Organizes A New Film Concern", ''New York Times'', February 6, 1925, p. 14</ref>
When DeMille resigned as director general of [[Famous Players–Lasky]], in January 1925, he became the production head of Cinema Corporation of America. He planned to direct two or three films per year and supervise the making of between ten and twenty more. Faye came along with him as did Joy, Rod La Roque, [[Florence Vidor]], [[Mary Astor]], and [[Vera Reynolds]].<ref>"DeMille Organizes A New Film Concern", ''New York Times'', February 6, 1925, p. 14</ref>


''[[The Volga Boatman (film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' (1926) was directed by DeMille and named for the noted Russian song. [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], [[Elinor Fair]], and Faye have primary roles in a production DeMille called "his greatest achievement in picture making."<ref>"DeMille's 'Volga Boatman'", ''New York Times'', April 12, 1926, p. X5</ref> Faye's depiction of a "tiger woman" was esteemed as the most captivating of her career, to this point.<ref>"[Faye] Plays Vivid Role In De Mille Opus", ''Los Angeles Times'', May 12, 1926, p. A9</ref> Before this role she had been known for "silken siren roles". [[Theodore Kosloff]] played opposite her as a stupid blacksmith.<ref>"Julia Faye Has Comedy Role in Volga Boatman", ''Los Angeles Times'', May 14, 1926, p. A8</ref>
''[[The Volga Boatman (1926 film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' (1926) was directed by DeMille and named for the noted Russian song. [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], [[Elinor Fair]], and Faye have primary roles in a production DeMille called "his greatest achievement in picture making."<ref>"DeMille's 'Volga Boatman'", ''New York Times'', April 12, 1926, p. X5</ref> Faye's depiction of a "tiger woman" was esteemed as the most captivating of her career, to this point.<ref>"[Faye] Plays Vivid Role In De Mille Opus", ''Los Angeles Times'', May 12, 1926, p. A9</ref> Before this role she had been known for "silken siren roles". [[Theodore Kosloff]] played opposite her as a stupid blacksmith.<ref>"Julia Faye Has Comedy Role in Volga Boatman", ''Los Angeles Times'', May 14, 1926, p. A8</ref>


Faye played [[Martha]] in ''[[The King of Kings]]'' (1927). Christ, portrayed by [[H.B. Warner]], is introduced with great majesty in the DeMille photodrama. A blind child searches for the Lord and the producer/director turns the camera gradually down to the child's eyes. The viewer sees Christ initially like the blind child whose sight is restored.<ref>"Christ's Life Filmed", ''New York Times'', November 21, 1926, pg. X7.</ref> Faye traveled to [[New York City]] for personal appearances in association with ''The King of Kings'' and to address a sales convention in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref>"De Mille, La Rocque Make Up", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 29, 1927, p.&nbsp;A10.</ref>
Faye played [[Martha]] in ''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927). Christ, portrayed by [[H.B. Warner]], is introduced with great majesty in the DeMille photodrama. A blind child searches for the Lord and the producer/director turns the camera gradually down to the child's eyes. The viewer sees Christ initially like the blind child whose sight is restored.<ref>{{cite news|title=Christ's Life Filmed|newspaper=New York Times|date=November 21, 1926|page=X7}}</ref> Faye traveled to [[New York City]] for personal appearances in association with ''The King of Kings'' and to address a sales convention in [[Chicago, Illinois]].<ref>"De Mille, La Rocque Make Up", ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', March 29, 1927, p.&nbsp;A10.</ref>


Faye won critical acclaim for her leading performance in the 60-minute silent comedy ''[[Turkish Delight (1927 film)|Turkish Delight]]'' (1927),<ref name="Julia Faye's Willingness To Help Brings Her To Stardom">{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Dan|title=Julia Faye's Willingness To Help Brings Her To Stardom|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19270617&id=P81PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q1QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3826,5405075&hl=en|accessdate=July 11, 2015|work=[[The Evening Independent]]|date=June 17, 1927}}</ref> directed by [[Paul Sloane (director)|Paul Sloane]] for DeMille Pictures Corporation. She was featured as [[Velma Kelly|Velma]] in the [[Chicago (1927 film)|1927 DeMille-produced film adaptation]] of the play ''[[Chicago (play)|Chicago]]''; she has the distinction of being the first actress to portray Velma on-screen.
Faye won critical acclaim for her leading performance in the 60-minute silent comedy ''[[Turkish Delight (1927 film)|Turkish Delight]]'' (1927),<ref name="Julia Faye's Willingness To Help Brings Her To Stardom">{{cite news|last1=Thomas|first1=Dan|title=Julia Faye's Willingness To Help Brings Her To Stardom|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19270617&id=P81PAAAAIBAJ&pg=3826,5405075&hl=en|access-date=July 11, 2015|work=[[The Evening Independent]]|date=June 17, 1927}}</ref> directed by [[Paul Sloane (director)|Paul Sloane]] for DeMille Pictures Corporation. She was featured as [[Velma Kelly|Velma]] in the [[Chicago (1927 film)|1927 DeMille-produced film adaptation]] of the play ''[[Chicago (play)|Chicago]]''; she has the distinction of being the first actress to portray Velma on-screen.


===Sound films (1928–1957)===
===Sound films (1928–1957)===
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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:Why Change Your Wife (1920) - 5.jpg|thumb|Faye in a 1920 photograph]]
[[File:Why Change Your Wife (1920) - 5.jpg|thumb|Faye in a 1920 photograph]]
Faye married Harold Leroy Wallick on August 2, 1913, in [[Manhattan]].<ref name="Julia Faye Covell mentioned in the record of Harold Leroy Wallick and Julia Faye Covell">{{cite web|title=Julia Faye Covell mentioned in the record of Harold Leroy Wallick and Julia Faye Covell|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243R-RMK|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Wallick predeceased her, and she is listed as a widow in the [[1930 United States Census|1930 census]].<ref name="Julia Faye - United States Census, 1930">{{cite web|title=Julia Faye – United States Census, 1930|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJT-Z1Y|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref>
Faye married Harold Leroy Wallick on August 2, 1913, in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Faye Covell mentioned in the record of Harold Leroy Wallick and Julia Faye Covell|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243R-RMK|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> Wallick predeceased her, and she is listed as a widow in the [[1930 United States Census|1930 census]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Faye – United States Census, 1930|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJT-Z1Y|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/harold-leroy-wallick-24-8r1x8f|title = Harold LeRoy Wallick 1890-1918 - Ancestry®|website = [[Ancestry.com]]}}</ref>


Faye first met Cecil B. DeMille in 1917 and became one of his mistresses. In 1920, Faye resided at 2450 Glendower Avenue in [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.lfia.org/wordpress/?page_id=27|website=Los Feliz Improvement Association|accessdate=January 17, 2017}}</ref> She later bought a [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]]-style mansion at 2338 Observatory Avenue, also in Los Feliz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Los Feliz Improvement Association Historical Survey – Volume V: Streets Beginning with M-P|url=https://www.lfia.org/RegPages/historicalimages/LFIA%20Historic%20Survey%20Volume%205%20M-P%20streets.pdf|website=Los Feliz Improvement Association|accessdate=January 17, 2017}}</ref>
Faye first met Cecil B. DeMille in 1917 and became one of his mistresses. In 1920, Faye resided at 2450 Glendower Avenue in [[Los Feliz, Los Angeles|Los Feliz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.lfia.org/wordpress/?page_id=27|website=Los Feliz Improvement Association|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> She later bought a [[Colonial Revival architecture|Colonial Revival]]-style mansion at 2338 Observatory Avenue, also in Los Feliz.<ref>{{cite web|title=Los Feliz Improvement Association Historical Survey – Volume V: Streets Beginning with M-P|url=https://www.lfia.org/RegPages/historicalimages/LFIA%20Historic%20Survey%20Volume%205%20M-P%20streets.pdf|website=Los Feliz Improvement Association|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>


Faye married screenwriter<ref name="Julia Faye Gets Divorce">{{cite news|title=Julia Faye Gets Divorce|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19360419&id=eGExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IyIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3017,4467093|accessdate=April 6, 2014|newspaper=[[The Milwaukee Journal]]|date=April 19, 1936}}</ref> Walter Anthony Merrill on October 24, 1935, in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="Julia Covell Wallick mentioned in the record of Walter Anthony Merrill and Julia Covell Wallick">{{cite web|title=Julia Covell Wallick mentioned in the record of Walter Anthony Merrill and Julia Covell Wallick|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8J2-2HB|website=[[FamilySearch]]|accessdate=July 10, 2015}}</ref> In April 1936, she announced that she had obtained a [[Nevada]] divorce from Merrill.<ref name="Julia Faye Gets Divorce" />
Faye married screenwriter<ref name= Milwaukee>{{cite news|title=Julia Faye Gets Divorce|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19360419&id=eGExAAAAIBAJ&pg=3017,4467093|access-date=April 6, 2014|newspaper=[[The Milwaukee Journal]]|date=April 19, 1936}}</ref> Walter Anthony Merrill on October 24, 1935, in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Covell Wallick mentioned in the record of Walter Anthony Merrill and Julia Covell Wallick|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8J2-2HB|website=[[FamilySearch]]|access-date=July 10, 2015}}</ref> In April 1936, she announced that she had obtained a [[Nevada]] divorce from Merrill. <ref name= Milwaukee/>


Faye began writing a memoir, ''Flicker Faces'', in the mid-1940s. Although it remains unpublished, some excerpts from the memoir are included in author [[Scott Eyman]]'s 2010 biography of DeMille, ''Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille''.
Faye began writing a memoir, ''Flicker Faces'', in the mid-1940s. Although it remains unpublished, some excerpts from the memoir are included in author [[Scott Eyman]]'s 2010 biography of DeMille, ''Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille''.


==Death==
==Death==
Faye died of [[cancer]] at her home in [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles]],<ref name="The Film Daily obituary">{{cite book|title=The Film Daily|date=1966|publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated|page=184|accessdate=January 17, 2017|quote=HOLLYWOOD— JULIA FAYE MERRILL, 72, a beauty of silent films whose acting career continued until 1956, died Wednes- day at her home in Pacific Palisades, following an illness of several months.}}</ref> on April 6, 1966, at the age of 73. Her cremated remains rest in the Colonnade at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]].
Faye died of [[cancer]] at her home in [[Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles]],<ref name="The Film Daily obituary">{{cite book|title=The Film Daily|date=1966|publisher=Wid's Films and Film Folk Incorporated|page=184|quote=Hollywood—Julia Faye Merrill, 72, a beauty of silent films whose acting career continued until 1956, died Wednesday at her home in Pacific Palisades, following an illness of several months.}}</ref> on April 6, 1966, at the age of 73. Her cremated remains rest in the Colonnade at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]].


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
For her contributions to the American film industry, Faye was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6500 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Faye – Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/julia-faye/|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|accessdate=January 17, 2017}}</ref> Her memoir, saved in The Cecil B. DeMille Archives at [[Brigham Young University]], has yet to be published.
For her contributions to the American film industry, Faye was awarded a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6500 Hollywood Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Faye – Hollywood Walk of Fame|url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/julia-faye/|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> Her memoir, preserved in The Cecil B. DeMille Archives at [[Brigham Young University]], has yet to be published.


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[The Lamb (1915 film)|The Lamb]]'' (1915) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[The Lamb (1915 film)|The Lamb]]'' (1915) in a minor role (uncredited)
* ''Don Quixote'' (1915) - Dorothea
* ''Don Quixote'' (1915) as Dorothea
* ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916) - Bit Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Intolerance (film)|Intolerance]]'' (1916) in a bit role (uncredited)
* ''[[A Roadside Impresario]]'' (1917) - Adelaide Vandergrift
* ''[[A Roadside Impresario]]'' (1917) as Adelaide Vandergrift
* ''[[The Woman God Forgot]]'' (1917) - Tecza's handmaiden
* ''[[The Woman God Forgot]]'' (1917) as Tecza's handmaiden
* ''[[The Whispering Chorus]]'' (1918) - Girl in Shanghai Dive (uncredited)
* ''[[The Whispering Chorus]]'' (1918) as Girl in Shanghai Dive (uncredited)
* ''[[Old Wives for New]]'' (1918) - Jessie
* ''[[Old Wives for New]]'' (1918) as Jessie
* ''[[Sandy (1918 film)|Sandy]]'' (1918) - Annette Fenton
* ''[[Sandy (1918 film)|Sandy]]'' (1918) as Annette Fenton
* ''[[Till I Come Back to You]]'' (1918) - Susette
* ''[[Till I Come Back to You]]'' (1918) as Susette
* ''[[Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots]]'' (1918) - Mabel Brown
* ''[[Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots]]'' (1918) as Mabel Brown
* ''[[The Squaw Man (1918 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' (1918) - Lady Mabel
* ''[[The Squaw Man (1918 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' (1918) as Lady Mabel
* ''[[Venus in the East]]'' (1919) - Doric Blint
* ''[[Venus in the East]]'' (1919) as Doric Blint
* ''[[Don't Change Your Husband]]'' (1919) - Nanette aka Toodles
* ''[[Don't Change Your Husband]]'' (1919) as Nanette aka Toodles
* ''[[A Very Good Young Man]]'' (1919) - Kitty Douglas
* ''[[A Very Good Young Man]]'' (1919) as Kitty Douglas
* ''[[Stepping Out (1919 film)|Stepping Out]]'' (1919) - The Secretary
* ''[[Stepping Out (1919 film)|Stepping Out]]'' (1919) as The Secretary
* ''[[Male and Female]]'' (1919) - Susan - Maid #2
* ''[[Male and Female]]'' (1919) as Susan – Maid #2
* ''[[It Pays to Advertise (1919 film)|It Pays to Advertise]]'' (1919) - Countess de Beaurien
* ''[[It Pays to Advertise (1919 film)|It Pays to Advertise]]'' (1919) as Countess de Beaurien
* ''[[The Six Best Cellars]]'' (1920) - Mrs. Jordan
* ''[[The Six Best Cellars]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Jordan
* ''[[Why Change Your Wife?]]'' (1920) - Girl in Bathing Suit (uncredited)
* ''[[Why Change Your Wife?]]'' (1920) as Girl in Bathing Suit (uncredited)
* ''[[Something to Think About]]'' (1920) - Alice Blair - Banker's Daughter
* ''[[Something to Think About]]'' (1920) as Alice Blair – Banker's Daughter
* ''[[Life of the Party (1920 film)|Life of the Party]]'' (1920) - 'French' Kate
* ''[[Life of the Party (1920 film)|Life of the Party]]'' (1920) as 'French' Kate
* ''[[Forbidden Fruit (1921 film)|Forbidden Fruit]]'' (1921) - Mrs. Mallory's First Maid
* ''[[Forbidden Fruit (1921 film)|Forbidden Fruit]]'' (1921) as Mrs. Mallory's First Maid
* ''[[The Snob (1921 film)|The Snob]]'' (1921) - Betty Welland
* ''[[The Snob (1921 film)|The Snob]]'' (1921) as Betty Welland
* ''[[The Great Moment (1921 film)|The Great Moment]]'' (1921) - Sadi Bronson
* ''[[The Great Moment (1921 film)|The Great Moment]]'' (1921) as Sadi Bronson
* ''[[The Affairs of Anatol]]'' (1921) - Tibra (uncredited)
* ''[[The Affairs of Anatol]]'' (1921) as Tibra (uncredited)
* ''[[Fool's Paradise (film)|Fool's Paradise]]'' (1921) - Samaran, His Chief Wife
* ''[[Fool's Paradise (1921 film)|Fool's Paradise]]'' (1921) as Samaran, His Chief Wife
* ''[[A Trip to Paramountown]]'' (1922, Short) - Herself
* ''[[A Trip to Paramountown]]'' (1922, Short) as herself
* ''[[Saturday Night (1922 film)|Saturday Night]]'' (1922) - Elsie Prentiss
* ''[[Saturday Night (1922 film)|Saturday Night]]'' (1922) as Elsie Prentiss
* ''[[Nice People (1922 film)|Nice People]]'' (1922) - Hallie Livingston
* ''[[Nice People (1922 film)|Nice People]]'' (1922) as Hallie Livingston
* ''[[Manslaughter (1922 film)|Manslaughter]]'' (1922) - Mrs. Drummond
* ''[[Manslaughter (1922 film)|Manslaughter]]'' (1922) as Mrs. Drummond
* ''[[Nobody's Money]]'' (1923) - Annette
* ''[[Nobody's Money]]'' (1923) as Annette
* ''[[Adam's Rib (1923 film)|Adam's Rib]]'' (1923) - The Mischievous One
* ''[[Adam's Rib (1923 film)|Adam's Rib]]'' (1923) as The Mischievous One
* ''[[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1923) - The Wife of Pharaoh - Prologue
* ''[[The Ten Commandments (1923 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1923) as The Wife of Pharaoh – Prologue
* ''[[Don't Call It Love (film)|Don't Call It Love]]'' (1923) - Clara Proctor
* ''[[Don't Call It Love (film)|Don't Call It Love]]'' (1923) as Clara Proctor
* ''[[Hollywood (1923 film)|Hollywood]]'' (1923) - Herself
* ''[[Hollywood (1923 film)|Hollywood]]'' (1923) as herself
* ''[[Triumph (1924 film)|Triumph]]'' (1924) - Countess Rika
* ''[[Triumph (1924 film)|Triumph]]'' (1924) as Countess Rika
* ''[[The Breaking Point (1924 film)|The Breaking Point]]'' (1924) - Gossipy Patient (uncredited)
* ''[[The Breaking Point (1924 film)|The Breaking Point]]'' (1924) as Gossipy Patient (uncredited)
* ''[[Changing Husbands]]'' (1924) - Mitzi
* ''[[Changing Husbands]]'' (1924) as Mitzi
* ''[[Feet of Clay (1924 film)|Feet of Clay]]'' (1924) - Bertha Lansell
* ''[[Feet of Clay (1924 film)|Feet of Clay]]'' (1924) as Bertha Lansell
* ''[[The Golden Bed]]'' (1925) - Nell Thompson
* ''[[The Golden Bed]]'' (1925) as Nell Thompson
* ''Hell's Highroad'' (1925) - Anne Broderick
* ''Hell's Highroad'' (1925) as Anne Broderick
* ''[[The Road to Yesterday]]'' (1925) - Dolly Foules
* ''[[The Road to Yesterday]]'' (1925) as Dolly Foules
* ''[[The Volga Boatman (film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' (1926) - Mariusha, A Gypsy
* ''[[The Volga Boatman (1926 film)|The Volga Boatman]]'' (1926) as Mariusha, a Gypsy
* ''[[Bachelor Brides]]'' (1926) - Pansy Short
* ''[[Bachelor Brides]]'' (1926) as Pansy Short
* ''[[Meet the Prince]]'' (1926) - Princess Sophia Alexnov
* ''[[Meet the Prince]]'' (1926) as Princess Sophia Alexnov
* ''[[Corporal Kate]]'' (1926) - Becky Finkelstein
* ''[[Corporal Kate]]'' (1926) as Becky Finkelstein
* ''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927) - Martha
* ''[[The Yankee Clipper (film)|The Yankee Clipper]]'' (1927) as Queen Victoria
* ''[[His Dog]]'' (1927) - Dorcas
* ''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927) as [[Martha]]
* ''[[The Fighting Eagle]]'' (1927) - Josephine
* ''[[His Dog]]'' (1927) as Dorcas
* ''[[The Main Event (1927 film)|The Main Event]]'' (1927) - Margie
* ''[[The Fighting Eagle]]'' (1927) as Josephine
* ''[[Turkish Delight (1927 film)|Turkish Delight]]'' (1927) - Zelma
* ''[[The Main Event (1927 film)|The Main Event]]'' (1927) as Margie
* ''[[Chicago (1927 film)|Chicago]]'' (1927) - Velma
* ''[[Turkish Delight (1927 film)|Turkish Delight]]'' (1927) as Zelma
* ''[[The Godless Girl]]'' (1929) - Inmate 1#
* ''[[Chicago (1927 film)|Chicago]]'' (1927) as Velma
* ''[[Dynamite (1929 film)|Dynamite]]'' (1929) - Marcia Towne
* ''[[The Godless Girl]]'' (1929) as Inmate #1
* ''[[Not So Dumb]]'' (1930) - Mrs. Forbes
* ''[[Dynamite (1929 film)|Dynamite]]'' (1929) as Marcia Towne
* ''[[The Squaw Man (1931 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Chichester Jones
* ''[[Not So Dumb]]'' (1930) as Mrs. Forbes
* ''[[The Squaw Man (1931 film)|The Squaw Man]]'' (1931) as Mrs. Chichester Jones
* ''[[Only Yesterday (1933 film)|Only Yesterday]]'' (1933) - (uncredited)
* ''[[Only Yesterday (1933 film)|Only Yesterday]]'' (1933) (uncredited)
* ''[[Till We Meet Again (1936 film)|Till We Meet Again]]'' (1936) - Nurse
* ''[[Till We Meet Again (1936 film)|Till We Meet Again]]'' (1936) as Nurse
* ''[[You and Me (1938 film)|You and Me]]'' (1938) - Secretary
* ''[[You and Me (1938 film)|You and Me]]'' (1938) as Secretary
* ''[[Union Pacific (film)|Union Pacific]]'' (1939) - Mame
* ''[[Union Pacific (film)|Union Pacific]]'' (1939) as Mame
* ''[[The Spellbinder]]'' (1939) - Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
* ''[[The Spellbinder]]'' (1939) as Courtroom Extra (uncredited)
* ''[[Remember the Night]]'' (1940) - Jury Member (uncredited)
* ''[[Remember the Night]]'' (1940) as Jury Member (uncredited)
* ''[[Northwest Mounted Police (film)|Northwest Mounted Police]]'' (1940) - Wapiskau
* ''[[Northwest Mounted Police (film)|Northwest Mounted Police]]'' (1940) as Wapiskau
* ''[[Pacific Blackout]]'' (1941) - Dance Club Woman (uncredited)
* ''[[Pacific Blackout]]'' (1941) as Dance Club Woman (uncredited)
* ''[[Reap the Wild Wind]]'' (1942) - Charleston Lady
* ''[[Reap the Wild Wind]]'' (1942) as Charleston Lady
* ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'' (1942) - Guest at Inn (uncredited)
* ''[[Holiday Inn (film)|Holiday Inn]]'' (1942) as Guest at Inn (uncredited)
* ''[[So Proudly We Hail!]]'' (1943) - Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[So Proudly We Hail!]]'' (1943) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[The Story of Dr. Wassell]]'' (1944) - Anne, the Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[The Story of Dr. Wassell]]'' (1944) as Anne, the Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[Casanova Brown]]'' (1944) - X-Ray Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[Casanova Brown]]'' (1944) as X-Ray Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[Masquerade in Mexico]]'' (1945) - Party Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[Masquerade in Mexico]]'' (1945) as Party Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[To Each His Own (film)|To Each His Own]]'' (1946) - (uncredited)
* ''[[To Each His Own (1946 film)|To Each His Own]]'' (1946) (uncredited)
* ''[[California (1947 film)|California]]'' (1947) - Wagon Woman
* ''[[California (1947 film)|California]]'' (1947) as Wagon Woman
* ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (1947 film)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (1947) - Neighbor (uncredited)
* ''[[Easy Come, Easy Go (1947 film)|Easy Come, Easy Go]]'' (1947) as Neighbor (uncredited)
* ''[[Fear in the Night (1947 film)|Fear in the Night]]'' (1947) - Rental Home Owner (uncredited)
* ''[[Fear in the Night (1947 film)|Fear in the Night]]'' (1947) as Rental Home Owner (uncredited)
* ''[[Blaze of Noon]]'' (1947) - Hatchet-Faced Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[Blaze of Noon]]'' (1947) as Hatchet-Faced Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[Welcome Stranger (1947 film)|Welcome Stranger]]'' (1947) - Townswoman (uncredited)
* ''[[Welcome Stranger (1947 film)|Welcome Stranger]]'' (1947) as Townswoman (uncredited)
* ''[[The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)|The Perils of Pauline]]'' (1947) - Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[The Perils of Pauline (1947 film)|The Perils of Pauline]]'' (1947) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[Unconquered]]'' (1947) - Widow Swivens
* ''[[Unconquered (1947 film)|Unconquered]]'' (1947) as Widow Swivens
* ''[[The Big Clock (film)|The Big Clock]]'' (1948) - Secretary (uncredited)
* ''[[The Big Clock (film)|The Big Clock]]'' (1948) as Secretary (uncredited)
* ''[[Mr. Reckless]]'' (1948) - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[Mr. Reckless]]'' (1948) as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
* ''[[Beyond Glory]]'' (1948) - Motherly Churchgoer (uncredited)
* ''[[Beyond Glory]]'' (1948) as Motherly Churchgoer (uncredited)
* ''[[Night Has a Thousand Eyes]]'' (1948) - Companion (uncredited)
* ''[[Night Has a Thousand Eyes]]'' (1948) as Companion (uncredited)
* ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948) - Townswoman (uncredited)
* ''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948) as Townswoman (uncredited)
* ''[[Alias Nick Beal]]'' (1949) - Reformer (uncredited)
* ''[[Alias Nick Beal]]'' (1949) as Reformer (uncredited)
* ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' (1949) - Lady Penelope
* ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film)|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' (1949) as Lady Penelope
* ''[[Red, Hot and Blue (film)|Red, Hot and Blue]]'' (1949) - Julia - Housekeeper
* ''[[Red, Hot and Blue (film)|Red, Hot and Blue]]'' (1949) as Julia – Housekeeper
* ''[[Song of Surrender]]'' (1949) - Bidder (uncredited)
* ''[[Song of Surrender]]'' (1949) as Bidder (uncredited)
* ''[[Chicago Deadline]]'' (1949) - Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[Chicago Deadline]]'' (1949) as Nurse (uncredited)
* ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949) - Hisham
* ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949) as Hisham
* ''[[The Lawless]]'' (1950) - Mrs. Jensen
* ''[[The Lawless]]'' (1950) as Mrs. Jensen
* ''[[Where Danger Lives]]'' (1950) - Nurse Seymour (uncredited)
* ''[[Where Danger Lives]]'' (1950) as Nurse Seymour (uncredited)
* ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) - Hisham (uncredited)
* ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) as Hisham (uncredited)
* ''[[Copper Canyon (film)|Copper Canyon]]'' (1950) - Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[Copper Canyon (film)|Copper Canyon]]'' (1950) as Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[Here Comes the Groom]]'' (1951) - Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
* ''[[Here Comes the Groom (1951 film)|Here Comes the Groom]]'' (1951) as Passenger on Airplane (uncredited)
* ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' (1952) - Birdie
* ''[[The Greatest Show on Earth (film)|The Greatest Show on Earth]]'' (1952) as Birdie
* ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956) - Elisheba
* ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956) as Elisheba
* ''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1958) - Dowager at Sale
* ''[[The Buccaneer (1958 film)|The Buccaneer]]'' (1958) as Dowager at Sale
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Julia Faye
Faye c. 1924
Born
Julia Faye Maloney

(1892-09-24)September 24, 1892
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 1966(1966-04-06) (aged 73)
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHollywood Forever Cemetery
Other namesJulia Faye Covell
Julia Faye Wallick
Julia Faye Merrill
Alma materIllinois State University
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1957
Spouses
Harold Leroy Wallick
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(m. 1913; died 1918)​
Walter Anthony Merrill
​
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(m. 1935; div. 1936)​
PartnerCecil B. DeMille

Julia Faye Maloney[1] (September 24, 1892[2] – April 6, 1966), known professionally as Julia Faye, was an American actress of silent and sound films.[3] She was known for her appearances in more than 30 Cecil B. DeMille productions. Her various roles ranged from maids and ingénues to vamps and queens.

She was "famed throughout Hollywood for her perfect legs" until her performance in Cecil B. DeMille's The Volga Boatman (1926) established her as "one of Hollywood's popular leading ladies."[4]

Early life

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Faye was born at her grandmother's home near Richmond, Virginia.[5] Her father, Robert J. Maloney (born c. 1865),[6] worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.[7] Her mother, Emma Louise Elliott (1872–1955),[8] was from New Castle, Indiana.[9] Her parents had married in 1890 in Newton, Kansas.[6][10] Faye's paternal grandfather, Thomas Maloney, was born in Ireland and had immigrated to the United States in the 1850s.[11]

Faye's father died sometime before 1901,[12] when her widowed mother married Cyrus Demetrios Covell (1862–1941)[13] in Indiana. Faye took her stepfather's name and listed him as her father.

She had lived in St. Louis, Missouri, prior to coming to Hollywood in 1915, to visit friends. She visited one of the film studios and was introduced to actor and director Christy Cabanne. The two reminisced about St. Louis and discovered that they had lived next door to one another there. Cabanne persuaded Faye's reluctant mother to allow her to be in motion pictures.[14]

Career

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Triangle, Fine Arts, and Keystone (1915–1916)

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Publicity photo of Julia Faye from The Blue Book of the Screen by Ruth Wing, 1923

Faye made her debut in silent films with bit roles in Martyrs of the Alamo and The Lamb, both directed by Christy Cabanne for Triangle Film Corporation in 1915.[15] Her first credited and important role was as Dorothea opposite DeWolf Hopper's Don Quixote in the 1915 Fine Arts adaptation of the famous Miguel de Cervantes novel. Neil G. Caward, a reviewer for the film journal Motography, wrote, in his review of Don Quixote, that "both Fay Tincher as Dulcinea and Julia Faye as Dorothea add much enjoyment to the picture."[16] Faye's growing popularity increased with her appearances in several Keystone comedies, including A Movie Star, His Auto Ruination, His Last Laugh, Bucking Society, The Surf Girl, and A Lover's Might, all released in 1916. She also worked for D. W. Griffith, who gave her a minor role in Intolerance (1916).

Famous Players–Lasky (1917–1925)

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Faye's first role for Cecil B. DeMille was featured in The Woman God Forgot (1917).[17] She continued working for DeMille in The Whispering Chorus, Old Wives for New, The Squaw Man and Till I Come Back to You (all 1918).

Faye as Gloria Swanson's maid in DeMille's Male and Female (1919)

In 1919, Faye played the stenographer in Stepping Out. Cast with Enid Bennett, Niles Welch, and Gertrude Claire, Faye was complimented by a critic for playing her role with "class".[18] In DeMille's Male and Female (1919), she played Gloria Swanson's maid.

Her next film, It Pays To Advertise (1919), was a Paramount Pictures release adapted by Elmer Harris from the play of the same name by Rol Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett. It was directed by Donald Crisp. Faye was among the actors with Lois Wilson depicting the leading lady.[19]

Faye was listed as a member of the Paramount Stock Company School in July 1922. Its noteworthy personalities included Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Betty Compson, Wallace Reid, Bebe Daniels, and Pola Negri.[20]

Faye (center) as the wife of Pharaoh Rameses II in The Ten Commandments (1923)

In 1923, she played The Wife of Pharaoh, one of her most famous roles, in the prologue of DeMille's The Ten Commandments.

Faye joined Raymond Griffith and ZaSu Pitts in the screen feature Changing Husbands (1924), a Leatrice Joy comedy adapted from a magazine story entitled Roles.[21]

DeMille Pictures Corporation (1925–1927)

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When DeMille resigned as director general of Famous Players–Lasky, in January 1925, he became the production head of Cinema Corporation of America. He planned to direct two or three films per year and supervise the making of between ten and twenty more. Faye came along with him as did Joy, Rod La Roque, Florence Vidor, Mary Astor, and Vera Reynolds.[22]

The Volga Boatman (1926) was directed by DeMille and named for the noted Russian song. William Boyd, Elinor Fair, and Faye have primary roles in a production DeMille called "his greatest achievement in picture making."[23] Faye's depiction of a "tiger woman" was esteemed as the most captivating of her career, to this point.[24] Before this role she had been known for "silken siren roles". Theodore Kosloff played opposite her as a stupid blacksmith.[25]

Faye played Martha in The King of Kings (1927). Christ, portrayed by H.B. Warner, is introduced with great majesty in the DeMille photodrama. A blind child searches for the Lord and the producer/director turns the camera gradually down to the child's eyes. The viewer sees Christ initially like the blind child whose sight is restored.[26] Faye traveled to New York City for personal appearances in association with The King of Kings and to address a sales convention in Chicago, Illinois.[27]

Faye won critical acclaim for her leading performance in the 60-minute silent comedy Turkish Delight (1927),[28] directed by Paul Sloane for DeMille Pictures Corporation. She was featured as Velma in the 1927 DeMille-produced film adaptation of the play Chicago; she has the distinction of being the first actress to portray Velma on-screen.

Sound films (1928–1957)

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Faye had a small role as an inmate in DeMille's The Godless Girl (1929), which featured some talking sequences, but she made her "talkie" debut playing Marcia Towne in DeMille's first sound film, Dynamite (1929), co-starring Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, and Charles Bickford. Dynamite was also her first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film. She also appeared in two other MGM productions, the Marion Davies comedy Not So Dumb (1930) and DeMille's third and final remake of The Squaw Man (1931), before her brief retirement from films in the early 1930s.

After a short-lived marriage, Faye returned to films with a minor role in Till We Meet Again (1936) and would go on to appear in every one of DeMille's films after Union Pacific (1939), which marked her return to DeMille films. In Samson and Delilah (1949), she had a prominent supporting role as Delilah's maidservant, Hisham. In The Ten Commandments (1956), she played Elisheba, Aaron's wife. Her last role was as a dowager in the 1958 remake of DeMille's The Buccaneer, produced by DeMille himself but directed by his son-in-law Anthony Quinn.

Personal life

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Faye in a 1920 photograph

Faye married Harold Leroy Wallick on August 2, 1913, in Manhattan.[29] Wallick predeceased her, and she is listed as a widow in the 1930 census.[30][31]

Faye first met Cecil B. DeMille in 1917 and became one of his mistresses. In 1920, Faye resided at 2450 Glendower Avenue in Los Feliz.[32] She later bought a Colonial Revival-style mansion at 2338 Observatory Avenue, also in Los Feliz.[33]

Faye married screenwriter[34] Walter Anthony Merrill on October 24, 1935, in Los Angeles.[35] In April 1936, she announced that she had obtained a Nevada divorce from Merrill. [34]

Faye began writing a memoir, Flicker Faces, in the mid-1940s. Although it remains unpublished, some excerpts from the memoir are included in author Scott Eyman's 2010 biography of DeMille, Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille.

Death

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Faye died of cancer at her home in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,[36] on April 6, 1966, at the age of 73. Her cremated remains rest in the Colonnade at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Legacy

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For her contributions to the American film industry, Faye was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6500 Hollywood Boulevard.[37] Her memoir, preserved in The Cecil B. DeMille Archives at Brigham Young University, has yet to be published.

Partial filmography

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References

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  2. ^ "Julia Merrill – United States Social Security Death Index". FamilySearch. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Army of Ushers". New York Times. February 17, 1924. p. X5.
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  19. ^ Written On The Screen, New York Times, November 9, 1919, p. XX5
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  21. ^ Around the Movie World, May 11, 1924, p. X5
  22. ^ "DeMille Organizes A New Film Concern", New York Times, February 6, 1925, p. 14
  23. ^ "DeMille's 'Volga Boatman'", New York Times, April 12, 1926, p. X5
  24. ^ "[Faye] Plays Vivid Role In De Mille Opus", Los Angeles Times, May 12, 1926, p. A9
  25. ^ "Julia Faye Has Comedy Role in Volga Boatman", Los Angeles Times, May 14, 1926, p. A8
  26. ^ "Christ's Life Filmed". New York Times. November 21, 1926. p. X7.
  27. ^ "De Mille, La Rocque Make Up", Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1927, p. A10.
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