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Florence Fair

American actress (1907–1969)

Shirley Burden

(m. 1937)

ChildrenMargaret Florence
Shirley Carter Burden, Jr.RelativesDouglas Fairbanks (uncle)

Flobelle Fairbanks (December 14, 1907 – January 5, 1969), known professionally as Florence Fair, was an American actress.

Biography

Fair was born as Flobelle Fairbanks in Salida, Colorado. She was the daughter of John Fairbanks and Margaret McElvain, and the niece of actor Douglas Fairbanks.^[1]

In 1936, she married photographer Shirley Burden.^[1] Together, they were the parents of two children, a daughter and a son:^[2] Margaret Florence (1936–2019)^[3] and Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (1941–1996), who was a former assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,^[3] and who was married to Amanda Jay Mortimer (b. 1944) before their divorce in 1972.^[4]^[5]

Fair died on January 5, 1969.^[3] She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Bronx, New York.^[6]

Filmography

Zaza (1923)
The Moral Sinner (1924)
Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
Eyes Right! (1926) credited as Flobelle Fairbanks
The Love of Sunya (1927)
The Climbers (1927)
What Happened to Father (1927)
The Firebird (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
I Am a Thief (1934)
The Secret Bride (1934)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
Dinky (1935)
In Caliente (1935)
Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
Stranded (1935)
Front Page Woman (1935)
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
Page Miss Glory (1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
Personal Maid's Secret (1935)
Stars Over Broadway (1935)
Man of Iron (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
Dangerous (1935)
Freshman Love (1936)
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
Hearts Divided (1936)
Second Wife (1936)
Undercurrent (1946)

References

^ ^a ^b "S. C. BURDEN TO WED FLOBELLE FAIRBANKS; Betrothal Is Announced of Screen and Stage Actress to Vanderbilt Kin". The New York Times. March 3, 1934. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
^ "Shirley Burden, 80, a Writer-Photographer". The New York Times. June 5, 1989. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MRS. SHIRLEY C. BURDEN". The New York Times. January 6, 1969. Archived from the original on February 22, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (January 24, 1996). "Carter Burden, Progressive Patrician, 54, Dies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
^ "People, Jun. 26, 1972". Time. June 26, 1972. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Last week Amanda, 28, filed for divorce for "cruel and inhuman treatment." Carter, 30, replied: "I'm very surprised and disappointed."
^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.