Florence Fair Explained

Florence Fair
Birth Name:	Flobelle Fairbanks
Birth Date:	December 14, 1907
Birth Place:	Salida, Colorado, U.S.
Death Place:	New York City, U.S.
Resting Place:	Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Occupation:	Actress
Years Active:	1918 - 1946
Children:	Margaret Florence Shirley Carter Burden, Jr.
Relatives:	Douglas 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. 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, and who was married to Amanda Jay Mortimer (b. 1944) before their divorce in 1972.^[4] ^[5]

Fair died on January 5, 1969. 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)

Notes and References

News: 3 March 1934 . S. C. BURDEN TO WED FLOBELLE FAIRBANKS; Betrothal Is Announced of Screen and Stage Actress to Vanderbilt Kin . . 19 September 2017 . September 24, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170924182224/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05E6D7113DE33ABC4B53DFB566838F629EDE&legacy=true . live .
News: 5 June 1989 . Shirley Burden, 80, a Writer-Photographer . . 19 September 2017 . April 8, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230408011439/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/05/obituaries/shirley-burden-80-a-writer-photographer.html . live .
News: January 6, 1969 . MRS. SHIRLEY C. BURDEN . . 19 September 2017 . February 22, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180222022017/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A02E1D6123BE73ABC4E53DFB7668382679EDE&legacy=true . live .
News: Van Gelder . Lawrence . January 24, 1996 . Carter Burden, Progressive Patrician, 54, Dies . . November 19, 2008 . April 10, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090410232917/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/24/nyregion/carter-burden-progressive-patrician-54-dies.html . live .
June 26, 1972 . People, Jun. 26, 1972 . dead . Time . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025202027/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906089-1,00.html . 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.