Fay Davis

Fay Davis (December 15, 1872<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=VzFAAAAAYAAJ&dq=fay+davis+actress&pg=PA276 The Actors' Birthday Book: An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January 1 and December 31], p.276 c.1907 by Johnson Briscoe</ref> – March 1, 1945) was an American stage actress from Boston, Massachusetts who was a star of many Shakespearean plays. Early life Fay Davis was born December 15, 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended the Winthrop School in Boston and a school of oratory. Davis studied under the monologist Leland Powers. Davis became popular as a reciter in Boston and other places in New England. She also acted as an amateur in her hometown. Career Davis came to England in 1895 to join the company of Sir Charles Wyndham. She quickly achieved success as Zoe Nuggetson in A Squire of Dames. In 1896 she went to the St. James's Theatre where she remained five years. At this time she played her first roles in productions of the works of Shakespeare. In 1902 Davis returned to America and made her debut at the Empire Theatre under Charles Frohman. For Frohman, Davis appeared as Wilhelmina in Imprudence.