Florence Fair

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

Florence Fair
Fair c. 1925
Born	Flobelle Fairbanks (1907-12-14)December 14, 1907 Salida, Colorado, U.S.
Died	January 5, 1969(1969-01-05) (aged 61) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1918–1946
Spouse	Shirley Burden ​ ​ (m. 1937)​
Children	Margaret Florence Shirley Carter Burden, Jr.
Relatives	Douglas Fairbanks (uncle)

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)