Jesslyn Fax

Quick Facts

Intro

American actress

Places

United States of America

was

Actor Film actor

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Female

Birth

4 January 1893 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Toronto, Canada

Star sign

Capricorn People who share this birthday

Death

16 February 1975 People who died on this day

Age

82 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Jesslyn Fax (4 January 1893 – 16 February 1975) was an American actress. She is known for playing the elderly Ms. Hearing Aid in Rear Window (1954), Miss Hemphill in The Man Who Died Twice (1958), and Airline passenger in The Family Jewels (1965).

Early years

Jesslyn Vazquez

Career

A short, dumpy, cherubic-like character actress, Fax mainly appeared in cheerful small supporting roles as 'little old ladies'. Occasional comic foil to Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, in a to guest appearance on I Love Lucy and others. She also made appearances in numerous other popular 1950s-1960s TV shows such as Peter Gunn, Our Miss Brooks, The Jack Benny Program, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, The Joey Bishop Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., and The Wild Wild West. Her film appearances include roles in the Don Knotts films The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) and The Love God (1969), the Alfred Hitchcock murder/suspense film North By Northwest (1959), which starred Cary Grant, and the Andy Griffith film Angel in My Pocket (1969).

Filmography

Films

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950) as Train Passenger (uncredited)
So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953, Short) as Dance Instructress (uncredited)
Scared Stiff (1953) as Woman in Hotel Hallway (uncredited)
Here Come the Girls (1953) as Washwoman (uncredited)
So You Want to Be Your Own Boss (1954, Short) as Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
Rear Window (1954) as Miss Hearing Aid
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) as Horace's Wife
How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) as Music Teacher
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) as Townswoman (uncredited)
Desk Set (1957) as Mrs. Hewitt (uncredited)
An Affair to Remember (1957) as Terry's Landlady (uncredited)
The Wayward Girl (1957) as Older Prisoner (uncredited)
The Man Who Died Twice (1958) as Sally Hemphill
North by Northwest (1959) as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Blue Denim (1959) as Aunt Margaret (uncredited)
The Best of Everything (1959) as Aunt (uncredited)
All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960) as Old Lady (uncredited)
Maggie (1960, TV Movie) as Miss Caldwell
The Music Man (1962) as Avis Grubb
Paradise Alley (1962) as Mrs. Holman
The Interns (1962) as Mrs. Hitchcock (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) as Secretary (uncredited)
4 for Texas (1963) as Mildred
The Family Jewels (1965) as Airline Passenger
A Very Special Favor (1965) as Miss Feeny (uncredited)
Never Too Late (1965) as Saleswoman (uncredited)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) as Mrs. Hutchinson
The Trouble with Angels (1966) as Resident at Retirement Home (uncredited)
Three on a Couch (1966) as Rich Lady
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) as Mrs. Feinberg
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967) as Gail Goobendick - Maid (uncredited)
The Gnome-Mobile (1967) as The Bluejay (voice, uncredited)
Doctor Dolittle (1967) as Old Woman (uncredited)
Angel in My Pocket (1969) as Mrs. Styles
The Love God? (1969) as Miss Love (final film role)

TV series

Hollywood Theatre Time (1951) as Maid
The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953)
Waterfront (1954) as Housekeeper
Public Defender (1954) as Mrs. Bassett
Willy (1954) as Louella
The Lineup (1955)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955) as Mrs. Damity
Our Miss Brooks (1953-1956) as Angela Devon
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1957)
I Love Lucy (1957) as Train Passenger
The Loretta Young Show (1954-1957) as Mrs. Connors / Mrs. Hulgard
Suspicion (1957) as Wife
Dragnet (1956-1957)
Schlitz Playhouse (1953-1957) as Agnes / Lady Bettor / Woman Passenger
How to Marry a Millionaire (1958) as Mother
Love That Jill (1958) as Dora
December Bride (1958)
The Californians (1958) as Annie Mortigan
The Ed Wynn Show (1958) as Mrs. Creavy
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Maid
Peter Gunn (1959) as Belle Decanto
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) as Ruth Erdlatz
Johnny Staccato (1960) as Clara - Cleaning Lady
The Ann Sothern Show (1960) as Tilly Barlow
The Comedy Spot (1960)
The Real McCoys (1961) as Miss Trumbull
Pete and Gladys (1961) as Mrs. Quigley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961-1962) as The Motel Manageress / Mrs. Gruber / Mrs. Evans
Route 66 (1962) as Birdie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1963) as Abigail Willis
Gunsmoke (19639) as Proprietress
Sam Benedict (1963) as Sarah Kolsky
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) as Miss McGuiness / Mrs. Bates
The Eleventh Hour (1963) as Mrs. Polhemus
The Joey Bishop Show (1961-1964) as Woman in Library / Cleaning Woman
Perry Mason (1958-1964) as Little Old Lady / Court Clerk
The Jack Benny Program (1954-1964) as Emma - Fan Club VP / Rick Barton / Woman in audience selling jam
Many Happy Returns (1964-1965) as Wilma Fritter
My Brother the Angel (1966) as Little Old Lady
The Monkees (1966) as Mrs. Purdy
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965-1966) as Mrs. Feinberg / Mr. Willard
Batman (1967) as Bon Bon
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1967) as Mrs. Mealy
Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967) as Mrs. Nelson
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967) as Mrs. Barnes
The Second Hundred Years (1967) as Mildred Finch
The Wild Wild West (1967) as Mrs. Peacock
The Andy Griffith Show (1967) as Mrs. Le Grande
Cimarron Strip (1968) as Eva
The Doris Day Show (1969) as Lydia Lindsay