Elinor Fair


Elinor Fair Martin was an American motion picture actress.

Early years

Crowe was born on December 21, 1903, in Richmond, Virginia, to Harry Crowe, a salesman, and Helen Crowe. Her older brother Donald died in 1904 just four months short of his third birthday. During her childhood her family relocated multiple times.

Career

When Fair was elected a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1924, she had already been in films for a number of years, and in vaudeville before that. She did some of her best work under contract to Cecil B. DeMille, appearing in such productions as Yankee Clipper and Let 'er go Gallagher. She also played in a handful of talkies, before disappearing from the big screen in 1934.

Personal life

From 1926 to 1929, she was married to cowboy actor William Boyd. Boyd's proposal was unique—while filming a scene for the DeMille film The Volga Boatman, Boyd's character professes his love for Fair's character. However, what audiences were not aware of was that Boyd was actually proposing for real, and that Fair accepted in character and in real life. They did not have any children together.
On December 27, 1932, Fair married aviator Thomas W. Daniels. He obtained an annulment, but they reconciled and remarried. They divorced, however, in 1935.

Selected filmography