Faire Binney

Frederica "Faire" Binney (August 24, 1900 – August 28, 1957), was an American stage and film actress.^[2][3]

Faire Binney
Born	Frederica Binney August 24, 1900 Morristown, New Jersey, U.S.[1]
Died	August 28, 1957 (1957-08-29) (aged 57)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1918–1953
Spouse	David Carleton Sloane ​ ​ (m. 1922)​
Relatives	Constance Binney (sister)

Biography

Born Frederica Binney^[4] in Morristown, New Jersey,^[5] she was the daughter of Horace Binney, a lawyer, and Gertrude Miles Binney.^[4] Her education came in private schools^[6] in Concord, Massachusetts.^[5] She starred in a number of films during the silent era after making her debut in the 1918 film Sporting Life alongside her sister Constance Binney. During the early 1950s she appeared in several small, uncredited parts.^{[citation needed]}

Binney married David Carleton Sloane^[4] in October 1922 in her mother's house in New York.^[7]

Selected filmography

• Sporting Life (1918)
• Woman (1918)
• Here Comes the Bride (1919)
• Open Your Eyes (1919)
• The Wonder Man (1920)
• The Blue Pearl (1920)
• Madonnas and Men (1920)
• The Girl from Porcupine (1921)
• A Man's Home (1921)
• Frontier of the Stars (1921)
• A Wide Open Town (1922)
• What Fools Men Are (1922)
• Loyal Lives (1923)
• Second Youth (1924)
• The Man Without a Heart (1924)
• The Speed Spook (1924)
• The Lost Chord (1925)
• False Pride (1925)
• Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
• Monkey Business (1952)
• Dream Wife (1953)

References

1. "Here is Connie's Sister", The Gazette Times (Pittsburgh), March 27, 1921. Accessed April 5, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Faire Binney, who plays a leading role in Madonnas and Men, is a sister of Constance Binney. She is a native of Morristown. N. J."
2. Goble p.306
3. Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.732
4. "From Society To Stage -- and Back Again". The Philadelphia Inquirer. March 28, 1926. p. 130. Retrieved August 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Fox, Charles Donald; Silver, Milton L. (1920). Who's who on the Screen. Ross publishing Company. p. 206. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
6. Lowe, Denise (27 January 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
7. Houser, Lionel (January 21, 1934). "Stage Again Lures Binney Duo Who Are Rehearsing New Play". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 23. Retrieved August 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella & Steve Joyce. American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland, 2014.

External links

• Faire Binney at IMDb