Virginia Browne Faire

Virginia Brown Faire (26 June 1904 – 30 June 1980) was an American silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns. (The silent es on the end of her names came and went.)

Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's "Fame and Fortune" contest.

Between 1920 and 1935, the actress appeared in some 75 films. Her first film credit was the 1920 film Runnin' Straight, a Hoot Gibson short western at Universal. Faire was the leading lady of John Gilbert in Monte Cristo (1922). She was selected as one of the WAMPAS (Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) Baby Stars in 1923 and appeared with Wallace and Noah Beery in Stormswept that same year. She is most remembered for her role as Tinker Bell in the 1924 film Peter Pan. In 1926 she had a small role in the Greta Garbo film The Temptress. Faire also appeared in westerns with Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, John Wayne, and Ken Maynard.

She made it through the transition of sound, making a successful talkie in Frank Capra's The Donovan Affair (1929), but was soon appearing in more low-budget films.

Faire left Hollywood for Chicago in the late 1930s. She worked in radio and several films for industries prior to retiring to the west coast.

She was married at least twice in her lifetime. She was first married to actor Jack Daugherty, and later to producer Howard Weine. She wed Dougherty on February 7, 1927. Citing incompatibility, the couple separated in April 1928. Following her separation from Dougherty she resided with her mother at her Beverly Hills home.

She died in 1980 in Laguna Beach, California, aged 76.