Fay Lanphier

Fay Elinora Lanphier (December 12, 1905 – June 21, 1959)[1] was an American model and actress most noted for winning the title of Miss California in 1924 and Miss America in 1925.[2]

Fay Lanphier
Born	Fay Elinora Lanphier (1905-12-12)December 12, 1905 El Dorado, California, US
Died	June 21, 1959(1959-06-21) (aged 53) Orinda, California, U.S.
Resting place	Mountain View Cemetery
Nationality	American
Other names	Fay Daniels
Education	Oakland High School
Title	1925 Rose Queen Miss California 1924 Miss America 1925
Predecessor	Ruth Malcomson
Successor	Norma Smallwood
Spouse(s)	Sidney M. Spiegel ​ ( m. 1928; div. 1929) Winfield Daniels ( m. 1931⁠–⁠1959)
Children	2

Early life

Lanphier was born in El Dorado, California, the eldest child of six born to Percival Caspar Lanphier and Emily Elenora Olson.[3] She graduated from Oakland High School in 1924.

Career

Pageantry

She was the 1925 Rose Queen.[4] To date, she is the only person to hold both titles at the same time. She is also the first Miss California to become Miss America.[5] Before she was Miss California, she was Miss Santa Cruz (1924).

Film career

Lanphier appeared in the Paramount Pictures film The American Venus (1926) which featured a beauty contest, and co-starred Louise Brooks,[6] and performed for a short time on stage in San Francisco with the Henry Duffy Players.[7]

Personal life

On June 8, 1928, Lanphier married Sidney M. Spiegel, son of Joseph Spiegel, in Chicago.[8] They divorced after six months of marriage.[9][10]

In 1931, she married high-school sweetheart Winfield Daniels, with whom she had two daughters.[11] They remained married until her death in 1959. [12]

Later years and death

After her second marriage, Lanphier largely retired from public life and became a housewife and mother.[12] She lived in the Oakland, California suburb of Orinda until her death from hepatitis and viral pneumonia at age 53 on June 21, 1959.[13][14]

On June 24, 1959, Lanphier was interred at the Outdoor Mausoleum at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.[14]

References

1. California Death Index
2. "Miss America's Smile Her Greatest Asset". The Pittsburgh Press. September 23, 1925. p. 6.
3. 1920 US Federal Census
4. "East-West Grid Game Stage Set". Berkeley Daily Gazette. December 31, 1925. p. 7.
5. "Miss California History". Miss California. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
6. "Jesse L. Lasky Tells How "The American Venus" Was Selected At Atlantic City". The Palm Beach Post. October 4, 1925.
7. "Radio Technique Is Studied For Remote Control". San Jose News. November 11, 1929. p. 6.
8. "Fay Lanphier Weds Sidney Spiegel, Jr". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Journal. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: LNP Media Group. June 8, 1928. p. 19.
9. "Beauty Queen To Wed". Sunday Morning Star. June 10, 1928. p. 23.
10. "Fay Lamphier Divorced". San Jose News. March 9, 1929. p. 9.
11. "Fay Lanphier Weds Schoolmate". The New York Times. July 22, 1931. p. 19.
12. "Fay Lanphier Dies; East Bay Housewife". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California: by San Francisco Media Company LLC. June 23, 1959. p. 3.
13. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
14. Wilson, Scott (206). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3 ed.). McFarland. p. 425. ISBN 0-786-47992-2.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ruth Malcomson	Miss America 1925	Succeeded by Norma Smallwood
Preceded by --	Miss California 1925	Succeeded by Bertha Wiezel

External links

• Fay Lanphier on IMDb
• Biography
• 1920 Census
• Tournament of Roses