The Resume

(September 15, 1907-August 8, 2004)
Birth name is Vina Fay Wray
Acted in 'Dragstrip Riot (1958),' 'Tammy and the Bachelor (1957),' 'Queen Bee (1955),' 'Small Town Girl (1953),' 'Adam Had Four Sons (1941),' 'Navy Secrets (1939),' 'They Met in a Taxi (1936),' 'White Lies (1935),' 'Richest Girl in the World (1934),' 'Countess of Monte Cristo (1934),' 'Shanghai Madness (1933),' 'King Kong (1933),' 'Captain Thunder (1930),' 'Pointed Heels (1929),' 'Street of Sin (1928),' 'Isn't Life Terrible (1925),' 'Should Sailors Marry? (1924)' and 'Gasoline Love (1923)'
Often cast as the silent heroine in Universal Westerns

Why she might be annoying:

She dropped her first name and goes by her middle name.
No matter what she ever did, she is primarily remembered as King Kong's main squeeze, Ann Darrow.
She was divorced.
She was nicknamed 'The Queen of Scream,' because she was one of Hollywood's best shriekers.
She is a partial vegetarian.
She allegedly aborted a baby she was having with Clifford Odets.
After her divorce, her ex-husband John Monk Saunders, hanged himself.

Why she might not be annoying:

Her parents divorced when she was young.
She was born in Canada, but raised in Arizona and California.
She is mentioned in the song 'Are You Jimmy Ray?' by Jimmy Ray (1998).
Although in her nineties, she still drives an automobile.
Her rhyming name makes her memorable.
She ranked #93 in Playboy's Sex Stars of the Century.
She came out of retirement to support her husband, after he had a stroke.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2005 - 100 Least Annoying (Ranked: 41)
• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Passions [Couples] (Ranked: 24)
• Alan Ladd's Leading Ladies
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents [L-Z]
• Canada's Walk of Fame
• Carol Burnett Impersonations
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [September] (Ranked: 9151907)
• Clark Gable's Leading Ladies
• Erich Von Stroheim Films
• Film Pioneers [Silent Era]
• Gary Cooper's Leading Ladies
• I Attended Hollywood High School
• I Attended the Premiere of ‘Citizen Kane’ [1941]
• I Attended the Premiere of 'Don Juan' [1926]
• I Come from Canada
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 96)
• I Have a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame[U-Z]
• I'm Buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery [Calif]
• King Kong [1933, 1976, 2005] (Ranked: 1933)
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, Oh!
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Natalie Wood Portrayed My Daughter
• Perry Mason - Guest Stars
• Playboy's 100 Sexiest Movies Stars of All Time (Ranked: 93)
• Profiles 5251-5500 (Ranked: 5280)
• Richard O'Brien's 'Science Fiction/Double Feature' [Rocky Horror Picture Show]
• Scream Queens
• TV Guide’s 50 Greatest Movie Moments [March 2001] (Ranked: 4)
• WAMPAS Baby Stars (Ranked: 1926)
• Women Who had Abortions

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 76 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 60 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 264 Votes: 81.44% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 80 Votes: 53.75% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 113 Votes: 52.21% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 143 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 146 Votes: 34.93% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 227 Votes: 44.05% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 421 Votes: 42.04% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 786 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 810 Votes: 41.98% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 667 Votes: 42.28% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 538 Votes: 39.59% Annoying