Editing Fay Wray (section)

===Later career===
[[File:Fay Wray Stars of the Photoplay.jpg|thumb|right|upright|1930 publicity photograph]]
[[File:Pride of the Family cast photo.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The 1953 cast of ''Pride of the Family'' includes Bobby Hyatt, Wray, [[Paul Hartman]], and [[Natalie Wood]].]]
[[File:Fay Wray.jpg|thumb|upright|Wray holds her autobiography titled ''On the Other Hand''.]]
[[File:Fay Wray's star on HWF.JPG|thumb|upright|right|Her star is on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 6349 Hollywood Blvd.]]
[[File:Fay-Wray-Fountain.jpg|thumb|upright|right|Fay Wray Fountain, Cardston, Alberta]]
Wray continued starring in films, including ''[[The Richest Girl in the World (1934 film)|The Richest Girl in the World]]'', but by the early 1940s, her appearances became less frequent. She retired in 1942 after her second marriage but due to financial exigencies she soon resumed her acting career,<ref name="wrayreference" /> and over the next three decades, she appeared in several films and appeared frequently on television. She portrayed Catherine Morrison in the 1953–54 sitcom ''[[The Pride of the Family]]''<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=853|edition=2nd}}</ref> with [[Natalie Wood]] as her daughter. Wray appeared in ''[[Queen Bee (1955 film)|Queen Bee]]'' and ''[[The Cobweb (1955 film)|The Cobweb]]'', both released in 1955.

Wray appeared in [[List of Perry Mason episodes|three episodes]] of ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'': "The Case of the Prodigal Parent" (1958); "The Case of the Watery Witness" (1959), as murder victim Lorna Thomas; and "The Case of the Fatal Fetish" (1965), as voodoo practitioner Mignon Germaine. Wray also co-starred with ''Perry Mason'' star Raymond Burr in the 1957 noir film release ''Crime of Passion''.

In 1959, Wray was cast as Tula Marsh in the episode "The Second Happiest Day" of ''[[Playhouse 90]].'' Other roles around this time were in the episodes "Dip in the Pool" (1958) and "The Morning After" of CBS's ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''. In 1960, she appeared as Clara in an episode of ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'', "Who Killed Cock Robin?"  Another 1960 role was that of Mrs. Staunton, with [[Gigi Perreau]] as her daughter, in the episode "Flight from Terror" of ''[[The Islanders (TV series)|The Islanders]].''

Wray appeared in a 1961 episode of ''[[The Real McCoys]]'' titled "Theatre in the Barn"<!-- S4/Ep23 -->. In 1963, she played Mrs. Brubaker in ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' episode "You're So Smart, Why Can't You Be Good?" She ended her acting career with the 1980 made-for-television film ''[[Gideon's Trumpet (1980 film)|Gideon's Trumpet]]''.

In 1988, her autobiography was released, ''On the Other Hand''.<ref>{{cite book|title=On the Other Hand: A Life Story|edition=1st|last=Wray|first=Fay|isbn=978-0-312-02265-5|oclc=17917980|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|location=New York City|year=1989}}</ref> In her later years, Wray continued to make public appearances. In 1991, she was crowned Queen of the Beaux Arts Ball, presiding with King [[Herbert Huncke]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Beaux Arts Society: Royal Family|url=http://www.beauxartssociety.org/19356.html|access-date=February 24, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192849/http://beauxartssociety.org/19356.html|archive-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref>

She was approached by [[James Cameron]] to play Rose Dawson Calvert for his blockbuster ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997) with [[Kate Winslet]] to play her younger self, but she turned down the role, which was subsequently portrayed by [[Gloria Stuart]] in an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Oscar]]-nominated performance. She was a special guest at the [[70th Academy Awards]], where the show's host [[Billy Crystal]] introduced her as the "Beauty who charmed the Beast". She was the only 1920s Hollywood actress in attendance that evening. On October 3, 1998, she appeared at the Pine Bluff Film Festival, which showed ''The Wedding March'' with live orchestral accompaniment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Performances |url=http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jbeatty/pinebluff/perform.htm |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu}}</ref>

In January 2003, at age 95, she appeared at the [[Palm Beach International Film Festival]] to celebrate the Rick McKay documentary film ''[[Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There]]'', where she was honored with a "Legend in Film" award. In her later years, she visited the [[Empire State Building]] frequently; in 1991, she was a guest of honor at the building's 60th anniversary, and in May 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/topic/Fay_Wray/photos/pg-1 |title=UPI.com |publisher=UPI.com |access-date=March 9, 2011}}</ref> she made one of her last public appearances at the ESB. Her final public appearance was at the premiere of the documentary film ''Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There'' in June 2004.<ref>
{{cite web
 | url = https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/archives/la-me-fay-wray-20040810-snap-story.html
 | title = From the Archives: Fay Wray, 96; Actress, Object of Ape's Desire in 'King Kong'
 | last = Luther
 | first = Claudia
 | date = August 10, 2004
 | work = [[The Los Angeles Times]]
 | access-date = March 28, 2022
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