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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 Santa Cruz in 1924 and then Miss California and Miss America in 1925.[2] Early lifeLanphier was born in El Dorado, California, the eldest child of six born to Percival Caspar Lanphier and Emily Elenora Olson.[3][4] Her family later moved to Alameda, California.[4] Lanphier's father died before she was a teenager.[4] She graduated from Oakland High School in 1924 and was saving money to go to business college.[4] In December 1924, Lanphier signed a contract with Max Graf to star in a series of shorts produced on the San Francisco Peninsula.[4] CareerPageantryShe was the 1925 Rose Queen.[5] 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.[6] Before she was Miss California, she was Miss Santa Cruz 1924. Lanphier won Miss America in 1925 on a vote of 12–3.[4] Film careerLanphier appeared in the Paramount Pictures film The American Venus (1926) which featured a beauty contest, and co-starred Louise Brooks,[7] and performed for a short time on stage in San Francisco with the Henry Duffy Players.[8] Personal lifeOn June 8, 1928, Lanphier married Sidney M. Spiegel, son of Joseph Spiegel, in Chicago.[9] They divorced after six months of marriage.[10][11] In 1931, she married high-school sweetheart Winfield Daniels, with whom she had two daughters.[12] They remained married until her death in 1959.[13] Later years and deathAfter her second marriage, Lanphier largely retired from public life and became a housewife and mother.[13] She lived in the Oakland, California suburb of Orinda until her death from hepatitis and viral pneumonia at age 53 on June 21, 1959.[14][15] On June 24, 1959, Lanphier was interred at the Outdoor Mausoleum at the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.[15] References
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