Fay Wray Honored by Canada Post

The Palaeoblog has reminded me about an upcoming postage stamp featuring the Alberta-born co-star of the 1933 film, King Kong. The Fay Wray stamp will part of series titled Canadians in Hollywood. From the official press release:

"Born in Cardston, Alberta in 1907, Wray later moved to Arizona. At the age of 14, she went to California dreaming of a movie career and before long, began picking up small parts in westerns and comedy shorts.

In 1926, Erich von Stronheim cast Wray as the female lead in The Wedding March – her own all-time personal favourite role. Shortly after, she played opposite Gary Cooper in the war drama, Legion of the Condemned and was re-teamed with him for 1928's The First Kiss. But it was the classic "beauty and the beast" film, King Kong (1933) that secured Fay Wray's place in film history. Wray was cast as an actress who becomes the love object of a monster gorilla. After a rampage in the streets of New York, Kong scales the Empire State Building with Fay Wray in his hairy hands. With stunning special effects, King Kong places high on lists of the best films ever made and has been remade into a new movie that is being hailed as the 2005 holiday season's blockbuster release."

The stamp debuts May 26. Check out the official press release and the Palaeoblog post for more info.