Eva Fay

Eva Fay
As seen in the New York Tribune (1910)
Alias(es)	High Priestess of Mysticism
Born	Eva N. Dean 26 March 1877(1877-03-26) Missouri
Died	11 September 1931 (54)  White Plains, Westchester Co., New York
Known for	Thaumaturgy
Spouse(s)	John Fay (m. 1897)

Eva Fay (March 26, 1877 - September 11, 1931) was an American vaudeville performer and mind-reader who based her act on that of Anna Eva Fay, her mother-in-law. After the death of her touring partner and husband, John Fay, in 1908, she continued her act as a solo performer, at one point signing on under the management of Frank Evans, in addition to working as a stage actor, including a feature role in a play by Omar Sami called Old Hallowell's Millions produced by Vaughan Glaser in 1911.

Press Coverage

1900s

• "HAS TRAVELED MUCH. Mrs. Eva Fay Tells of Her Journeys in Search of Knowledge.", Ottumwa Daily Courier (Ottumwa, IA): 4, 19 Jan. 1903, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/21131937/ 
• "The Fays Next Week.", The Post-Crescent (Appleton, WI): 2, 7 May 1903, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/395849191/ 
• "MRS. EVA FAY TRIED AGAIN TO RUN AWAY. Pretty Mind Reader and Her Bewhiskered Husband Figured in Sensational Escape and Capture in Eastern Part of State --- Mrs. Fay Alleged Her Husband's Cruelty as Excuse and He Tells Another Story.", Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY): 7, 24 Feb. 1904, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/275935806/ 
• "THE FAYS.", Morning Journal-Courier (New Haven, CT): 3, 1 Apr. 1905, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/595226943/ 
• "FEATS OF THAUMATURGY.", Washington Post (Washington, D.C.): 10, 10 Dec. 1905, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/28909456/ 
• "STUDY OF THE OCCULT. INVESTIGATIONS OF WORK OF ADEPT IN THAUMATURGY. Experiments Successfully Conducted, With Mrs. Eva Fay as the Subject — Astonishing Results.", Evening Star (Washington, D.C.): 10, 17 Dec. 1905, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145558838/ 
• "The Marvelous Fays at Sheedy's.", Evening Herald (Fall River, MA): 2, 19 Jan. 1907, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/642818265/ 
• "MIND READING AT ORPHEUM. Mrs. Eva Fay Will Do Wonders This Week.", Morning Call (Allentown, PA): 9, 13 Dec. 1909, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/279656292/ 

1910s

• "MRS. EVA FAY WILL GIVE OCCULT DEMONSTRATIONS.", Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA): 34 (2-Theatrical), 18 Sep. 1910, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/142933446/ 
• "MRS. EVA FAY AT MAJESTIC - Classy Bill Opens the Second Week at the Playhouse.", Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, AR): 5, 28 Aug. 1911, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/166704689/ 
• "AT THE ADA MEADE THIS WEEK.", Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): 28, 1 Mar. 1914, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/682731248/ 
• "EVA FAY MONDAY.", Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): 40, 17 Dec. 1916, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/682793977/ 

1920s

• "THE ARCADE.", Daily Courier (Connellsville, PA): 5, 24 Apr. 1920, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/37856386/ 
• "SHE'S MISTRESS OF NECROMANCY", Seattle Star (Seattle, WA): 9, 28 Mar. 1925, https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1925-03-28/ed-1/seq-9/ 
• "EVA FAY PUZZLES WFBG'S LISTENERS. Theater Artist Here Acclaimed As Psychic Phenomena.", Altoona Tribune (Altoona, PA): 3, 11 Apr. 1929, https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/55370076/