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The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., September 1, 1983, page 14

FAY SPAIN

Fay Spain, a 1950 graduate of White Salmon high school who later earned fame on films including "God's Little Acre" and "The Godfather Part Two," died of cancer, it was reported in the Aug. 19 issue of the Los Angeles Times.
The 50 year-old actress died in May, but her death had been unreported until this month. She had been living in the Malibu Beach area of California.
Miss Spain is survived by her husband, Philip F. Westbrook, a son and four stepchildren, a sister, Virginia Peterson, Costa Mesa, Calif., one stepbrother, Jim Grant, Longview, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Grant, White Salmon.
After high school and earning money working at the theater and White House Cafe here, she moved to New York where the daughter of one of her teacher's was in show business.
There she was seen working in a tie shop near the Paramount Theater by one of Walter Winchell's agents. Winchell mentioned her in a column, and that led to television roles in the early 1950s.
She made her screen debut in 1957 in "The Crooked Circle," then went on to parts in "Al Capone," (as Rod Steiger's mistress), "The Beat Generation," "Hercules and the Captive Women," "Thunder Island," Flight to Fury," "Dragstrip Girl," "Welcome to Hard Times" and others.
In "God's Little Acre" she played the sensuous Darlin' Jill and most recently in "The Godfather Part Two" she played Lee Strasberg's wife.
She also had guest roles on numerous television series, including "Gunslinger," "The Millionaire," "Cheyenne," "Ben Casey," "The Restless Gun," "The Greatest Show on Earth," "Police Woman" and "Alford Hitchcock Presents." She was a regular on the old "Day in Court" programs.