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Courteney toured [[vaudeville]] in the Courteney Sisters, with her sister, and as a solo artist,[{{Cite news|date=1911-07-20|title=Fay Courteney to Go on Tour as Star; Actress to Play Title Role in 'Salvation Nell'|pages=14|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62745801/fay-courteney-to-go-on-tour-as-star/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] with her "deep and voluminous" "organ-like contralto" voice.[{{Cite journal|date=February 7, 1920|title=The Orpheum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA75|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=90}}] She was a fixture in stock companies in Cleveland, Columbus, Rochester, Detroit,[{{Cite news|date=1909-07-08|title=Fay Courteney Has Double Regret at Leaving Detroit|pages=4|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62746038/fay-courteney-has-double-regret-at/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] and Toronto,[{{Cite news|date=1918-05-02|title=Glaser and his Company back at Temple Next Week|pages=15|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62742776/glaser-and-his-company-back-at-temple/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] and associated for many years with actor [[Vaughan Glaser]].[{{Cite journal|last=Frith|first=C. Nina|date=September 15, 1917|title=Fall Opening in Detroit, Mich.|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063698070&view=1up&seq=397&q1=Courteney|journal=The New York Daily Mirror|volume=77|pages=29|via=]Hathi Trust}}[{{Cite journal|date=November 17, 1917|title=Fay Courteney, Co-Star With Vaughan Glaser|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063698070&view=1up&seq=721&q1=Courteney|journal=The New York Dramatic Mirror|volume=77|pages=29|via=]Hathi Trust}}[{{Cite news|date=1910-09-14|title=Fay Courteney's Vacation|pages=3|work=The Buffalo Enquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62740798/fay-courteneys-vacation/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] In 1920, she played the [[Alcazar Theatre (1911)|Alcazar Theatre]] in San Francisco, co-starring in ''Bought and Paid For'' and ''The Matinee Hero''[{{Cite journal|date=January 24, 1920|title=Roads of Destiny at the Alcazar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nE9AQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=RA16-PA9|journal=Pacific Coast Musical Review|volume=37|pages=9}}] with [[Clay Clement]],[{{Cite journal|date=January 31, 1920|title=The Alcazar Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA75|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=75}}][{{Cite journal|date=January 24, 1920|title=The Matinee Hero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA58|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=58}}] and in ''Happiness.''[{{Cite journal|date=January 10, 1920|title=The Alcazar Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA75|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=27}}][{{Cite news|last=T. W. B.|date=1920-01-12|title=Fay Courteney Brings Good Cheer Message to Alcazar|pages=5|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62740534/fay-courteney-brings-good-cheer-message/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] Her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] credits[{{Cite news|date=1922-07-30|title=Fay Courteney is to Succeed Miss Eldridge|pages=58|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62739348/fay-courteney-is-to-succeed-miss/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] included roles in the comedies ''The Advertising of Kate'' (1922), ''She Couldn't Say No'' (1926), ''It Never Rains'' (1929–1930), and ''Off to Buffalo'' (1939). Later in her career, she was active in radio productions.[{{Cite news|date=1943-07-25|title=Fay Courteney's Death Stirs Memories|pages=43|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62746109/fay-courteneys-death-stirs-memories/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] |
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Courteney toured [[vaudeville]] in the Courteney Sisters, with her sister, and as a solo artist,[{{Cite news|date=1911-07-20|title=Fay Courteney to Go on Tour as Star; Actress to Play Title Role in 'Salvation Nell'|pages=14|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62745801/fay-courteney-to-go-on-tour-as-star/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] with her "deep and voluminous" "organ-like contralto" voice.[{{Cite journal|date=February 7, 1920|title=The Orpheum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA75|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=90}}] She was a fixture in stock companies in Cleveland, Columbus, Rochester, Detroit,[{{Cite news|date=1909-07-08|title=Fay Courteney Has Double Regret at Leaving Detroit|pages=4|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62746038/fay-courteney-has-double-regret-at/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] and Toronto,[{{Cite news|date=1918-05-02|title=Glaser and his Company back at Temple Next Week|pages=15|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62742776/glaser-and-his-company-back-at-temple/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] and associated for many years with actor [[Vaughan Glaser]].[{{Cite journal|last=Frith|first=C. Nina|date=September 15, 1917|title=Fall Opening in Detroit, Mich.|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063698070&view=1up&seq=397&q1=Courteney|journal=The New York Daily Mirror|volume=77|pages=29|via=HathiTrust}}][{{Cite journal|date=November 17, 1917|title=Fay Courteney, Co-Star With Vaughan Glaser|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063698070&view=1up&seq=721&q1=Courteney|journal=The New York Dramatic Mirror|volume=77|pages=29|via=HathiTrust}}][{{Cite news|date=1910-09-14|title=Fay Courteney's Vacation|pages=3|work=The Buffalo Enquirer|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62740798/fay-courteneys-vacation/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] In 1920, she played the [[Alcazar Theatre (1911)|Alcazar Theatre]] in San Francisco, co-starring in ''Bought and Paid For'' and ''The Matinee Hero''[{{Cite journal|date=January 24, 1920|title=Roads of Destiny at the Alcazar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4nE9AQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=RA16-PA9|journal=Pacific Coast Musical Review|volume=37|pages=9}}] with [[Clay Clement]],[{{Cite journal|date=January 31, 1920|title=The Alcazar Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA75|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=75}}][{{Cite journal|date=January 24, 1920|title=The Matinee Hero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA58|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=58}}] and in ''Happiness.''[{{Cite journal|date=January 10, 1920|title=The Alcazar Theatre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39dPAQAAMAAJ&q=Fay+Courteney&pg=PA75|journal=The Argonaut|volume=86|pages=27}}][{{Cite news|last=T. W. B.|date=1920-01-12|title=Fay Courteney Brings Good Cheer Message to Alcazar|pages=5|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62740534/fay-courteney-brings-good-cheer-message/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] Her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] credits[{{Cite news|date=1922-07-30|title=Fay Courteney is to Succeed Miss Eldridge|pages=58|work=Democrat and Chronicle|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62739348/fay-courteney-is-to-succeed-miss/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] included roles in the comedies ''The Advertising of Kate'' (1922), ''She Couldn't Say No'' (1926), ''It Never Rains'' (1929–1930), and ''Off to Buffalo'' (1939). Later in her career, she was active in radio productions.[{{Cite news|date=1943-07-25|title=Fay Courteney's Death Stirs Memories|pages=43|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62746109/fay-courteneys-death-stirs-memories/|access-date=2020-11-07|via=Newspapers.com}}] |
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