Fay Okell Bainter born in Los Angeles, California. She married Reginald Venable on 3, 1921, in Riverside, California. She died at age 74 of pneumonia in Los Angeles. Because her husband, Reginald Venable, was a military officer, the couple are interred at Arlington National Cemetery. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.