RARE TOBY KAYE PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE

36 VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS

FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF LARRY FAZIO

An extraordinary surviving personal collection of 36 vintage photographs of actress, singer and character-comic Toby Kaye, preserved in a bound portfolio and coming directly from the private collection of her husband, professional stage manager and author Larry Fazio.

THIS IS NOT A GROUP OF RANDOMLY ASSEMBLED CELEBRITY PHOTOS.

These photographs belonged to Larry Fazio and were preserved together as part of his private collection.

Larry Fazio and Toby Kaye met through the Pasadena Playhouse and later married, giving this collection a wonderful direct personal connection to its subject.

THE COLLECTION

A total of 36 photographs are included.

The portfolio contains an impressive variety of vintage images of Toby Kaye, including:

• Professional headshots

• Large-format portraits

• Publicity-style photographs

• Character/comedic portraits

• Costume photographs

• Candid-style photographs

• Commercial/promotional imagery

• Multiple distinctly different poses and appearances

• Toby Kaye photographic collage

• Period advertising/promotional material

Several of the photographs are approximately 8 x 10 inches. Please see the ruler photographs for additional size reference.

These are especially interesting because the collection presents Toby Kaye across many different periods, hairstyles, costumes and professional appearances rather than simply containing duplicates of a single publicity photograph.

TOBY KAYE – STAGE, FILM & TELEVISION

Toby Kaye was an actress, singer and character-comic associated with the Pasadena Playhouse.

Documented credits and appearances include:

• THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES – credited as "Fran"

• GHOST CHASE (1987) – credited as "Laurie's Girlfriend"

• THE FANTASTICKS / PASADENA PLAYHOUSE AT CATALINA – Toby was part of the 1965 Pasadena Playhouse Catalina troupe and performed pantomime as part of the company's summer theatrical program.

• PASADENA PLAYHOUSE – Kaye trained/performed within the Playhouse community and later spent approximately six years volunteering in the Pasadena Playhouse Archives.

Ghost Chase is additionally notable as an early feature directed by Roland Emmerich.

THE LARRY FAZIO CONNECTION

What makes this collection especially compelling is its provenance.

These photographs come from the PRIVATE COLLECTION OF LARRY FAZIO — Toby Kaye's husband and a longtime professional stage manager, theatrical professional and author.

Larry Fazio had an extensive career in professional theater and later authored the stage-management reference work "Stage Manager: The Professional Experience."

Larry and Toby met at the Pasadena Playhouse, an institution that remained an important part of their lives.

Rather than photographs gathered decades later by a memorabilia collector, these 36 photographs were preserved within the personal collection of the subject's own husband.

That direct association gives the group an unusually intimate theatrical and Hollywood provenance.

The album itself also provides context that individual