[2] She was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being one of the four winners of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's "Fame and Fortune" contest, which she had entered as Virginia Brown, using her stepfather's last name.

[5] Not long after she turned 15 years-old she presented herself at the Metro studio where she was almost immediately put on[clarification needed].

She was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923 and appeared with Wallace and Noah Beery in Stormswept that same year.

She made it through the transition of sound, making a successful talkie in Frank Capra's The Donovan Affair (1929), but was soon appearing in more low-budget films.

Faire appeared in several westerns, opposite Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones, John Wayne, and Ken Maynard.