1. Frances Evelyn Bay was a Canadian and American character actress and comedienne.
14 Facts About Frances Bay
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Frances Bay Evelyn Goffman was born January 1,1919, in Mannville, Alberta, to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Ann and Max Goffman, and was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba.
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Frances Bay started her career in the 1930s as a radio actress.
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Frances Bay returned to acting in the 1970s while in her mid-fifties, beginning with a small part in Foul Play, a 1978 comedy starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase.
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Frances Bay appeared on many other shows including The Jeffersons, The Dukes of Hazzard, Alice, Family Ties, Cheers, Hill Street Blues, The Golden Girls, Matlock, Murder, Frances Bay Wrote, and ER.
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Frances Bay played Cousin Winifred in the fourth to last episode of Road to Avonlea, a role for which she won a Gemini Award.
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In 1986, Frances Bay appeared as the doddery aunt of Kyle MacLachlan's character in David Lynch's Blue Velvet.
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Frances Bay appeared in the 2002 music video for Jimmy Fallon's comedy song "Idiot Boyfriend".
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From 2009 to 2011, Frances Bay had a recurring role as "Aunt Ginny" on the television series The Middle.
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Frances Bay worked in theatre, winning both the Drama-Logue Award and Gemini Award.
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Frances Bay married Charles Irwin Frances Bay in 1946.
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In 2002, Frances Bay was involved in an auto accident in Glendale, California, which required her to have her leg amputated below the knee.
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Frances Bay died in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles on September 15,2011, of complications from pneumonia at the age of 92.
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Frances Bay was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame on September 6,2008, in large part thanks to a petition with 10,000 names which was submitted on her behalf.