Frances Bay
Frances Bay was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on January 23rd, 1919 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 92, Frances Bay biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Evelyn Bay (née Goffman) was a Canadian-American character actress from January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011.
She appeared in a number of roles in film and television throughout her 35 years.
Bay was inducted into the Walk of Fame in Canada in 2008.
Early life
Evelyn Goffman was born in Mannville, Alberta, on January 23, 1919, to Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents Ann (née Averbach) and Max Goffman, and was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba. Erving Goffman, a noted sociologists, was her younger brother. She worked in Winnipeg and spent time in the war hosting Everybody's Program, which was aimed at service members around the world.
She married Charles Irwin Bay (December 15, 1918 to June 18, 2002) in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she lived in Constantia and Camps Bay. At this moment, she was studying with Uta Hagen. Josh (Eli Joshua, 1947 – June 6, 1970), who died at the age of 23, was one of Charles and Frances Bay's one son, Josh (Eli Joshua; March 14, 1947 to June 6, 1970).
Personal life and death
Bay was involved in a car accident in Glendale, California, in which she had her leg amputated below the knee.
At the age of 92, Bay died in Tarzana, California, from pneumonia complications.
Career
Bay began her career as a radio actress in the 1930s.
Bay has returned to acting in television and film roles since 1976, beginning with a small part in Foul Play, a 1978 comedy starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. Mrs. Hamilton appeared in the Christmas television special Christmastime with Mister Rogers a year ago. Louise Beaumont, the faded movie actress who lives in a retirement home, appeared in the episode "When I'm 64" of the television series ALF in 1990.
On Happy Days, Bay's first big television appearance was playing the grandmother to the role of Fonzie. Henry Winkler, who played Fonzie, was described as "just a sweet guy." He lost his own grandmother in the Holocaust and wrote me a letter in which he said I was his virtual grandmother."
In 1983, she appeared in Little Red Riding Hood, a Faerie Tale Theatre for Showtime. Who's the Boss? in the final episodes of two long-running sitcom series Happy Days. In the fourth to last episode of Road to Avonlea, Bay played Cousin Winifred, a role for which she was named Gemini Laureate. Bay's feature film work includes small roles in films including The Karate Kid (1984), Movers & Shakers (1985), Big Top Pee (1989), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), and The Dog and the Pendulum (1991).
Bay appeared in David Lynch's Blue Velvet in 1986 as Kyle MacLachlan's doddery aunt. Lynch appeared in a number of films, including as a foul-mouthed madam in Wild at Heart and as Mrs. Tremond on Twin Peaks and its sequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
In 1994, she appeared in John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness as Mrs. Pickman. In 1996, she appeared in the film Happy Gilmore, as Adam Sandler's grandmother. In 1999, she played Thelma, the head security guard at the Bradford robotics laboratory in the film Inspector Gadget. Bay's other appearances included a supporting role in "The Rye," a 1996 episode of Seinfeld in which she portrayed a woman entangled with Jerry over a loaf of marble rye bread.
Bay appeared in Jimmy Fallon's comedy "Idiot Boyfriend" in 2002. In 2005, she and her The Pit and the Pendulum director Stuart Gordon reunited to act as a fortune teller in Edmond. Bay appeared on television show "Aunt Ginny" from 2009 to 2011. After her death in September 2011, her character was briefly written out of the show, and the cause was discussed in the episode "The Map." She has also worked in theatre, winning both the Drama-Logue Award and Gemini Award.
On September 6, 2008, Bay was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in large part due to a petition with 10,000 names that was submitted on her behalf. Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, David Lynch, Monty Hall, and other celebrities also sent their selection committee personal letters.