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<h2 id="life-and-career">Life and career</h2> <h3>1915–1933: Early life and career beginnings</h3> <p>Alice Jeanne Leppert was born on May 5, 1915, in <a href="/facts/Hell%27s_Kitchen,_Manhattan/Io4Iqphb">Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> the daughter of Alice (<i><a href="/facts/Given_name/KpX6sKs8">née</a></i> Moffit), who worked for the Mirror Chocolate Company, and Charles Leppert, a police officer. She had an older brother, Charles. Faye was raised an <a href="/facts/Episcopalian/CDICRNVn">Episcopalian</a>. Faye's entertainment career began in <a href="/facts/Vaudeville/b8AD7Rg0">vaudeville</a> as a chorus girl. She failed an audition for the <i><a href="/facts/Earl_Carroll_Vanities/3cH74age">Earl Carroll Vanities</a></i> when she was found to be too young. She then moved to Broadway and secured a featured role in the 1931 edition of <i><a href="/facts/George_White%27s_Scandals/BcLhNoND">George White's Scandals</a></i>. By this time, Faye had adopted her stage name and first reached a radio audience on <a href="/facts/Rudy_Vall%C3%A9e/kuo5CoKH">Rudy Vallée</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/The_Fleischmann%27s_Yeast_Hour/kHjVEPVv">The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h3>1934–1938: Early work</h3> <p>Faye gained her first major film break in 1934, when <a href="/facts/Lilian_Harvey/CjmxkLAA">Lilian Harvey</a> abandoned the lead role in a film version of <i><a href="/facts/George_White%27s_Scandals_(1934_film)/tp1VdMav">George White's Scandals (1934 film)</a></i>, in which Vallee was also to appear. Hired first to perform a musical number with Vallee, Faye ended up as the female lead. She became a popular film star for audiences of the 1930s, particularly when Fox production head <a href="/facts/Darryl_F._Zanuck/VG8BpyYt">Darryl F. Zanuck</a> made her his protégée. He softened Faye from a wisecracking showgirl to a youthful, and yet somewhat motherly figure, such as her roles in a few <a href="/facts/Shirley_Temple/MHcYaNbC">Shirley Temple</a> films.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Faye received a physical makeover, going from a version of <a href="/facts/Jean_Harlow/A4GbFsbV">Jean Harlow</a> to a wholesome appearance, in which her platinum hair and pencil-line eyebrows were swapped for a more natural look. </p> <p>Faye was cast as the female lead in <i><a href="/facts/In_Old_Chicago/xJxzEY5U">In Old Chicago</a></i> (1938). Zanuck initially resisted casting Faye, as the role had been written for Jean Harlow, but critics applauded Faye's performance. The film contained a 20-minute finale, a recreation of the <a href="/facts/Great_Chicago_Fire/qhfpf4LX">Great Chicago Fire</a>, a scene so dangerous that women, except for the main stars, were banned from the set. In the film, she appeared with two of her most frequent co-stars, <a href="/facts/Tyrone_Power/LdKDKoeH">Tyrone Power</a> and <a href="/facts/Don_Ameche/zmYIv7WC">Don Ameche</a>, as it was customary for studios to pair their contract players together in more than one film. </p><p>Faye, Power, and Ameche were reunited for the 1938 release <i>Alexander's Ragtime Band</i>, which was designed to showcase more than 20 <a href="/facts/Irving_Berlin/YpcSvmam">Irving Berlin</a> songs; Faye again received strong reviews. One of the most expensive films of its time, it also became one of the most successful musicals of the 1930s. </p> <h3>1939–1940</h3> <p>By 1939, Faye was named one of the top-10 box-office draws in Hollywood.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> That year, she made <i><a href="/facts/Rose_of_Washington_Square/kq6FWw4K">Rose of Washington Square</a></i> with Tyrone Power. Although a big hit, the film was supposedly based on the real life of comedian <a href="/facts/Fanny_Brice/040b2QnS">Fanny Brice</a>, who sued Fox for stealing her story. </p><p>Because of her bankable status, Fox occasionally placed Faye in films more for the sake of making money than showcasing Faye's talents. Films such as <i><a href="/facts/Tail_Spin/028LmCYl">Tail Spin</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Barricade_(1939_film)/CUrW2yCn">Barricade</a></i> (both 1939) were more dramatic than regular Faye films, and often did not contain any songs. Due to her immense popularity, though, none of the films that she made in the 1930s and 1940s lost money; this success garnered her the nickname "Queen of Fox".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>One of Faye's most memorable parts was the title role in the musical biopic <i><a href="/facts/Lillian_Russell_(film)/aBTSveqh">Lillian Russell</a></i> (1940). Faye always named this film as one of her favorites, though it was also her most challenging role. The tight corsets Faye wore for this picture caused her to collapse on the set several times. </p><p>After declining the lead role in for <i><a href="/facts/Down_Argentine_Way/8KhqozCx">Down Argentine Way</a></i> (also 1940) because of an illness, Faye was replaced by the studio's newest musical star, <a href="/facts/Betty_Grable/dKj1L2tw">Betty Grable</a>. She was paired as a sister act opposite Grable in the film <i><a href="/facts/Tin_Pan_Alley_(film)/BqaRyLTt">Tin Pan Alley</a></i> (also 1940). During the making of the picture, a rumor arose that a rivalry had arisen between the two. In a <i><a href="/facts/Biography_(TV_program)/4mFu7fFf">Biography</a></i> interview, Faye disclosed that the Fox publicity department built up the rumor, and that the two actresses were in fact close friends. </p> <h3>1941–1995: Later work</h3> <p> In 1941, Fox began to place Faye in musicals photographed in <a href="/facts/Technicolor/cjULMcyR">Technicolor</a>, a trademark for the studio in the 1940s. She frequently played a performer, often one moving up in society, allowing for situations that ranged from the poignant to the comic. Films such as <i><a href="/facts/Week-End_in_Havana/oh1575ME">Week-End in Havana</a></i> (1941) and <i><a href="/facts/That_Night_in_Rio/UK1pN1Sa">That Night in Rio</a></i> (1941), in which she played a Brazilian aristocrat, made good use of Faye's husky singing voice, solid comic timing, and flair for carrying off the era's starry-eyed romantic story lines. </p> <p>In 1943, after taking a year off to have her first daughter, Faye starred in the Technicolor musical <i>Hello, Frisco, Hello</i>. Released during World War II, the film became one of her highest-grossing pictures for Fox. In this film, Faye sang "You'll Never Know". The song won the <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song/DzpS6KsM">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a> for 1943, and the sheet music for the song sold over a million copies. Since a clause in her contract (as was the case with most other Fox stars) stated that she could not officially record any of her movie songs, other singers, such as <a href="/facts/Dick_Haymes/cygM6mYe">Dick Haymes</a> (whose version hit number one for four weeks), <a href="/facts/Frank_Sinatra/a0f0cEo3">Frank Sinatra</a>, and <a href="/facts/Rosemary_Clooney/YhUWazDE">Rosemary Clooney</a> have been more associated with the song than Faye. However, it is still often considered Faye's signature song. That year, Faye was once again named one of the top box-office draws in the world. </p> <h2 id="end-of-motion-picture-career">End of motion picture career</h2> <p>As Faye's star continued to ascend during the war years, family life became more important to her, especially with the arrival of a second daughter, Phyllis. After her birth, Faye signed a new contract with Fox to make only one picture a year, with the option of a second one, to give Faye a chance to spend more time with her family.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Her second pregnancy resulted in a hospitalization, forcing her to surrender a plum dramatic role in <i><a href="/facts/A_Tree_Grows_in_Brooklyn_(1945_film)/tt3MX772">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</a></i> to <a href="/facts/Joan_Blondell/Hx7uPrjL">Joan Blondell</a>, and she declined a musical role in <i><a href="/facts/The_Dolly_Sisters_(film)/mQWUGTnL">The Dolly Sisters</a></i> (her intended part went to <a href="/facts/June_Haver/kn0a7ucv">June Haver</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>Faye finally accepted the lead role in <i><a href="/facts/Fallen_Angel_(1945_film)/FbebRfkR">Fallen Angel</a></i> (1945). Although designed ostensibly as Faye's vehicle, Zanuck tried to build his new protégée <a href="/facts/Linda_Darnell/knEED3X8">Linda Darnell</a>, ordering many of Faye's scenes cut and those of Darnell's emphasized.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> When Faye saw a screening of the final cut—with her role reduced by 12 scenes and a song number—she wrote a scathing note to Zanuck, went straight to her car, gave her dressing room keys to the studio gate guard, and drove home, vowing never to return to Fox. Faye was still so popular that thousands of letters were sent to Faye's home and the Fox studios from around the world, begging her to return for another picture. In 1987, she told an interviewer, "When I stopped making pictures, it didn't bother me because there were so many things I hadn't done. I had never learned to run a house. I didn't know how to cook. I didn't know how to shop. So all these things filled all those gaps."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>After <i>Fallen Angel</i>, Faye's contract called for her to make two more movies. Zanuck hit back by having her <a href="/facts/Blackball_(blacklist)/zedVjc2E">blackballed</a> for <a href="/facts/Breach_of_contract/KnlrmdBQ">breach of contract</a>, effectively ending her film career, although Faye no longer cared to pursue it. <i>Fallen Angel</i> was Faye's last starring film. Zanuck, under public pressure, tried to lure Faye back onto the screen; Faye returned all the scripts. </p><p>Alice Faye did return to Fox later, for a character role in a remake of an old Fox property, <i><a href="/facts/State_Fair_(1962_film)/Ad3fS39p">State Fair</a></i> (1962). While she received good reviews, the film was not a success.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> She made only infrequent cameo appearances in films thereafter, playing a secretary in <i><a href="/facts/Won_Ton_Ton,_the_Dog_Who_Saved_Hollywood/8cdvot91">Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood</a></i> (1976) and in <i><a href="/facts/The_Magic_of_Lassie/VDc4L65c">The Magic of Lassie</a></i> (1978) as a waitress.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p><p>Faye was the subject of <i><a href="/facts/This_Is_Your_Life_(British_TV_series)/kwyENL2m">This Is Your Life</a></i> for British television in 1984, when she was surprised by <a href="/facts/Eamonn_Andrews/jJtPezyD">Eamonn Andrews</a> at Hollywood's <a href="/facts/Metromedia/vMXhrHLw">Metromedia</a> Studios. </p> <h2 id="marriage-and-radio-career">Marriage and radio career</h2> <p>Faye's first marriage, to <a href="/facts/Tony_Martin_(American_singer)/d7YbfuSz">Tony Martin</a> in 1937, ended in divorce in 1940; both had busy careers that made it difficult for them to have opportunities for togetherness. In May 1941, she married bandleader <a href="/facts/Phil_Harris/rsdQjzL0">Phil Harris</a>. Their marriage, one of the most successful in Hollywood, became a plotline in the hit radio comedy, <i><a href="/facts/The_Jack_Benny_Program/06B22kj5">The Jack Benny Program</a></i>, where for 16 years Harris was a regular cast member. </p><p>The couple had two daughters, Alice (b. 1942) and Phyllis (b. 1944), along with Harris's adopted son from his first marriage, Phil Harris, Jr. (1935–2001). Faye and Harris began working in radio together as Faye's film career declined. First, they teamed to host a variety show on <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Fitch_Bandwagon/4bnJxdUf">The Fitch Bandwagon</a></i>, in 1946. The Harrises' gently tart comedy sketches made them the show's stars. By 1948, Fitch was replaced as sponsor by <a href="/facts/Rexall/Eajd5Q3s">Rexall</a>, the <a href="/facts/Pharmaceutical/h9mhwWP2">pharmaceutical</a> company, and the show, now a strictly <a href="/facts/Situation_comedy/a01VwMsV">situation comedy</a> with a music interlude each from husband and wife, was renamed <i><a href="/facts/The_Phil_Harris-Alice_Faye_Show/dHLmmlYW">The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show</a></i>. </p><p>Harris's comic talent was already familiar through his tenure on <a href="/facts/Jack_Benny/X3q8Dbt6">Jack Benny</a>'s radio shows for <a href="/facts/Jell-O/3nQbDwQS">Jell-O</a> and Lucky Strike. From 1936 to 1952, he played Benny's wisecracking, jive-talking, hipster bandleader. With their own show revamped to a sitcom, bandleader-comedian Harris and singer-actress Faye played themselves, raising two precocious children in slightly zany situations, mostly involving Harris's band guitarist Frank Remley (<a href="/facts/Elliott_Lewis_(radio)/PTLNXnus">Elliott Lewis</a>), obnoxious delivery boy Julius Abruzzio (<a href="/facts/Walter_Tetley/1xjG6d3P">Walter Tetley</a>, familiar as nephew Leroy on <i><a href="/facts/The_Great_Gildersleeve/z7bWQzEP">The Great Gildersleeve</a></i>), Robert North as Faye's fictitious deadbeat brother, Willie, and sponsor's representative Mr. Scott (<a href="/facts/Gale_Gordon/HUlKtvFA">Gale Gordon</a>), and usually involving bumbling, <a href="/facts/Malapropism/e605mCaQ">malaproping</a> Harris needing to be rescued by Faye. </p><p>The Harrises' two daughters were played on radio by <a href="/facts/Jeanine_Ann_Roose/6zRJazQJ">Jeanine Roose</a> and <a href="/facts/Anne_Whitfield/2fHYTzVK">Anne Whitfield</a>; written mostly by Ray Singer and <a href="/facts/Dick_Chevillat/pB2Crtpt">Dick Chevillat</a>; the show stayed on <a href="/facts/NBC/zyfTYCvW">NBC</a> radio as a fixture until 1954. </p> <p>Faye's singing ballads and swing numbers in her honeyed <a href="/facts/Contralto/PmhLXIze">contralto</a> voice was a regular highlight of the show, as was her knack for tart one-liners equal to those of her husband. The show's running gags also included references to Alice's wealth from her film career ("I'm only trying to protect the wife of the money I love" was a typical Harris drollery), and occasional barbs by Faye aimed at her rift with Zanuck, usually referencing <i>Fallen Angel</i>. </p><p>In its early years, the Harris-Faye radio show ranked among the top-10 radio programs in the country. The radio show also provided Faye with the perfect balance between show business and home life; since radio only required her to be present for a read-through and the live broadcast, Faye was still able to spend most of her time at home with her daughters. </p> <h2 id="later-life-and-death">Later life and death</h2> <p>She supported <a href="/facts/Adlai_Stevenson_II/lCmbMIpW">Adlai Stevenson</a>'s campaign during the <a href="/facts/1952_United_States_presidential_election/Fs487584">1952 presidential election</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Barry_Goldwater/DGhULzfw">Barry Goldwater</a> in the <a href="/facts/1964_United_States_presidential_election/MA60wx17">1964 United States presidential election</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p><p>Faye and Harris continued various projects, individually and together, for the rest of their lives. In 1974, Faye made a return to Broadway after 43 years in a revival of <i><a href="/facts/Good_News_(musical)/cEvuY6jP">Good News</a></i>, with her old Fox partner <a href="/facts/John_Payne_(actor)/RVvB4aIV">John Payne</a> (who was replaced by <a href="/facts/Gene_Nelson/Pln6yfyq">Gene Nelson</a>). In later years, Faye became a spokeswoman for <a href="/facts/Pfizer/1ADDanWs">Pfizer</a> Pharmaceuticals, promoting the virtues of an active senior lifestyle.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> The Faye-Harris marriage endured 54 years until Harris's death in 1995. Faye admitted in an interview that when she married Harris, most of the Hollywood elite had predicted the marriage would only last about six months. </p><p>Three years after Phil Harris's death, Alice Faye died of <a href="/facts/Stomach_cancer/HJjYtkqS">stomach cancer</a> in <a href="/facts/Rancho_Mirage,_California/MEJuAJAc">Rancho Mirage, California</a>, four days after her 83rd birthday. She was <a href="/facts/Cremated/2SkhoCly">cremated</a> and her ashes rest beside those of Phil Harris at the mausoleum of the <a href="/facts/Forest_Lawn_Cemetery_(Cathedral_City)/253roCGL">Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)</a> near Palm Springs, California.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> She has a star on the <a href="/facts/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame/vCQcm9yu">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in recognition of her contribution to <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">Motion Pictures</a> at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard. In 1994, a Golden Palm Star on the <a href="/facts/Palm_Springs,_California/5oBSWMtm">Palm Springs, California</a>, <a href="/facts/Palm_Springs_Walk_of_Stars/3RzF4SBp">Walk of Stars</a> was dedicated to her.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <i>The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show</i> remains a favorite of old-time radio collectors. </p> <h2 id="popularity-and-legacy">Popularity and legacy</h2><p> Her voice, <i><a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a></i> wrote in her obituary, was "inviting". <a href="/facts/Irving_Berlin/YpcSvmam">Irving Berlin</a> was once quoted as saying that he would choose Faye over any other singer to introduce his songs, and <a href="/facts/George_Gershwin/Dklzb4Ff">George Gershwin</a> and <a href="/facts/Cole_Porter/qVcdskjW">Cole Porter</a> called her the "best female singer in Hollywood in 1937".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> During her years as a musical superstar (from the 1930s to the early 1940s), Alice Faye managed to introduce 23 songs to the <a href="/facts/Hit_parade/sHYvXAWJ">Hit Parade</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> She was the first female <a href="/facts/Crooner/RFC5kQS7">crooner</a> and equivalent to <a href="/facts/Bing_Crosby/NgDebwUh">Bing Crosby</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></p><p>Although Faye has had fans around the globe, she was never more popular than in Great Britain and in <i>The Alice Faye Movie Book</i> an article is devoted to Faye's popularity there. The author, Arthur Nicholson, mentions how enormously popular she was even in her Harlow days and though other films shown in England were usually shown for three days a week, Faye's films played for an entire week. After Faye retired in 1945, her reissued films made as much money (in some cases, more) as current releases. When Faye returned to the screen for <i><a href="/facts/State_Fair_(1962_film)/Ad3fS39p">State Fair</a></i> in 1962, the film broke records in England. </p><h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <h3>Film</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">1934</td><td><i><a href="/facts/George_White%27s_Scandals_(1934_film)/tp1VdMav">George White's Scandals</a></i></td><td>Kitty Donnelly / Mona Vale</td><td>Film debut</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Now_I%27ll_Tell/snIKn6TS">Now I'll Tell</a></i></td><td>Peggy Warren</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/She_Learned_About_Sailors/jbawI8M0">She Learned About Sailors</a></i></td><td>Jean Legoi</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/365_Nights_in_Hollywood/Fg1kMoP9">365 Nights in Hollywood</a></i></td><td>Alice Perkins</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">1935</td><td><i><a href="/facts/George_White%27s_1935_Scandals/GBDLrAVJ">George White's 1935 Scandals</a></i></td><td>Honey Walters</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Every_Night_at_Eight/6EKPI1Hl">Every Night at Eight</a></i></td><td>Dixie Foley</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Music_Is_Magic/dNswPNus">Music Is Magic</a></i></td><td>Peggy Harper</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">1936</td><td><i><a href="/facts/King_of_Burlesque/9PMTSfyz">King of Burlesque</a></i></td><td>Pat Doran</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Poor_Little_Rich_Girl_(1936_film)/b25xt3rd">Poor Little Rich Girl</a></i></td><td>Jerry Dolan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sing,_Baby,_Sing/MLvmmjmu">Sing, Baby, Sing</a></i></td><td>Joan Warren</td><td>Nominated – <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song/DzpS6KsM">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Stowaway_(1936_film)/TJXrvuqJ">Stowaway</a></i></td><td>Susan Parker</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">1937</td><td><i><a href="/facts/On_the_Avenue/FWofNJCN">On the Avenue</a></i></td><td>Mona Merrick</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/You_Can%27t_Have_Everything/Ial1kSYD">You Can't Have Everything</a></i></td><td>Judith Poe Wells</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Wake_Up_and_Live/P0FJjL5w">Wake Up and Live</a></i></td><td>Alice Huntley</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/You%27re_a_Sweetheart/gFAvTVc6">You're a Sweetheart</a></i></td><td>Betty Bradley</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">1938</td><td><i><a href="/facts/In_Old_Chicago/xJxzEY5U">In Old Chicago</a></i></td><td>Belle Fawcett</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Sally,_Irene_and_Mary_(1938_film)/6ElFa4fa">Sally, Irene and Mary</a></i></td><td>Sally Day</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Alexander%27s_Ragtime_Band_(film)/cNBVowz3">Alexander's Ragtime Band</a></i></td><td>Stella Kirby</td><td>Nominated – <a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song/DzpS6KsM">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">1939</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Tail_Spin/028LmCYl">Tail Spin</a></i></td><td>Trixie Lee</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rose_of_Washington_Square/kq6FWw4K">Rose of Washington Square</a></i></td><td>Rose Sargent</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hollywood_Cavalcade/lHyEtaSg">Hollywood Cavalcade</a></i></td><td>Molly Adair Hayden</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Barricade_(1939_film)/CUrW2yCn">Barricade</a></i></td><td>Emmy Jordan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">1940</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Little_Old_New_York_(1940_film)/ByBbpWF5">Little Old New York</a></i></td><td>Pat O'Day</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Lillian_Russell_(film)/aBTSveqh">Lillian Russell</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Lillian_Russell/Q1amADAX">Lillian Russell</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Tin_Pan_Alley_(film)/BqaRyLTt">Tin Pan Alley</a></i></td><td>Katie Blane</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">1941</td><td><i><a href="/facts/That_Night_in_Rio/UK1pN1Sa">That Night in Rio</a></i></td><td>Baroness Cecilia Duarte</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Great_American_Broadcast/sks3npwk">The Great American Broadcast</a></i></td><td>Vicki Adams</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Week-End_in_Havana/oh1575ME">Week-End in Havana</a></i></td><td>Nan Spencer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">1943</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hello,_Frisco,_Hello/P0EBdpDm">Hello, Frisco, Hello</a></i></td><td>Trudy Evans</td><td><a href="/facts/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Song/DzpS6KsM">Academy Award for Best Original Song</a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Gang%27s_All_Here_(1943_film)/cFzdIh0J">The Gang's All Here</a></i></td><td>Edie Allen</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1944</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Four_Jills_in_a_Jeep/ceMVR7pu">Four Jills in a Jeep</a></i></td><td>Herself</td><td>Cameo</td></tr><tr><td>1945</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Fallen_Angel_(1945_film)/FbebRfkR">Fallen Angel</a></i></td><td>June Mills</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td><i><a href="/facts/State_Fair_(1962_film)/Ad3fS39p">State Fair</a></i></td><td>Melissa Frake</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Won_Ton_Ton,_the_Dog_Who_Saved_Hollywood/8cdvot91">Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood</a></i></td><td>Secretary at Gate</td><td>Cameo</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">1978</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Every_Girl_Should_Have_One/hdVDHe27">Every Girl Should Have One</a></i></td><td>Kathy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Magic_of_Lassie/VDc4L65c">The Magic of Lassie</a></i></td><td>The Waitress (Alice)</td><td>Final film role</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Carmen_Miranda:_Bananas_is_My_Business/3ExtXCM1">Carmen Miranda: Bananas is My Business</a></i></td><td>Herself</td><td>Documentary</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Radio appearances</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Program</th><th>Episode/source</th></tr><tr><td>1950</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Lux_Radio_Theatre/VoC9M2Jb">Lux Radio Theatre</a></i></td><td><i><a href="/facts/Alexander%27s_Ragtime_Band_(film)/cNBVowz3">Alexander's Ragtime Band</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>1951</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Suspense_(radio_drama)/ATYzWewC">Suspense</a></i></td><td><i>Death on My Hands</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alice Faye. <ul><li><a href="https://www.alicefaye.com/">Official Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0269647/">Alice Faye</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/60281%7C10863/wp">Alice Faye</a> at the <a href="/facts/Turner_Classic_Movies/0qS5jr3H">TCM Movie Database</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/40264">Alice Faye</a> at the <a href="/facts/Internet_Broadway_Database/BwBDHXna">Internet Broadway Database</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.playbill.com/person/alice-faye-vault-0000033225">Alice Faye</a> at <a href="/facts/Playbill/qecAYLq3"><i>Playbill</i> Vault</a> (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130625021917/http://www.playbillvault.com/Person/Detail/33225/Alice-Faye">archive</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=312">Alice Faye photos</a>, accessed September 7, 2014.</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3224">Alice Faye</a> at <a href="/facts/Find_a_Grave/oRU854B1">Find a Grave</a> </li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Harmetz, Aljean (May 11, 1998). "Alice Faye, Hollywood Star Who Sang for Her Man, Di". NY Times. Retrieved February 13, 2019. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/11/us/alice-faye-hollywood-star-who-sang-for-her-man-dies.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/11/us/alice-faye-hollywood-star-who-sang-for-her-man-dies.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Rudy Vallee (1901–1986)". Riverside Cemetery Journal. Retrieved March 17, 2017. <a href="http://www.riversidecemeteryjournal.com/People/People/page142.html" target="_blank">http://www.riversidecemeteryjournal.com/People/People/page142.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Elder, Jane Lenz, Alice Faye: a life beyond the silver screen, (2002), p. 83. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Alice Faye, '30s Musicals Star, Dies". Los Angeles Times. May 10, 1998. 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