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Frances Bay
Life Time
23 January 1919 - 15 September 2011
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Frances Bay is a talented character actress, known to the audience for the roles of numerous strange and funny grandmothers and aunts. Francis Bay was born on January 1, 1918, in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, in the family of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. Her film career began quite late when she was 60 years old. Frances played a small role in the comedy Unfair Game (1978) by Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. After that, the actress was invited to star in episodes in many films. She brilliantly embodied
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Frances Bay is a talented character actress, known to the audience for the roles of numerous strange and funny grandmothers and aunts. Francis Bay was born on January 1, 1918, in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, in the family of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine.
Her film career began quite late when she was 60 years old. Frances played a small role in the comedy Unfair Game (1978) by Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. After that, the actress was invited to star in episodes in many films. She brilliantly embodied the images of eccentric old women, possessing a characteristic appearance and comedic gift.
And Francis Bay starred not only in comedies, but also in detectives, thrillers, horror films. She also played the role of Grandma Red Riding Hood. In 1986, she appeared in the famous painting by David Lynch.
Blue Velvet . There, Francis Bay played a feeble-minded aunt Kyle McLachlan. The director liked the talented old woman so much that he then invited her to several more of his films: Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks. "Fire, Come with Me" (1992)
Frances is also very remembered by the audience in the film “Lucky Gilmore” (1996), where she played the caring grandmother of the main character. She also succeeded in the role of a good witch in the film “The Well and the Pendulum” (1991) and the image of a librarian in the film “In the mouth of madness” (1994). The actress starred not only in many films, but also in a large number of TV series: Charmed (1998), Ambulance (1994), X-Files (1993) and others.
Her personal life was not particularly happy. Frances lost her only son, who died aged just 23. She outlived her husband. After his death, he was hit by a car and had his leg amputated. Francis Bay died on September 15, 2011 from complications from pneumonia. She was 92 years old.