First Name
Alice
Last Name
Faye
Date of Birth
05 May 1915
Height
65
Build
Slim
Eye Color
Blue
Hair Color
Blonde
Place of Birth
New York, New York
Star Sign
Taurus
Date of Death
09 May 1998
Place of Death
Rancho Mirage, California
Cause of Death
Stomach Cancer
Ethnicity
White
Claim to Fame
Fallen Angel (1945)
Middle Name
Jeanne
Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Music Genre
Vocal
Music Style
Stage & Screen, Soundtracks, Traditional Pop, Radio Plays
Instrument
Vocals
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Wikipedia Text
Alice Faye (May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer, called by the New York Times "one of the few movie stars to walk away from stardom at the peak of her career." She is remembered first for her stardom at 20th Century Fox and, later, as the radio comedy partner of her husband, bandleader-comedian Phil Harris. She is also often associated with the Academy Award–winning standard, "You'll Never Know", which she introduced in the 1943 musical, Hello, Frisco, Hello.
Role ID
Soundtrack, Actor/Actress
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Couple Profile
Alice Faye was born Alice Jeanne Leppert in NYC on May 5, 1915. She was to become one of Hollywood`s biggest stars of the late 1930`s and early 1940`s. She started her career as a singer, but later gravitated to film roles. Alice`s first role was in the film George White`s Scandals (1934) in 1934 where she played "Mona Vale". Lilian Harvey was set to play the lead role in this film, but quit. Alice inherited the part. She went on to star in Tinseltown`s popular and lucrative cookie-cutter musicals and, with her distinctive contralto, introduced several songs that became pop standards, notably "You`ll Never Know" in the film Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) in 1943. Her movie career ended in 1945 when Betty Grable replaced her as Hollywood`s favorite musical-comedy actress. Her life after Hollywood was charmingly simple. She was married to Hoosier Phil Harris from 1941-1995 in a union that produced two daughters. She had previously been married to Tony Martin for four years. Alice had always said that her family always came before her professional life. She went back to Hollywood to make State Fair (1962) in 1962. At that time, she said "I don`t know what happened to the picture business. I`m sorry I went back to find out. Such a shame". Her last film was The Magic of Lassie (1978) in 1978 opposite James Stewart. Most of her films are big hits at revival theaters across the country, confirming the power she had in the wonderful performances she gave. Ironically, Alice is more popular in Britain than in the US. Four days after her birthday on May 9, 1998, Alice Faye died in Rancho Mirage, California of natural causes. She was 83 years old.
Official Websites
www.alicefaye.com/
Full Name at Birth
Alice Jeanne Lepert
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Father
Charley Leppert
Mother
Alice Leppert
Friend
Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Dean Martin, Betty Hutton, Jewel Baxter, Lynn Bari, Billie Dove, Diana Lewis-Powell, Marilyn Maxwell
Age
83
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