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Alice Faye

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Actor 1915–1998 On stage 1931–1974

Alice Faye (born Alice Jeanne Leppert; May 5, 1915 – May 9, 1998) was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as On the Avenue (1937) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938). She is often associated with the Academy Award–winning standard "You'll Never Know", which she introduced in the 1943 musical film Hello, Frisco, Hello. She left her career as a film actress and became known for her role on the radio show The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.

On stage 2 productions, 43 years

1931 George White's Scandals [1931] Apollo Theatre · Original 202 perf.
1974 Good News! St James Theatre · Revival · directed by Donald Saddler 16 perf.

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George White’s Scandals

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast: Rudy Vallee, Ethel Merman, Willie & Eugene Howard, Everett Marshall, Ray Bolger, Ethel Barrymore Colt, Alice Fayeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • “I do not at this time recollect anything of printable value about working with her.”—ALICE FAYE , leading lady of Alexander’s Ragtime Band , a 1938 film whose title song was one of Merman’s hitsebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • C AST : Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman (as Gerry Allen), Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, Paul Hurst, Ruth Terry, John Carradineebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • Despite those early hopes, Greenwich Village did not turn out as planned. Alice Faye, who was then one of the celebrities under contract at 20th Century Fox, was nowhere to be seen. Instead, Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda starred. Ameche and Faye had frequently appeared together as co-stars, notably in Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938). Most…ebooks/Oja, Carol J_/Bernstein Meets Broadway_ Collaborative Art in a Time of War (Broadway Legacies) - Carol J. Oja.txt
  • STUBBY KAYE FAYE & PAYNE REUNITED! Alice Faye, one of film’s biggest stars and John Payne, one of Hollywood's top leading men will be reunited for the first time since 1944, The two starred in such hits as “Hello, Frisco, Hello” and “Tin Pan Alley”theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • audience. That audience loved Good News. It applauded every oldie as it came up, it gushed over Alice Faye, it laughed at jokes obvious enough to give banana skins a bad name, and it just had a lovely experience. With certain reservations, I did not. The score is a mishmash.theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt

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