Frances Bay
Acting
Biography
Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress known for playing a variety of quirky elderly women on film and television. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. After initial success in radio and stage plays, she became "The Girlfriend to the Canadian Forces" on CBC Radio during World War II, boosting troops' spirits. Marriage and a move to the U.S. led to a hiatus, during which she studied acting with Uta Hagen in New York. Returning to acting at 60, Bay featured in Foul Play and gained recognition in various TV shows like Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and films such as The Wedding Planner and Twins. Her versatile career spanned over 50 films and numerous TV series, earning her awards and nominations. Notably, she appeared in the final episodes of sitcoms Seinfeld, Who’s the Boss?, and Happy Days. Bay was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008.
Born: January 23, 1919
Place of Birth: Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Known For
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans is a U.S. television situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 24, 1994 to March 25, 1995. Set in the fictional town of Mercy, Indiana, the show centers on the small-town misadventures of four disparate women with one thing in common: their loathing for their monster of a mother-in-law.
True Colors
True Colors is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 2, 1990 to April 12, 1992 for a total of 45 episodes. The series was created by Michael J. Weithorn, and featured an interracial marriage and a subsequent blended family.
The X-Files
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
Twin Peaks
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Seinfeld
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Charmed
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
In the Land of Milk and Money
Idyllic Suburbia. Mom 'n' Apple Pie. Or not. This outrageous comedy turns suburban America on its head. Mad cow disease, Corporate Greed, Mob Mentality, the Cult of Motherhood, propaganda, discrimination, and dangerous kitchen utensils all find a home in this wild social satire.
Presidio Med
Presidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January 2003. The series centers on a San Francisco hospital. It was created by John Wells and Lydia Woodward, who also created ER.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Filmography
as Mrs. Tremond (Chalfont)
as Aunt Barbara
as Rosie Mcintyre
as Aunt Ginny
as Granma De La Chasse
as Fortune Teller
as Cathy
as Nanna
as Older Woman
as Grandma Shallot
as Wise Old Woman
as Joan Hart
as Laurie Evans
as Edna Winchester
as Mrs. Darmsetter
as Dottie
as Mrs. Steiner
as Mrs. Sloan
as Thelma
as Mrs. Lewis
as Old Woman
as Old Phoebe
as Martha Craddock
as Mrs. Fitch
as Edith Proxmire
as Elizabeth Hadley
as Raspy
as Mildred Grayson (segment "The Gift")
as Midge
as Mrs. Tidgely
as Elisabeth Kronner
as Grandma
as Rosalie
as Mrs. Pickman
as Mrs. Rosemont
as Georgia
as Aunt Sylvia
as Daisy
as Dorothy
as Grandma
as Elderly Neighbor
as Mrs. Tremond (Chalfont)
as Iva Ruth McKinney
as Mrs. Menges
as Celia Linder
as Esmeralda
as Tante Sylvia
as Madam
as Arizona Motel Clerk
as Evelyn Metcalf
as Mrs. Tremond
as Grandma
as Mrs. Gillirue
as Mabel Choate
as Mrs. Milo
as Witch
as Millie Reynolds
as Victoria's Grandmother
as Mother Superior
as Mrs. Haynes
as Gertrude
as Louise Beaumont
as Aunt Barbara
as Marian McConnell
as Bertril
as Samantha Bergstrom
as Rose Hayes
as Mrs Claus
as Lydia
as Claire
as Betty Gritz
as Sarah McCoy
as Emma Parsons
as Mrs. Laskey
as Lady with Dog
as Old Woman
as Granny
as Miss Wyatt
as Birdie Fallmouth
as Mrs. Timmins
as Mrs. Renninger
as Mother Trust
as Mrs. Brubaker
as Mrs. Florence Menlo
as Granny
as Old Woman
as Edna Kiss
as Mrs. Greene
as Mabel Simpson
as Mrs. Lewenowski
as Female Patient
as Mrs. Lindey
as Elizabeth Mies
as Librarian
as Mrs. Quincy
as Mrs. Delillo
as Flower Vendor
as Mrs. Russel
as Grandma Nussbaum