Known for:	Alexander's Ragtime Band, Tin Pan Alley, The Gang's All Here
Birth name:	Alice Jeanne Leppert
Birthday:	5 May 1915, New York, New York, USA
Height:	5' 5" (1.65 m)
Available Photos	17

Made herself 3 years older when auditioning as a chorus girl in New York in 1928 Interred at Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Cathedral City, California, USA (near Palm Springs). Feeling she had given one of the best dramatic performances of her career, Faye was so upset by 'Darryl Zanuck' 's editing hack job on her last film, Fallen Angel, that she literally walked away from the studio and didn't return for 16 years. She introduced almost twice as many 'Hit Parade' songs in her movies (23) as each of her closest competitors: Judy Garland (13), Betty Grable (12) and Doris Day (12). She remained quite good friends with her Fox rival and successor, Betty Grable, up until Betty's death of cancer in 1973. Starred with her husband on NBC Radio's "The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show" (1948-1954). They were also the stars of NBC Radio's "Fitch Bandwagon" (1946-1948). Daughter Phyllis Wanda born by Caesarian section April 26, 1944. Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 199-200. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Daughter Alice born May 19, 1942.

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