Alice Faye Biography (1915-1998)

Real name, Alice Jeanne Leppert; born May 5, 1915, in New York, NY; died of stomach cancer, May 9, 1998, in Rancho Mirage, CA; father, a police officer; married Tony Martin (a singer), 1936 (divorced 1940); married Phil Harris (a bandleader), 1941 (marriage ended with his death in 1995); children: (second marriage) Alice, Phyllis. Career: Singer and actress. Began career as adancer in vaudeville (a Chester Hale unit) at age 14; appeared in nightclubsbeginning in 1933, with Rudy Vallee's band.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Singer, actress
Birth Details: May 5, 1915; New York, New York, United States
Death Details: May 9, 1998; Rancho Mirage, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Jean Legoi, She Learned About Sailors, 1934
Mona Vale, George White's Scandals, 1934
Peggy Warren, Now I'll Tell (also known as Now I'll Tell You and When New York Sleeps), 1934
Alice Perkins, 365 Nights in Hollywood, 1934
Peggy Harper, Music is Magic, 1935
Pat Doran, King of Burlesque, 1935
Honey Walters, George White's Scandals (also known as George White's 1935 Scandals), 1935
Dixie Dean, Every Night at Eight, 1935
Susan Parker, Stowaway, 1936
Jean Warren, Sing, Baby, Sing, 1936
Jerry Dolan, Poor Little Rich Girl, 1936
Betty Bradley, You're a Sweetheart, 1937
Judith Poe Wells, You Can't Have Everything, 1937
Alice Huntley, Wake Up and Live, 1937
Mona Merrick, On the Avenue, 1937
Belle Fawcett, In Old Chicago, 1937
Sally Day, Sally, Irene, and Mary, 1938
Stella Kirby, Alexander's Ragtime Band (also known as Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band), 1938
Trixie Lee, Tail Spin, 1939
Molly Adair, Hollywood Cavalcade, 1939
Rose Sargent, Rose of Washington Square, 1939
Emmy Jordan, Barricade, 1939
Pat O'Day, Little Old New York, 1940
Title role, Lillian Russell, 1940

Katie Blane, Tin Pan Alley, 1940
Nan Spencer, Weekend in Havana, 1941
Vicki Adams, The Great American Broadcast, 1941
Baroness Cecilia Duarte, That Night in Rio, 1941
Trudy Evans, Hello, Frisco, Hello, 1943
Edie Allen, The Gang's All Here (also known as The Girl He LeftBehind), 1943
Guest, Four Jills in a Jeep, 1944
June Mills, Fallen Angel, 1945
Melissa Frake, State Fair, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
Secretary at gate, Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood, 1976
The Waitress (Alice), The Magic of Lassie, 1978
Every Girl Should Have One, 1978
Herself, A Century of Cinema, 1994
Herself, Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business, 1994
Film Song Performer
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros., 1974
The Magic of Lassie, 1978
Television Appearances
Specials
Irving Berlin's America, PBS, 1986
Happy Birthday, Hollywood!, ABC, 1987
The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling, PBS, 1992
Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-Up, A&E, 1995
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker, A&E, 1995
Hollywood Stars: A Century of Cinema, Disney Channel, 1995
Carmen Miranda: The South American Way, A&E, 1996
Shirley Temple: The Biggest Little Star, A&E, 1996
Tyrone Power: The Last Idol, A&E, 1996
20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years, AMC, 1997
Episodic
Guest, Reflections on the Silver Screen with Professor Richard Brown, AMC, 1990
Radio Appearances
Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show (series), 1946-54
Also appeared in The Fleischmann Hour.
Stage Appearances
Made Broadway debut in George White's Scandals, 1931. Professor Kenyon, Good News, U.S. cities, 1973-74, then St. James Theatre, New York City, 1974-75.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Classic Images, June 1998, pp. 5-6.
Maclean's, May 25, 1998, p. 13.
National Review, June 22, 1998, p. 68.
Variety, May 18, 1998, p. 87.*

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