Alice Faye
Date of birth: 1915-05-05
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Alice Jeane Leppert, Alice Jeanne Faye
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 often associated with the Academy Award–winning standard "You'll Never Know", which she introduced in the 1943 musical film Hello, Frisco, Hello.
Movie Credits
Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker
1995-09-03
A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden A
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943-03-26
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk
Fallen Angel
1945-11-15
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around t
Stowaway
1936-12-25
Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asle
State Fair
1962-03-09
Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. The parents are focused on w
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976-07-26
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu
That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carr
Tail Spin
1939-02-19
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however,
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Week-End in Havana
1941-10-17
A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is s
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marr
Music Is Magic
1935-11-01
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the
In Old Chicago
1938-04-15
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually riva
On the Avenue
1937-02-12
A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her ow
Cinema Circus
1937-01-27
Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with th
Now I'll Tell
1934-06-07
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love
George White's Scandals
1934-03-15
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest e
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
George White's 1935 Scandals
1935-03-29
A Broadway producer discovers new talent in a small Georgia town and brings them to New York for his
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936-08-21
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed i
King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway
Little Old New York
1940-02-09
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize hi
Barricade
1939-12-08
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.
Wake Up and Live
1937-08-23
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter
Every Night at Eight
1935-08-02
Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphon
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938-03-04
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934-12-11
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn
You Can't Have Everything
1937-08-02
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of st
The Great American Broadcast
1941-05-09
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goe
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936-07-18
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap
You're a Sweetheart
1937-12-26
A Broadway producer is in a quandary when he discovers that the opening of his newest big production
She Learned About Sailors
1934-06-28
Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he is of
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995-04-13
A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature w
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944-03-17
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Tin Pan Alley
1940-11-29
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to Engla
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007-02-20
Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"
The Magic of Lassie
1978-08-02
Lassie is claimed from his family by a "former owner" and then braves a cross country trip to rejoin
Every Girl Should Have One
1978-01-01
A merry whodunnit diamond caper unfolds after a woman's million dollar necklace is stolen while she
We Still Are!
1985-01-01
Promo film for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, with host Alice Faye. Faye looks back on her career in Hollyw
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
2000-09-01
Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney,
Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
1993-08-31
There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934-10-04
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
Take It or Leave It
1944-07-17
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant
Wing and a Prayer
1944-01-01
An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus
A Century of Cinema
1994-01-01
A look back at the first 100 years of the movies.
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years
1997-01-21
The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
2009-01-01
A two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1930s.
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing
2009-12-31
This is a two-hour in-depth exploration into the Hollywood musicals of the 1940s.
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987-05-18
A TV special on the 100th anniversary of the birth of film.
Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults
1997-11-18
Documentary featuring more than one dozen musical outtakes from classic 20th Century-Fox films.