Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 â€" September 15,
2011) was a Canadian-American character actress.[2] In a career that
spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and
television. Bay was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008.Frances
Evelyn Goffman was born January 23, 1919 in Mannville, Alberta, to
Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents, Ann (née Averbach) and Max
Goffman, and was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba. Her younger brother was
the noted sociologist Erving Goffman. Before World War II she acted
professionally in Winnipeg and spent the war hosting the Canadian
Broadcasting Company's radio show, Everybody's Program, aimed at
service members overseas.[1]She married Charles Irwin Bay (December
15, 1918 â€" June 18, 2002) in 1946, and moved to Cape Town, South
Africa, living in the Constantia and Camps Bay areas. She studied with
Uta Hagen at this time.[3] Charles and Frances Bay had one son, Josh
(Eli Joshua; March 14, 1947 â€" June 6, 1970), who died at the age of
23.[citation needed]Bay started her career in the 1930s as a radio
actress.[4]
2011) was a Canadian-American character actress.[2] In a career that
spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and
television. Bay was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008.Frances
Evelyn Goffman was born January 23, 1919 in Mannville, Alberta, to
Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents, Ann (née Averbach) and Max
Goffman, and was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba. Her younger brother was
the noted sociologist Erving Goffman. Before World War II she acted
professionally in Winnipeg and spent the war hosting the Canadian
Broadcasting Company's radio show, Everybody's Program, aimed at
service members overseas.[1]She married Charles Irwin Bay (December
15, 1918 â€" June 18, 2002) in 1946, and moved to Cape Town, South
Africa, living in the Constantia and Camps Bay areas. She studied with
Uta Hagen at this time.[3] Charles and Frances Bay had one son, Josh
(Eli Joshua; March 14, 1947 â€" June 6, 1970), who died at the age of
23.[citation needed]Bay started her career in the 1930s as a radio
actress.[4]
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