Alice Faye
Many young girls dreamt of success on Broadway, but Alice Faye not only attained it, she eclipsed that triumph by also becoming a beloved star of the silver screen. Through a combination of talent, timing and good luck, Faye was able to launch her stage career while still a teenager, demonstrating considerable ability as both a dancer and a singer. She was soon signed to a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox and became a star virtually right out of the gate with her performance in "George White's Scandals" (1934). Parts of similar stature followed in over 30 Fox films, including perennial favorites like "In Old Chicago" (1938), "Alexander's Ragtime Band" (1938), "Rose of Washington Square" (1939), "Lillian Russell" (1940), "Hello, Frisco, Hello," and "The Gang's All Here" (both 1943). Most of these showcased her skills as a first-rate musical star, but she was also occasionally given the chance to impress viewers as a dramatic performer in headier fare. When her tenure with Fox ended, Faye enjoyed a long and successful run on radio with husband Phil Harris and settled into a retirement that would be periodically interrupted by trips back to the big screen and even Broadway almost 40 years after she last trod the boards there. In addition to becoming the most popular star of musicals in the world for a period of time, Alice Faye was also one of the only movie stars to walk away from the business while at the height of her popularity.
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Alice Faye
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great American Songbook | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
80% |
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Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business | Self | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Collection: Shirley Temple America's Little Darling | Unknown (Character) | - | 1992 |
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The Magic of Lassie | The Waitress (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Every Girl Should Have One | Kathy (Character) | - | 1978 |
18% |
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State Fair | Mrs. Melissa Frake (Character) | - | 1962 |
85% |
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Fallen Angel | June Mills (Character) | - | 1945 |
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Four Jills in a Jeep | Self | - | 1944 |
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Hello, Frisco, Hello | Trudy Evans (Character) | - | 1943 |
100% |
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The Gang's All Here | Edie Allen (Character) | - | 1943 |
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The Great American Broadcast | Vicki Adams (Character) | - | 1941 |
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That Night in Rio | Baroness Cecilia Duarte (Character) | - | 1941 |
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Weekend in Havana | Miss Nan Spencer (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Old New York | Pat O'Day (Character) | - | 1940 |
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Lillian Russell |
Helen Leonard/ |
- | 1940 |
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Tin Pan Alley | Katie Blane (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barricade | Emmy Jordan (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tail Spin | Trixie Lee (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Hollywood Cavalcade | Molly Adair (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Rose of Washington Square | Rose Sargent (Character) | - | 1939 |
83% |
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Alexander's Ragtime Band | Stella Kirby (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sally, Irene and Mary | Sally Day (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Can't Have Everything | Judith Poe Wells (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wake Up and Live | Alice Huntley (Character) | - | 1937 |
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On the Avenue | Mona Merrick (Character) | - | 1937 |
67% |
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In Old Chicago | Belle Fawcett (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You're a Sweetheart | Betty Bradley (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sing, Baby, Sing | Joan Warren (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Stowaway | Susan Parker (Character) | - | 1936 |
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Poor Little Rich Girl | Jerry Dolan (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King of Burlesque | Pat Doran (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Every Night at Eight |
Dixie Foley/ |
- | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Music Is Magic | Peggy Harper (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George White's 1935 Scandals | Honey Walters (Character) | - | 1935 |
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365 Nights in Hollywood | Alice Perkins (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George White's Scandals |
Kitty Donnelly/ |
- | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Now I'll Tell | Peggy Warren (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She Learned About Sailors | Jean Legoi (Character) | - | 1934 |