{"id":16248,"date":"2011-09-19T05:50:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T10:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=16248"},"modified":"2011-09-19T05:50:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T10:50:24","slug":"frances-bay-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/19\/frances-bay-92\/","title":{"rendered":"Frances Bay, 92"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Frances Bay, a Canadian housewife who got into acting in her mid-50s and ultimately landing roles in both film and television, passed away this past Thursday, September 15, at Providence Tarzana Medical Center in California. She was 92.<\/p>\n

Born in Mannville, Canada, on January 23, 1919, Bay had deferred her childhood dreams of becoming an actress in favor of being a wife and mother until she ventured into show business in her mid-50s. Landing an agent in 1973, her first big break followed a move from New York to Los Angeles when she landed a part in the 1978 Chevy Chase-Goldie Hawn comedy Foul Play<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A majority of her career was spent in television, with appearances on such sitcoms as Hart To Hart<\/em>, The Jeffersons<\/em>, Dream On!<\/em>, and The Dukes Of Hazzard<\/em>. Although she made several appearances on Happy Days<\/em> as the Fonz’s Grandma Nussbaum, her most memorable television may be her role opposite Jerry Seinfeld as a woman who confronts the comic over a loaf of rye bread on his eponymous series.<\/p>\n

Outside of a major supporting role in the Adam Sabdler comedy Happy Gilmore<\/strong> (1996), Bay’s film work was largely confined to working with director David Lynch in Blue Velvet<\/strong> (1986), Wild at Heart<\/strong> (1990) and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me<\/strong> (1992). Other film roles include The Karate Kid<\/strong> (1984), Big Top Pee-wee<\/strong> (1988), Twins<\/strong> (1988), The Grifters<\/strong> (1990), Single White Female<\/strong> (1992) and Stranger Than Fiction<\/strong> (2000).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The actress who only started her career in her mid-50s has passed away.<\/div>\n

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