Alice Faye Trivia

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In her early years in Hollywood, she looked like Jean Harlow but she changed her style when she became 20th Century Fox`s reigning singing star in 1938.

Her last film was The Magic of Lassie (1978).

She had previously been married to Tony Martin for four years.

She was married to Hoosier Phil Harris from 1941-1995 in a union that produced two daughters.

Her movie career ended in 1945 when Betty Grable replaced her as Hollywood`s favorite musical-comedy actress.

Alice`s first role was in the film George White`s Scandals (1934)

Daughter Alice born May 19, 1942. (imdb.com)

Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 199-200. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. (imdb.com)

Daughter Phyllis Wanda born by Caesarian section April 26, 1944.

Starred with her husband, Phil Harris on NBC Radio`s "The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show" (1948-1954). They were also the stars of NBC Radio`s "Fitch Bandwagon" (1946-1948).

She remained quite good friends with her Fox rival and successor, Betty Grable, up until Betty`s death of cancer in 1973.

She introduced almost twice as many `Hit Parade` songs in her movies (23) as each of her closest competitors: Judy Garland (13), Betty Grable (12) and Doris Day (12).

Feeling she had given one of the best dramatic performances of her career, Faye was so upset by Darryl F. Zanuck`s editing hack job on her last film, Fallen Angel (1945), that she literally walked away from the studio and didn`t return for 16 years.

Interred at Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Cathedral City, California, USA (near Palm Springs) with her husband, Phil Harris.

Made herself 3 years older when auditioning as a chorus girl in New York in 1928