Frances Bay
Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress known for playing a variety of quirky elderly women on film and television. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. After initial success in radio and stage plays, she became "The Girlfriend to the Canadian Forces" on CBC Radio during World War II, boosting troops' spirits. Marriage and a move to the U.S. led to a hiatus, during which she studied acting with Uta Hagen in New York. Returning to acting at 60, Bay featured in Foul Play and gained recognition in various TV shows like Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and films such as The Wedding Planner and Twins. Her versatile career spanned over 50 films and numerous TV series, earning her awards and nominations. Notably, she appeared in the final episodes of sitcoms Seinfeld, Who’s the Boss?, and Happy Days. Bay was inducted in Canada's Walk of Fame in 2008.
The Karate Kid
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The Karate Kid Part III
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Blue Velvet
as Aunt BarbaraClean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear...
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect...
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Happy Gilmore
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San Francisco's premiere wedding planner, Mary Fiore is rescued from an accident by the man of...
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Inspector Gadget
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Private School
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Critters 3
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Wild at Heart
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
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The Grifters
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Single White Female
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In the Mouth of Madness
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Arachnophobia
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Edmond
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Foul Play
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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Big Top Pee-wee
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Nomads
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Goodbye Lover
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Krippendorf's Tribe
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Buddy Buddy
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Ring Around the Rosie
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A Whale for the Killing
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Callie & Son
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Chilly Scenes of Winter
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Stranger Than Fiction
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Finder's Fee
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The Paperboy
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Murder in Texas
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Never Too Late
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Movers & Shakers
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Double Exposure
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
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The Attic
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Amy
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Honky Tonk Freeway
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Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive
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The Movie Hero
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Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Aunt BarbaraFifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by David Lynch.
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Annie's Point
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Changing Habits
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A Rose for Emily
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Repo Chick
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Bare Knuckles
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The Neighbor
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Medium Rare
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Second Sight: A Love Story
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Topper
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Forever Love
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Little Red Riding Hood
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Rossini's Ghost
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Amos
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Inside Monkey Zetterland
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Sparkler
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Class Cruise
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Wings
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Seinfeld
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Charmed
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Quantum Leap
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The Middle
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The X-Files
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Family Ties
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Twin Peaks
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Cheers
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ER
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Murder, She Wrote
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L.A. Law
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Hill Street Blues
as Elizabeth MiesA realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
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Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
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Hannah Montana
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Clueless
as uncreditedCLUELESS is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name. The series...
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Hart to Hart
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Hart to Hart
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My Wife and Kids
as uncreditedMichael Kyle is a loving husband and modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique...
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Happy Days
as uncreditedIn 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
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Happy Days
as Grandma NussbaumIn 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
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Simon & Simon
as uncreditedSimon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...
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Newhart
as uncreditedDick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in...
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Remington Steele
as Mother TrustLaura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...
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ALF
as Louise BeaumontA furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
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St. Elsewhere
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Matlock
as Samantha BergstromMatlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of...
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T. J. Hooker
as uncreditedSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
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The Golden Girls
as ClaireFour Southern Florida seniors share a house, their dreams, and a whole lot of cheesecake....
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Hunter
as Emma ParsonsHunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...
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Hunter
as Mrs. LaskeyHunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...
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Tales from the Crypt
as WitchCadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...
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Amazing Stories
as Mrs ClausA truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...
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The Commish
as uncreditedTony Scali is a former Brooklyn cop now the Police Commissioner of a small upstate city. But for...
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Cagney & Lacey
as uncreditedMary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...
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Faerie Tale Theatre
as GrannyA live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
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Da Vinci's Inquest
as uncreditedDa Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from...
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Fame
as uncreditedAn American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on...
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Dave's World
as DaisyDave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on...
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The Hughleys
as uncreditedThe Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000...
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Suddenly Susan
as Mrs. TidgelySuddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San...
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Alien Nation
as uncreditedDetective Matthew Sikes, a Los Angeles police officer reluctantly works with "Newcomer" alien...
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Presidio Med
as uncreditedPresidio Med is an American medical drama that aired on CBS from September 2002, to January...
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True Colors
as Tante SylviaTrue Colors is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from September 2, 1990 to April 12, 1992 for...
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E/R
as uncreditedE/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long...
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Sidekicks
as uncreditedSidekicks is a 1986-1987 Disney Channel martial arts TV series
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The 5 Mrs. Buchanans
as uncreditedThe 5 Mrs. Buchanans is a U.S. television situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 24,...
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Bob Patterson
as Laurie EvansBob Patterson is a popular self-help motivational speaker. What his adoring public doesn't know...
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Style & Substance
as Elizabeth HadleyStyle & Substance was a television situation comedy that premiered on CBS July 22, 1998. The...
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The Oldest Rookie
as uncreditedThe Oldest Rookie is an American crime drama that aired on CBS from September 16, 1987 to...
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