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Frances Faye (November 4, 1912 – November 8, 1991) was an American cabaret and show tune singer and pianist. Born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City, she was a second cousin of actor Danny Kaye.

For the U.S. politician, see Francis Fay.

Frances Faye
BornNovember 4, 1912
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 8, 1991(1991-11-08) (aged 79)
OccupationSinger, pianist
PartnerTeri Shepherd

Career


Born as Frances Cohen, Faye's showbiz career began at the age of 15 in nightclubs where she first became a star. She appeared in one Bing Crosby film; Double or Nothing singing "After You". She wrote the song "Well All Right" recorded by the Andrews Sisters. Faye made her solo recording debut in 1936. Her act became famous for including double entendres and references to homosexuality and lesbianism.[1] Faye herself was bisexual and hinted at this frequently in her act;[2] she would often playfully alter pronouns in love songs or weave her girlfriend's name into lyrics of song. For instance, she inserted "it's a Teri, Teri day" into "The Man I Love" and on national television sang "why do all the boys treat Teri so right" in "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate."

She recorded about a dozen albums for many different record labels, including Capitol Records and Imperial Records and jazz labels Verve Records and Bethlehem Records.


Personal life


Faye was married twice in the 1940s. In the late 1950s, a woman named Teri Shepherd became her manager and lifelong partner.[3] Shepherd discussed her relationship with Faye in Bruce Weber's 2001 film Chop Suey. [citation needed]


Later life


Faye was arrested in 1955 on a narcotics charge in Los Angeles; police asserted that she and the three men arrested at the same time possessed marijuana.[4]

During the 1960s, Faye suffered a number of health related problems brought on by a hip accident in 1958. She nevertheless continued to tour into the early 1980s. Peter Allen credited her as a major influence and had Faye sing the vocals on the track "Just a Gigolo (Schoner Gigolo)" on his 1974 album, Continental American.

She returned to film in 1978, playing an elderly cocaine-sniffing madam in the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby. She retired shortly afterwards. At the time of her death in 1991, aged 79, she was living with Shepherd.


Discography



Singles



Albums



Filmography



References


  1. Frances Faye Biography Archived February 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Andrejkoymasky.com. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
  2. Invoking the spirit of the raconteur, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 19, 2008
  3. Folkart, Burt A. (November 16, 1991). "Frances Faye; Bawdy Nightclub Singer". Los Angeles Times.
  4. "Frances Faye, 3 Men Seized in Dope Case", Los Angeles Times, p. 12, January 20, 1955




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