Frances Bay

Frances Evelyn Goffman was born January 23, 1919, in Mannville, Alberta, to Ann (née Averbach) and Max Goffman. She was from a family of Ukrainian Jews who had emigrated to Canada at the turn of the nineteenth century. She and her younger brother were raised in Dauphin, Manitoba, where her father operated a successful tailoring business. Her younger brother was famed sociologist Erving Goffman. Her niece, Alice Goffman, is also a noted sociologist. ==Career==

Bay started her career in the 1930s as a radio actress. Before World War II she acted professionally in Winnipeg and spent the war hosting the Canadian Broadcasting Company's radio show, ''Everybody's Program'', aimed at service members overseas. Bay returned to acting in the 1970s Bay appeared in the 2002 music video for Jimmy Fallon's comedy song "Idiot Boyfriend", and played the role of geriatric Phoebe Halliwell in Charmed. In 2005, she reunited with her Pit and Pendulum director Stuart Gordon to play a fortune teller in Edmond. From 2009 to 2011, Bay had a recurring role as "Aunt Ginny" on the television series The Middle. She also worked in theatre, winning both the Drama-Logue Award and Gemini Award. ==Personal life and death==

Bay married Charles Irwin Bay (December 15, 1918 – June 18, 2002) in 1946. ==Legacy==

Bay was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame on September 6, 2008, in large part thanks to a petition with 10,000 names which was submitted on her behalf. The selection committee also received personal letters from Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, David Lynch, Henry Winkler, Monty Hall, and other celebrities. In 1997, she won the Canadian Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role in a Dramatic Series, Road To Avonlea. ==Filmography==

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