b. Alice Jeanne Leppert, 5 May 1912, New York City, New York, USA, d. 9 May 1998, Rancho Mirage, California, USA. An attractive blonde actress and singer, Alice Faye symbolized for many the glamorous 20th Century Fox movies musicals of the 30s and 40s. She was noticed by Rudy Vallee in the Broadway chorus of George White's Scandals Of 1931, and, after touring and recording with his Connecticut Yankees, she starred with Vallee in the movie George White's Scandals (1934), making a strong impression with her version of "Nasty Man". She was also cited in Vallee's divorce trial. Over the next 11 years she made more than 30 films, mostly very appealing musicals such as Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Sing, Baby, Sing (1936), Stowaway (1936), On The Avenue (1937), In Old Chicago (1938), Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938), Rose Of Washington Square (1939), Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), Tin Pan Alley (1940), Lillian Russell (1940), That Night In Rio (1941), The Great American Broadcast (1941), Weekend In Havana (1941), Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943), and The Gang's All Here (1943). With her deep-throated, sexy voice, Faye serenaded her good-looking leading men, Dick Powell, Tyrone Power, Don Ameche and John Payne, with songs that included "Goodnight My Love", "No Love, No Nothin'", "Sing, Baby, Sing", "You're A Sweetheart", and "You'll Never Know" the Academy Award winning song for 1943.

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• (2005)  Sings Her Famous Movie Hits

• Moonlight Bay
• You'll Never Know/No Love, No Nothin
• The Band Played On
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• This Year's Kisses/You Turned The Tables On Me

• Judy Garland
• Rosemary Clooney
• Lena Horne
• Doris Day
• Bing Crosby
• Peggy Lee
• Tony Bennett
• Julie London
• Dinah Shore
• Dinah Washington
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Sarah Vaughan
• The Andrews Sisters
• Dean Martin
• Rudy Vallee
• Jo Stafford
• Kay Starr
• Anita O'Day
• Boswell Sisters
• Frank Sinatra

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