Frances Faye (real name Frances Cohen, November 2nd, 1912-November 8th, 1991) was an American cabaret and show tune singer and pianist. She was born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, NY. She was the second-cousin of actor Danny Kaye.
Faye's showbiz career began after appearing in two Bing Crosby films; Double of Nothing and After You. But instead of pursuing acting, Faye turned to music. She wrote the song "Well All Right" for the Andrews Sisters. Faye made her solo recording debut in 1936. Her act became infamous for including double entendres and references to homosexuality. Faye herself was bisexual and refrenced this frequently in her act; she would often playfully alter pronouns in love songs.
Faye lived for years with her manager,Carson Cameron, whom she idenrified as her husband. In reality the two were only lovers and cohabitated for many years, but were never legally married. Cameron and Faye eventually "divorced", but Cameron remained Faye's manager.
Starting in the 1960's, Faye experienced a number of health related problems but continued to tour into the early 1980's. She returned to film in 1978, playing a madam in the Louis Malle film Pretty Baby. Faye retired from showbiz shortly after this. At the time of her death in 1991, Faye was living in a realtionship with a woman named Teri Shepherd.
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