Birth Name: Frances Evelyn Goffman
Place of Birth: Mannville, Alberta, Canada
Date of Birth: January 23, 1919
Place of Death: Tarzana, California, U.S.
Date of Death: September 15, 2011
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Frances Bay was a Canadian-born American actress. She was born in Mannville, Alberta, to Ukrainian/Russian Jewish parents Max Goffman and Ann Averbach. She was raised in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada.
Her brother was sociologist and writer Erving Goffman. In an article about his life, it is stated about his parents:
“When Max Goffman (b. 1890) arrived in Winnipeg he was one of almost 120,000 immigrant Jews who came from Eastern Europe to Canada between 1900 and 1920. They were mainly 3 shop keepers and tradesmen and for the most part they settled in big cities like Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg. In Winnipeg Max met Ann Averbach (b. 1899) who had arrived from Russia in 1912”.
Frances’ surname “Bay” comes from her former husband, Charles Bay.
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