- Born
- DiedApril 1984 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (leukemia)
- Birth nameFrances Victoria Schenk
- Nickname
- Frankie
- Frances Day was the 'Toast of London' in the 1930s. George Bernard Shaw wrote 'Boyant Billions' for her in 1949. She retired in 1965 after appearing in London's West End in 'The Gulls', with Bob Monkhouse. She moved to Berkshire, became known as Frankie Day and said that Frances was her mother. Miss Day passed away on April, 1984 in Brighton.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpouseBeaumont Alexander(June 3, 1927 - May 2, 1938) (divorced)
- Changed her name on escaping to Maidenhead, Berkshire, England to Samta Young Johnson.
- Had a reputation as a voracious 'man-eater'. She was mistress to several royal princes and a future Prime Minister, Anthony Eden. The writer George Bernard Shaw was enamored with her (in fact, she began to pursue him, when he was 92 and she 41). However, she was also rumoured to have had liaisons with Marlene Dietrich and Tallulah Bankhead.
- Celebrated as Britain's first and original platinum 'blonde bombshell', Frances Day was an American singer and actress who became a revue star in England.
- The actor John Mills was one of her biggest fans.
- Of German-Jewish descent, she was born Frankie Schenk and began performing in speakeasies while in her mid-teens. In England from 1925, she became an instant star of West End nightspots, creating a sensation when performing in a G-string with only an ostrich fan for cover.
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