R.I.P. Frances Bay (1919-2011)

Frances Bay, the actress best known for playing Adam Sandler's grandmother in HAPPY GILMORE and the old lady whose loaf of marble rye bread was snatched off by Jerry in SEINFELD, has passed away.

Bay worked as a radio actress in the 1930s, before getting married and becoming a housewife. She did not return to acting until the 1970s. In her career, she had appeared in over 50 films, 100 TV shows (such as HAPPY DAYS, THE JEFFERSONS and THE DUKES OF HAZZARD) and multiple theatre shows. She was a regular in David Lynch's works, including BLUE VELVET, WILD AT HEART and TWIN PEAKS. More recently, she had appeared as Aunt Ginny in the ABC sitcom THE MIDDLE.

Frances Bay passed away at Tarzana Medical Center after falling ill with infections. She was 92.

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