she married charles irwin bay (born december 15, 1918 – died june 18, 2002) in 1946, and moved to cape town, south africa, living in the constantia and camps bay areas. she studied with uta hagen at this time. charles and frances bay had one son, josh ("eli joshua"; march 14, 1947 – june 6, 1970), who died at the age of 23.