I received many nudges shortly after publicly sharing my news to contact The Denver Actors Fund and ask for financial assistance. There has been an overwhelming amount of love and encouragement from all ranges of the world, many of those being a part of the theatre community of Colorado. Theatre performance and singing have given my life more happiness and taught me more than any other thing. I was terrified knowing this was a cancer that could directly affect my voice. (She will receive 100 percent of your donation.) Otherwise, your donation will be applied to the replenishment of the Denver Actors Fund’s general fund.Ī message from Faith: “When I went in for what I thought would be a painful but common procedure and came out knowing I had been diagnosed with cancer as a young and healthy woman, my life did a complete 180. If you use the online option, be sure to designate that your donation is a targeted donation to Faith Ford. How you can help us help more: If you would like to direct a specific donation to help Faith pay down her ongoing expenses, simply mail checks in any amount made out to Denver Actors Fund (with Faith Ford’s name written in the topic field), to P.O. Including targeted donations from the community, The Denver Actors Fund has made $6,409.02 available to assist Faith with her medical expenses. In October 2019, the Board further approved a second payment of $1,289.03 to pay for additional post-insurance medical bills.
How we are helping: in 2018, The Denver Actors Fund’s board of directors voted to pay $5,000 of Faith’s expenses, which a the time represented the largest single initial payout to any of of the Colorado theatre artists the DAF has now helped. The good news is Faith’s singing voice is unaffected, and she should otherwise face no further medical complications.
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Plus she was out of work from her day job two months while recovering from the second surgery. The prognosis is god, but she has required continuing treatment, including having to take an (expensive) daily pill for life that replicates thyroid function. And she needed a second surgery to remove the thyroid and take an injection of radioactive iodine that thankfully removed all remaining cancer cells. Surgery to remove her tonsils, adenoids and lymph nodes left Faith with a staggering post-insurance, out-of-pocket hospital bill of $5,600. Her medical story: Faith began to experience issues with her throat more than a year ago, which eventually led to diagnosis of thyroid cancer at only age 24. played Tracy Turnblad in the Town Hall Arts Center’s “Hairspray” and was an ensemble member in the Green Day musical “American Idiot.” She previously performed Little Theatre of the Rockies’ “Sister Act,” “The Addams Family” and “Dogfight” in Greeley. She is currently playing Alice Beineke in Vintage Theatre’s production of The Addams Family through October 27.
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She is currently starring in the series Mind Body Balance.Faith Ford in Vintage Theatre Productions’ ‘The Addams Family.’ Photo by RDG PhotographyĪid recipient: Loveland native Faith Siobahn Ford Ford is a graduate of Thompson Valley High School and the University of Northern Colorado. Faith also starred in the sitcom Hope and Faith, as a peaceful home wife whose orderly life is disrupted by the arrival of her sister. Having worked on the show for 9 seasons, faith felt that it was time for a change, hence her decision to join the cast for Night Visitors and Her Desperate Choice.
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Fans particularly enjoyed watching her morph from a blonde beauty queen to a professional reporter. For her efforts on the show, Faith received 5 Emmy nominations. However, in 1988, after initially turning down the role of Corky in Murphy Brown, she eventually joined the cast. To date, not many of her fans even know about the movie.
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Her big break came when she was cast in the movie You Talking to Me. She also managed to make guest appearances on other shows. Faith moved to Hollywood in the year 1884 where she landed a role as Janine, a secretary, on the prime time show ThirtySomething. She soon got recurring roles in soaps such as One Life to Live and Muffy. At just age 17, she made her way to New York where she appeared in several commercials and modeling acts.
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