Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 26, 1909
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Frances Dee
Biography
Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American screen and television actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931) in a role later recreated by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1951 re-titled remake A Place in the Sun. She also had a prominent role in the classic 1943 Val Lewton psychological horror film I Walked With a Zombie. Dee was the wife of Hollywood star Joel McCrea.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self - Interviewee |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1961 | Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Gypsy Colt | Em MacWade |
| 1953 | Mister Scoutmaster | Helen Jordan |
| 1952 | Because of You | Susan Arnold |
| 1951 | Payment on Demand | Eileen Benson |
| 1951 | Reunion in Reno | Mrs. Doris Linaker |
| 1948 | Four Faces West | Fay Hollister |
| 1947 | The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Marie de Varenne |
| 1945 | Patrick the Great | Lynn Andrews |
| 1943 | I Walked with a Zombie | Betsy Connell |
| 1943 | Happy Land | Agnes Marsh |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Candace "Candy" Goodwin |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | Sabra Cameron |
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night | Marie Steiner |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Herself |
| 1939 | Coast Guard | Nancy Bliss |
| 1938 | If I Were King | Katherine de Vaucelles |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea | Margaret Tarryton |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Justine Pryor |
| 1936 | Half Angel | Allison Lang |
| 1935 | Becky Sharp | Amelia Sedley |
| 1935 | The Gay Deception | Mirabel |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage | Sally Athelny |
| 1934 | Finishing School | Virginia Radcliffe |
| 1934 | Keep 'Em Rolling | Marjorie Deane |
| 1934 | Coming Out Party | Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 | Self |
| 1933 | Blood Money | Elaine Talbart |
| 1933 | Little Women | Meg |
| 1933 | The Crime of the Century | Doris Brandt |
| 1933 | Headline Shooter | Jane Mallory |
| 1933 | One Man's Journey | Joan Stockton |
| 1933 | The Silver Cord | Hester |
| 1933 | King of the Jungle | Ann Rogers |
| 1932 | Love Is a Racket | Mary Wodehouse |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Mary Wallace (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Strange Case of Clara Deane | Nancy Deane |
| 1932 | The Night of June 13 | Ginger Blake |
| 1932 | This Reckless Age | Lois Ingals |
| 1931 | An American Tragedy | Sondra Finchley |
| 1931 | Working Girls | Louise Adams |
| 1931 | Caught | Kate Winslow |
| 1931 | Rich Man's Folly | Ann Trumbull |
| 1931 | June Moon | Edna Baker |
| 1931 | Nice Women | Jerry Girard |
| 1930 | Playboy of Paris | Yvonne Philibert |
| 1930 | Follow Thru | Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited) |
| 1930 | True to the Navy | Girl at Table (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Monte Carlo | Receptionist (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Along Came Youth | Elinor |
| 1930 | A Man from Wyoming | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Words and Music | Co-Ed (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Rhoda Stroude |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Louise |