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Frances Dee

Born: 1909

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 Acting
Gender Female
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA
Died 06/03/2004

Resources

Movies

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

Self in Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

A Man Betrayed

Sabra Cameron in A Man Betrayed

I Walked with a Zombie

Betsy Connell in I Walked with a Zombie

Blood Money

Elaine Talbart in Blood Money

Souls at Sea

Margaret Tarryton in Souls at Sea

Becky Sharp

Amelia Sedley in Becky Sharp

Of Human Bondage

Sally Athelny in Of Human Bondage

Four Faces West

Fay Hollister in Four Faces West

Little Women

Meg in Little Women

The Gay Deception

Mirabel Miller in The Gay Deception

Payment on Demand

Eileen Benson in Payment on Demand

An American Tragedy

Sondra Finchley in An American Tragedy

Love Is a Racket

Mary Wodehouse in Love Is a Racket

Meet the Stewarts

Candace "Candy" Goodwin in Meet the Stewarts

The Crime of the Century

Doris Brandt in The Crime of the Century

If I Had a Million

Mary Wallace (uncredited) in If I Had a Million

Mister Scoutmaster

Helen Jordan in Mister Scoutmaster

Gypsy Colt

Em MacWade in Gypsy Colt

If I Were King

Katherine de Vaucelles in If I Were King

Coast Guard

Nancy Bliss in Coast Guard

Wells Fargo

Justine Pryor in Wells Fargo

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

Marie de Varenne in The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

Nancy Deane in The Strange Case of Clara Deane

Headline Shooter

Jane Mallory in Headline Shooter

Patrick the Great

Lynn Andrews in Patrick the Great

Finishing School

Virginia Radcliffe in Finishing School

So Ends Our Night

Marie Steiner in So Ends Our Night

Because of You

Susan Arnold in Because of You

One Man's Journey

Joan Stockton in One Man's Journey

Happy Land

Agnes Marsh in Happy Land

Working Girls

Louise Adams in Working Girls

Playboy of Paris

Yvonne Philibert in Playboy of Paris

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) in Hollywood: The Selznick Years

The Silver Cord

Hester in The Silver Cord

Complicated Women

Self - Interviewee in Complicated Women

The Night of June 13

Ginger Blake in The Night of June 13

Half Angel

Allison Lang in Half Angel

Follow Thru

Womanin Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited) in Follow Thru

Keep 'Em Rolling

Marjorie Deane in Keep 'Em Rolling

This Reckless Age

Lois Ingals in This Reckless Age

True to the Navy

Girl at Table (uncredited) in True to the Navy

King of the Jungle

Ann Rogers in King of the Jungle

Caught

Kate Winslow in Caught

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Herself in Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

Monte Carlo

Receptionist (uncredited) in Monte Carlo

Rich Man's Folly

Ann Trumbull in Rich Man's Folly

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Self (archive footage) in The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Reunion in Reno

Mrs. Doris Linaker in Reunion in Reno

June Moon

Edna Baker in June Moon

Coming Out Party

Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope in Coming Out Party

Words and Music

Co-Ed (uncredited) in Words and Music

A Man from Wyoming

Nurse (uncredited) in A Man from Wyoming

Along Came Youth

Elinor in Along Came Youth

Nice Women

Jerry Girard in Nice Women

Night of 100 Stars

Self in Night of 100 Stars

TV Shows