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Frances Dee

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Frances Dee

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Nov 26, 1909 (116 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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
2003Complicated WomenSelf - Interviewee
1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the WindSelf (archive footage)
1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
1954Gypsy ColtEm MacWade
1953Mister ScoutmasterHelen Jordan
1952Because of YouSusan Arnold
1952Four Star PlayhouseRhoda Stroude
1951Payment on DemandEileen Benson
1951Reunion in RenoMrs. Doris Linaker
1950Lux Video TheatreLouise
1948Four Faces WestFay Hollister
1947The Private Affairs of Bel AmiMarie de Varenne
1945Patrick the GreatLynn Andrews
1943I Walked with a ZombieBetsy Connell
1943Happy LandAgnes Marsh
1942Meet the StewartsCandace "Candy" Goodwin
1941A Man BetrayedSabra Cameron
1941So Ends Our NightMarie Steiner
1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1Self (uncredited)
1939Coast GuardNancy Bliss
1938If I Were KingKatherine de Vaucelles
1937Souls at SeaMargaret Tarryton
1937Wells FargoJustine Pryor
1936Half AngelAllison Lang
1935Becky SharpAmelia Sedley
1935The Gay DeceptionMirabel
1934Of Human BondageSally Athelny
1934Finishing SchoolVirginia Radcliffe
1934Keep 'Em RollingMarjorie Deane
1934Coming Out PartyJoyce 'Joy' Stanhope
1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-6Self
1933Blood MoneyElaine Talbart
1933Little WomenMeg
1933The Crime of the CenturyDoris Brandt
1933Headline ShooterJane Mallory
1933One Man's JourneyJoan Stockton
1933The Silver CordHester
1933King of the JungleAnn Rogers
1932Love is a RacketMary Wodehouse
1932If I Had a MillionMary Wallace (uncredited)
1932The Strange Case of Clara DeaneNancy Deane
1932The Night of June 13Ginger Blake
1932This Reckless AgeLois Ingals
1931An American TragedySondra Finchley
1931Working GirlsLouise Adams
1931CaughtKate Winslow
1931Rich Man's FollyAnn Trumbull
1931June MoonEdna Baker
1931Nice WomenJerry Girard
1930Playboy of ParisYvonne Philibert
1930Follow ThruWoman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
1930True to the NavyGirl at Table (uncredited)
1930Monte CarloReceptionist (uncredited)
1930Along Came YouthElinor
1930A Man from WyomingNurse (uncredited)
1929Words and MusicCo-Ed (uncredited)