Frances Dee
Acting
Born November 26, 1909, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1954Gypsy Colt — Em MacWade
- 1953Mister Scoutmaster — Helen Jordan
- 1952Because of You — Susan Arnold
- Four Star Playhouse — Rhoda Stroude
- 1951Payment on Demand — Eileen Benson
- 1951Reunion in Reno — Mrs. Doris Linaker
- Lux Video Theatre — Louise
- 1948Four Faces West — Fay Hollister
- 1947The Private Affairs of Bel Ami — Marie de Varenne
- 1945Patrick the Great — Lynn Andrews
- 1943Happy Land — Agnes Marsh
- 1943I Walked with a Zombie — Betsy Connell
- 1942Meet the Stewarts — Candace "Candy" Goodwin
- 1941A Man Betrayed — Sabra Cameron
- 1941So Ends Our Night — Marie Steiner
- 1939Coast Guard — Nancy Bliss
- 1938If I Were King — Katherine de Vaucelles
- 1937Souls at Sea — Margaret Tarryton
- 1937Wells Fargo — Justine Pryor
- 1936Half Angel — Allison Lang
- 1935Becky Sharp — Amelia Sedley
- 1935The Gay Deception — Mirabel
- 1934Coming Out Party — Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope
- 1934Finishing School — Virginia Radcliffe
- 1934Keep 'Em Rolling — Marjorie Deane
- 1934Of Human Bondage — Sally Athelny
- 1933Blood Money — Elaine Talbart
- 1933Headline Shooter — Jane Mallory
- 1933King of the Jungle — Ann Rogers
- 1933Little Women — Meg
- 1933One Man's Journey — Joan Stockton
- 1933The Crime of the Century — Doris Brandt
- 1933The Silver Cord — Hester
- 1932If I Had a Million — Mary Wallace
- 1932Love is a Racket — Mary Wodehouse
- 1932The Night of June 13 — Ginger Blake
- 1932The Strange Case of Clara Deane — Nancy Deane
- 1932This Reckless Age — Lois Ingals
- 1931An American Tragedy — Sondra Finchley
- 1931Caught — Kate Winslow
- 1931June Moon — Edna Baker
- 1931Nice Women — Jerry Girard
- 1931Rich Man's Folly — Ann Trumbull
- 1931Working Girls — Louise Adams
- 1930A Man from Wyoming — Nurse (uncredited)
- 1930Along Came Youth — Elinor
- 1930Follow Thru — Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
- 1930Monte Carlo — Receptionist (uncredited)
- 1930Playboy of Paris — Yvonne Philibert
- 1930True to the Navy — Girl at Table (uncredited)
- 1929Words and Music — Co-Ed (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (5)
- 2003Complicated Women — Self - Interviewee
- 1988The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind — Self (archive footage)
- 1982Night of 100 Stars — Self
- 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 — Self (uncredited)
- 1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 — Self