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Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Actor · 1909–2004 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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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.

Acted in 51

1950s

  1. 1954

    Gypsy Colt

    Em MacWade

  2. 1953

    Mister Scoutmaster

    Helen Jordan

  3. 1952

    Because of You

    Susan Arnold

  4. Four Star Playhouse

    Rhoda Stroude · 1 episode

    74
  5. 1951

    Reunion in Reno

    Mrs. Doris Linaker

  6. Payment on Demand

    Eileen Benson

    67
  7. 1950

    Lux Video Theatre

    Louise · 1 episode

1940s

  1. 1948

    Four Faces West

    Fay Hollister

    67
  2. 1947

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    Marie de Varenne

  3. 1945

    Patrick the Great

    Lynn Andrews

  4. 1943

    Happy Land

    Agnes Marsh

  5. I Walked with a Zombie

    Betsy Connell

    74
  6. 1942

    Meet the Stewarts

    Candace "Candy" Goodwin

  7. 1941

    A Man Betrayed

    Sabra Cameron

  8. So Ends Our Night

    Marie Steiner

1930s

  1. 1939

    Coast Guard

    Nancy Bliss

  2. 1938

    If I Were King

    Katherine de Vaucelles

  3. 1937

    Wells Fargo

    Justine Pryor

    61

  4. Souls at Sea

    Margaret Tarryton

    67
  5. 1936

    Half Angel

    Allison Lang

  6. 1935

    The Gay Deception

    Mirabel

  7. Becky Sharp

    Amelia Sedley

    53
  8. 1934

    Of Human Bondage

    Sally Athelny

    73

  9. Finishing School

    Virginia Radcliffe

    64

  10. Coming Out Party

    Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope

  11. Keep 'Em Rolling

    Marjorie Deane

  12. 1933

    Little Women

    Meg

    79

  13. Blood Money

    Elaine Talbart

  14. One Man's Journey

    Joan Stockton

  15. Headline Shooter

    Jane Mallory

  16. The Silver Cord

    Hester

  17. King of the Jungle

    Ann Rogers

  18. The Crime of the Century

    Doris Brandt

  19. 1932

    If I Had a Million

    Mary Wallace

    76

  20. The Night of June 13

    Ginger Blake

  21. Love is a Racket

    Mary Wodehouse

  22. The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    Nancy Deane

  23. This Reckless Age

    Lois Ingals

  24. 1931

    Working Girls

    Louise Adams

  25. Nice Women

    Jerry Girard

  26. Rich Man's Folly

    Ann Trumbull

  27. An American Tragedy

    Sondra Finchley

  28. Caught

    Kate Winslow

  29. June Moon

    Edna Baker

  30. 1930

    Along Came Youth

    Elinor

  31. Playboy of Paris

    Yvonne Philibert

  32. Follow Thru

    Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)

  33. Monte Carlo

    Receptionist (uncredited)

  34. A Man from Wyoming

    Nurse (uncredited)

  35. True to the Navy

    Girl at Table (uncredited)

1920s

  1. 1929

    Words and Music

    Co-Ed (uncredited)

Appearances5

2000s

  1. 2003

    Complicated Women

    Self - Interviewee

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1982

    Night of 100 Stars

    Self

1940s

  1. 1941

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    Self (uncredited)

1930s

  1. 1933

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

    Self