Frances Dee

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-11-26

Day of death

2004-03-06 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

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

  • Four Star Playhouse

    Four Star Playhouse

  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

  • If I Had a Million

    If I Had a Million

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • June Moon

    June Moon

  • Half Angel

    Half Angel

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Gypsy Colt

    Gypsy Colt

  • Becky Sharp

    Becky Sharp

  • Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

  • Mister Scoutmaster

    Mister Scoutmaster

  • Follow Thru

    Follow Thru

  • Blood Money

    Blood Money

  • Headline Shooter

    Headline Shooter

  • I Walked with a Zombie

    I Walked with a Zombie

  • Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo

  • An American Tragedy

    An American Tragedy

  • Four Faces West

    Four Faces West

  • Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

  • If I Were King

    If I Were King

  • The Crime of the Century

    The Crime of the Century

  • Souls at Sea

    Souls at Sea

  • Night of 100 Stars

    Night of 100 Stars

  • Working Girls

    Working Girls

  • Along Came Youth

    Along Came Youth

  • One Man's Journey

    One Man's Journey

  • The Night of June 13

    The Night of June 13

  • Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Stewarts

  • King of the Jungle

    King of the Jungle

  • Because of You

    Because of You

  • Words and Music

    Words and Music

  • Rich Man's Folly

    Rich Man's Folly

  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

  • The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    The Strange Case of Clara Deane

  • The Silver Cord

    The Silver Cord

  • True to the Navy

    True to the Navy

  • Keep 'Em Rolling

    Keep 'Em Rolling

  • Playboy of Paris

    Playboy of Paris

  • So Ends Our Night

    So Ends Our Night

  • A Man Betrayed

    A Man Betrayed

  • Love Is a Racket

    Love Is a Racket

  • Patrick the Great

    Patrick the Great

  • This Reckless Age

    This Reckless Age

  • Nice Women

    Nice Women

  • A Man from Wyoming

    A Man from Wyoming

  • The Gay Deception

    The Gay Deception

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • Payment on Demand

    Payment on Demand

  • Reunion in Reno

    Reunion in Reno

  • Happy Land

    Happy Land

  • Finishing School

    Finishing School

  • Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

  • Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

  • Coast Guard

    Coast Guard

  • Coming Out Party

    Coming Out Party

  • Caught

    Caught