Frances Dee
Acting

Frances Dee

Born 26 November 1909 · Los Angeles, California, USA · Died 6 March 2004

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

I Walked with a Zombie
Little Women
Of Human Bondage
If I Had a Million
Becky Sharp
Payment on Demand
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Four Faces West
An American Tragedy
Finishing School
Love is a Racket
Souls at Sea
Gypsy Colt
Mister Scoutmaster
Because of You
Payment on Demand
Reunion in Reno
Four Faces West
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Patrick the Great
I Walked with a Zombie
Happy Land
Meet the Stewarts
A Man Betrayed
So Ends Our Night
Coast Guard
If I Were King
Souls at Sea
Wells Fargo
Half Angel
Becky Sharp
The Gay Deception
Of Human Bondage
Finishing School
Keep 'Em Rolling
Coming Out Party
Blood Money
Little Women
The Crime of the Century
Headline Shooter
One Man's Journey
The Silver Cord
King of the Jungle
Love is a Racket
If I Had a Million
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
The Night of June 13
This Reckless Age
An American Tragedy
Working Girls
Caught
Rich Man's Folly
June Moon
Nice Women
Playboy of Paris
Along Came Youth
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