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Frances Dee

Actress / Film Actress | * 11/26/1909 († 94, 03/06/2004) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. Her first film was the musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931). She is also known for starring in the 1943 Val Lewton psychological horror film I Walked with a Zombie. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with. ...

I Walked with a Zombie

Certification unknown

1943 | 3.4/5 | 1h 9min
Drama, Horror, Fantasy
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A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well as the engagement of her younger and weaker son. ...

The Silver Cord

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1933 | 3.7/5 | 1h 14min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a r ...

Finishing School

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1934 | 3.0/5 | 1h 11min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, ...

Little Women

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1933 | 3.4/5 | 1h 55min
Drama, Kids & Family
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Awards & Nominations for Frances Dee

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Frances Dee as Actress(54)

as Self - Interviewee2003 Complicated Women
as (archive footage)1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)1961 Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Em MacWade1954 Gypsy Colt
as Helen Jordan1953 Mister Scoutmaster
as Susan Arnold1952 Because of You
as Mrs. Doris Linaker1951 Reunion in Reno
as Eileen Benson1951 Payment on Demand
as Fay Hollister1948 Four Faces West
as Marie de Varenne1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
as Lynn Andrews1945 Patrick the Great
as Betsy Connell1943 I Walked with a Zombie
as Agnes Dickens Marsh1943 Happy Land
as Candace 'Candy' Goodwin1942 Meet the Stewarts
as Sabra Cameron1941 A Man Betrayed
as herself1941 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Marie Steiner1941 So Ends Our Night
as Nancy Bliss1939 Coast Guard
as Katherine de Vaucelles1938 If I Were King
as Justine Pryor1937 Wells Fargo
as Margaret Tarryton1937 Souls at Sea
as Allison Lang1936 Half Angel
as Mirabel Miller1935 The Gay Deception
as Amelia Sedley1935 Becky Sharp
as Virginia Radcliffe1934 Finishing School
as Sally Athelny1934 Of Human Bondage
as Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope1934 Coming Out Party
as Marjorie Deane1934 Keep 'Em Rolling
as Elaine Talbart1933 Blood Money
as herself1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
as Ann Rogers1933 King of the Jungle
as Meg1933 Little Women
as Jane Mallory1933 Headline Shooter
as Doris Brandt1933 The Crime of the Century
as Hester1933 The Silver Cord
as Joan Stockton1933 One Man's Journey
as Lois Ingals1932 This Reckless Age
as Nancy Deane1932 The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mary Wallace (uncredited)1932 If I Had a Million
as Ginger Blake1932 The Night of June 13
as Mary Wodehouse1932 Love Is a Racket
as Ann Trumbull1931 Rich Man's Folly
as Jerry Girard1931 Nice Women
as Sondra Finchley1931 An American Tragedy
as Edna Baker1931 June Moon
as Louise Adams1931 Working Girls
as Kate Winslow1931 Caught
as Nurse (uncredited)1930 A Man from Wyoming
as Receptionist (uncredited)1930 Monte Carlo
as Elinor Farrington1930 Along Came Youth
as Yvonne Phillbert1930 Playboy of Paris
as Womanin Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)1930 Follow Thru
as Girl at Table (uncredited)1930 True to the Navy
as Co-Ed (uncredited)1929 Words and Music

TV Shows/Series with Frances Dee as Actress(2)

as Rhoda Stroude1952 Four Star Playhouse
as Louise1950 Lux Video Theatre

Full Name: Frances Dee
Born: Friday, 11/26 1909 (November) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 03/06 2004 (March) in Norwalk (aged: 94)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Chicago, Hyde Park Academy High School
Spouses (current/former): Joel McCrea
Children: Jody McCrea
Other names for Frances Dee (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frances Marion Dee"
"Frances Dee McCrea"
Frances Dee frequently works together with these people:
David Niven (33x, Actor)
Charles Boyer (27x, Actor)
Dick Powell (24x, Actor)
Ida Lupino (19x, Actress)
Beverly Garland (9x, Actress)
Herb Vigran (9x, Actor)
Gene Lockhart (8x, Actor)
Ray Walker (8x, Actor)
Dayton Lummis (8x, Actor)
John Leipold (7x, Crew)
Ellen Corby (7x, Actress)
George Chandler (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:10175, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024