Frances Dee

1909-11-26 – 2004-03-06 (age 94) 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.

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Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Known For

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

1934

as Sally Athelny

Little Women

Little Women

1933

as Meg

I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie

1943

as Betsy Connell

Working Girls

Working Girls

1931

as Louise Adams

Nice Women

Nice Women

1931

as Jerry Girard

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

1982

as Self

The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

1935

as Mirabel

An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy

1931

as Sondra Finchley

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

1937

as Justine Pryor

Half Angel

Half Angel

1936

as Allison Lang

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947

as Marie de Varenne

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932

as Mary Wallace

Four Faces West

Four Faces West

1948

as Fay Hollister

Finishing School

Finishing School

1934

as Virginia Radcliffe

Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand

1951

as Eileen Benson

Coast Guard

Coast Guard

1939

as Nancy Bliss

Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo

1930

as Receptionist (uncredited)

If I Were King

If I Were King

1938

as Katherine de Vaucelles

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

So Ends Our Night

So Ends Our Night

1941

as Marie Steiner