Frances Dee

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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Known For

Finishing School
Finishing School

1934

as Virginia Radcliffe

Little Women
Little Women

1933

as Meg

Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

1934

as Sally Athelny

Night of 100 Stars
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Mary Wallace

I Walked with a Zombie
I Walked with a Zombie

1943

as Betsy Connell

Payment on Demand
Payment on Demand

1951

as Eileen Benson

Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp

1935

as Amelia Sedley

Because of You
Because of You

1952

as Susan Arnold

Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo

1937

as Justine Pryor

Souls at Sea
Souls at Sea

1937

as Margaret Tarryton

If I Were King
If I Were King

1938

as Katherine de Vaucelles

Happy Land
Happy Land

1943

as Agnes Marsh

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947

as Marie de Varenne

Monte Carlo
Monte Carlo

1930

as Receptionist (uncredited)

Blood Money
Blood Money

1933

as Elaine Talbart

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

Coast Guard
Coast Guard

1939

as Nancy Bliss

Gypsy Colt
Gypsy Colt

1954

as Em MacWade

So Ends Our Night
So Ends Our Night

1941

as Marie Steiner