Frances Dee

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Frances Dee

Acting November 26, 1909

Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

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Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

6.8 1952 TV Show
I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie

6.8 1943 Movie
Little Women

Little Women

6.8 1933 Movie
Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

6.5 1934 Movie
If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

6.5 1932 Movie
Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

5.7 1935 Movie
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

6.2 1947 Movie
Payment on Demand

Payment on Demand

6.2 1951 Movie
Four Faces West

Four Faces West

5.8 1948 Movie
If I Were King

If I Were King

7.1 1938 Movie
Finishing School

Finishing School

6.2 1934 Movie
Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

5.5 1937 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2003
    Complicated Women

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  2. 1988
    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 1982
    Night of 100 Stars

    Movie Self

  4. 1954
    Gypsy Colt

    Movie Em MacWade

  5. 1953
    Mister Scoutmaster

    Movie Helen Jordan

  6. 1952
    Because of You

    Movie Susan Arnold

  7. 1952
    Four Star Playhouse

    TV show Rhoda Stroude

  8. 1951
    Reunion in Reno

    Movie Mrs. Doris Linaker

  9. 1951
    Payment on Demand

    Movie Eileen Benson

  10. 1950
    Lux Video Theatre

    TV show Louise

  11. 1948
    Four Faces West

    Movie Fay Hollister

  12. 1947
    The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

    Movie Marie de Varenne

  13. 1945
    Patrick the Great

    Movie Lynn Andrews

  14. 1943
    Happy Land

    Movie Agnes Marsh

  15. 1943
    I Walked with a Zombie

    Movie Betsy Connell

  16. 1942
    Meet the Stewarts

    Movie Candace "Candy" Goodwin

More credits
  1. 1941
    Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  2. 1941
    A Man Betrayed

    Movie Sabra Cameron

  3. 1941
    So Ends Our Night

    Movie Marie Steiner

  4. 1939
    Coast Guard

    Movie Nancy Bliss

  5. 1938
    If I Were King

    Movie Katherine de Vaucelles

  6. 1937
    Wells Fargo

    Movie Justine Pryor

  7. 1937
    Souls at Sea

    Movie Margaret Tarryton

  8. 1936
    Half Angel

    Movie Allison Lang

  9. 1935
    The Gay Deception

    Movie Mirabel

  10. 1935
    Becky Sharp

    Movie Amelia Sedley

  11. 1934
    Of Human Bondage

    Movie Sally Athelny

  12. 1934
    Finishing School

    Movie Virginia Radcliffe

  13. 1934
    Coming Out Party

    Movie Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope

  14. 1934
    Keep 'Em Rolling

    Movie Marjorie Deane

  15. 1933
    Little Women

    Movie Meg

  16. 1933
    Blood Money

    Movie Elaine Talbart

  17. 1933
    One Man's Journey

    Movie Joan Stockton

  18. 1933
    Headline Shooter

    Movie Jane Mallory

  19. 1933
    The Silver Cord

    Movie Hester

  20. 1933
    King of the Jungle

    Movie Ann Rogers

  21. 1933
    The Crime of the Century

    Movie Doris Brandt

  22. 1933
    Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

    Movie Self

  23. 1932
    If I Had a Million

    Movie Mary Wallace

  24. 1932
    The Night of June 13

    Movie Ginger Blake