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

Little Women
Little Women

1933

as Meg

Souls at Sea
Souls at Sea

1937

as Margaret Tarryton

Four Faces West
Four Faces West

1948

as Fay Hollister

Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

1934

as Sally Athelny

I Walked with a Zombie
I Walked with a Zombie

1943

as Betsy Connell

Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp

1935

as Amelia Sedley

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

1947

as Marie de Varenne

Because of You
Because of You

1952

as Susan Arnold

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Finishing School
Finishing School

1934

as Virginia Radcliffe

If I Were King
If I Were King

1938

as Katherine de Vaucelles

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Mary Wallace

A Man Betrayed
A Man Betrayed

1941

as Sabra Cameron

Working Girls
Working Girls

1931

as Louise Adams

Payment on Demand
Payment on Demand

1951

as Eileen Benson

A Man from Wyoming
A Man from Wyoming

1930

as Nurse (uncredited)

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars
June Moon
June Moon

1931

as Edna Baker

So Ends Our Night
So Ends Our Night

1941

as Marie Steiner