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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Working Girls
Working Girls

1931

as Louise Adams

Nice Women
Nice Women

1931

as Jerry Girard

I Walked with a Zombie
I Walked with a Zombie

1943

as Betsy Connell

June Moon
June Moon

1931

as Edna Baker

Little Women
Little Women

1933

as Meg

Night of 100 Stars
Love is a Racket
Love is a Racket

1932

as Mary Wodehouse

Finishing School
Finishing School

1934

as Virginia Radcliffe

The Gay Deception
The Gay Deception

1935

as Mirabel

Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

1934

as Sally Athelny

Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp

1935

as Amelia Sedley

Reunion in Reno
Reunion in Reno

1951

as Mrs. Doris Linaker

Four Faces West
Four Faces West

1948

as Fay Hollister

Words and Music
Words and Music

1929

as Co-Ed (uncredited)

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

1988

as Self (archive footage)

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

1947

as Marie de Varenne

An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy

1931

as Sondra Finchley

If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Mary Wallace

Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo

1937

as Justine Pryor

A Man Betrayed
A Man Betrayed

1941

as Sabra Cameron