Frances Dee

Born: 1909-11-26, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 2004-03-06

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.

Filmography

• Four Star Playhouse (1952)
• Nice Women (1931)
• If I Had a Million (1932)
• Of Human Bondage (1934)
• I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
• June Moon (1931)
• Becky Sharp (1935)
• The Gay Deception (1935)
• So Ends Our Night (1941)
• If I Were King (1938)
• Wells Fargo (1937)
• Souls at Sea (1937)
• Reunion in Reno (1951)
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
• Meet the Stewarts (1942)
• Coast Guard (1939)
• Gypsy Colt (1954)
• Finishing School (1934)
• A Man Betrayed (1941)
• Payment on Demand (1951)
• An American Tragedy (1931)
• This Reckless Age (1932)
• Follow Thru (1930)
• The Crime of the Century (1933)
• A Man from Wyoming (1930)
• The Night of June 13 (1932)
• Happy Land (1943)
• Playboy of Paris (1930)
• Mister Scoutmaster (1953)
• One Man's Journey (1933)