Frances Dee
Known for Acting · 56 credits
- Born
- 1909-11-26
- Died
- 2004-03-06
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Frances Marion Dee · Frances Dee McCrea · Jean Dee
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.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (54)
Working Girls
1931
as Louise Adams
Nice Women
1931
as Jerry Girard
Love is a Racket
1932
as Mary Wodehouse
The Gay Deception
1935
as Mirabel
Reunion in Reno
1951
as Mrs. Doris Linaker
I Walked with a Zombie
1943
as Betsy Connell
If I Had a Million
1932
as Mary Wallace
June Moon
1931
as Edna Baker
Wells Fargo
1937
as Justine Pryor
Finishing School
1934
as Virginia Radcliffe
Little Women
1933
as Meg
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
as Marie de Varenne
An American Tragedy
1931
as Sondra Finchley
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Four Faces West
1948
as Fay Hollister
Payment on Demand
1951
as Eileen Benson
Headline Shooter
1933
as Jane Mallory
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Candace "Candy" Goodwin
Words and Music
1929
as Co-Ed (uncredited)
Because of You
1952
as Susan Arnold
The Crime of the Century
1933
as Doris Brandt
Complicated Women
2003
as Self - Interviewee
If I Were King
1938
as Katherine de Vaucelles
Of Human Bondage
1934
as Sally Athelny
Gypsy Colt
1954
as Em MacWade
So Ends Our Night
1941
as Marie Steiner
Monte Carlo
1930
as Receptionist (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932
as Nancy Deane
Happy Land
1943
as Agnes Marsh
The Silver Cord
1933
as Hester
True to the Navy
1930
as Girl at Table (uncredited)
Mister Scoutmaster
1953
as Helen Jordan
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Sabra Cameron
One Man's Journey
1933
as Joan Stockton
Follow Thru
1930
as Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
Becky Sharp
1935
as Amelia Sedley
Coast Guard
1939
as Nancy Bliss
Half Angel
1936
as Allison Lang
Patrick the Great
1945
as Lynn Andrews
Playboy of Paris
1930
as Yvonne Philibert
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933
as Self
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
as Self (uncredited)
Blood Money
1933
as Elaine Talbart
Souls at Sea
1937
as Margaret Tarryton
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Nurse (uncredited)
Coming Out Party
1934
as Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope
The Night of June 13
1932
as Ginger Blake
Caught
1931
as Kate Winslow
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934
as Marjorie Deane
King of the Jungle
1933
as Ann Rogers
This Reckless Age
1932
as Lois Ingals
Rich Man's Folly
1931
as Ann Trumbull
Along Came Youth
1930
as Elinor
About Frances Dee
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. With 56 credits spanning from 1929 to 2003, Frances Dee has appeared in 54 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Frances Dee Movies
- Working Girls (1931) — as Louise Adams
- Nice Women (1931) — as Jerry Girard
- Love is a Racket (1932) — as Mary Wodehouse
- The Gay Deception (1935) — as Mirabel
- Reunion in Reno (1951) — as Mrs. Doris Linaker
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