
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)

Finishing School
1934
as Virginia Radcliffe

Little Women
1933
as Meg

Complicated Women
2003
as Self - Interviewee

Blood Money
1933
as Elaine Talbart

Becky Sharp
1935
as Amelia Sedley

Follow Thru
1930
as Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)

June Moon
1931
as Edna Baker

Wells Fargo
1937
as Justine Pryor

Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self

Happy Land
1943
as Agnes Marsh

I Walked with a Zombie
1943
as Betsy Connell

One Man's Journey
1933
as Joan Stockton

The Gay Deception
1935
as Mirabel

Of Human Bondage
1934
as Sally Athelny

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)

If I Had a Million
1932
as Mary Wallace

If I Were King
1938
as Katherine de Vaucelles

Coast Guard
1939
as Nancy Bliss

Headline Shooter
1933
as Jane Mallory

Gypsy Colt
1954
as Em MacWade

Payment on Demand
1951
as Eileen Benson

Because of You
1952
as Susan Arnold

Half Angel
1936
as Allison Lang

Four Faces West
1948
as Fay Hollister

Mister Scoutmaster
1953
as Helen Jordan

So Ends Our Night
1941
as Marie Steiner

An American Tragedy
1931
as Sondra Finchley

A Man Betrayed
1941
as Sabra Cameron

Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Candace "Candy" Goodwin

Working Girls
1931
as Louise Adams

Monte Carlo
1930
as Receptionist (uncredited)

The Silver Cord
1933
as Hester

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947
as Marie de Varenne

Patrick the Great
1945
as Lynn Andrews

The Crime of the Century
1933
as Doris Brandt

Words and Music
1929
as Co-Ed (uncredited)

Souls at Sea
1937
as Margaret Tarryton

Along Came Youth
1930
as Elinor

A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Nurse (uncredited)

The Night of June 13
1932
as Ginger Blake

Love is a Racket
1932
as Mary Wodehouse

Nice Women
1931
as Jerry Girard

The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932
as Nancy Deane

King of the Jungle
1933
as Ann Rogers

Playboy of Paris
1930
as Yvonne Philibert

Reunion in Reno
1951
as Mrs. Doris Linaker

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
as Self (uncredited)

True to the Navy
1930
as Girl at Table (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Rolling
1934
as Marjorie Deane

This Reckless Age
1932
as Lois Ingals

Caught
1931
as Kate Winslow

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933
as Self

Coming Out Party
1934
as Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope

Rich Man's Folly
1931
as Ann Trumbull
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
- Finishing School (1934) — as Virginia Radcliffe
- Little Women (1933) — as Meg
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self - Interviewee
- Blood Money (1933) — as Elaine Talbart
- Becky Sharp (1935) — as Amelia Sedley
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