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Frances Dee

Acting Born Nov 26, 1909 Los Angeles, California, USA 24 credits

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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Finishing School

as Virginia Radcliffe

Full filmography

  • Four Star Playhouse (1952) as Rhoda Stroude
  • Finishing School (1934) as Virginia Radcliffe
  • Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Louise
  • Little Women (1933) as Meg
  • Of Human Bondage (1934) as Sally Athelny
  • Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
  • If I Had a Million (1932) as Mary Wallace
  • I Walked with a Zombie (1943) as Betsy Connell
  • Payment on Demand (1951) as Eileen Benson
  • Becky Sharp (1935) as Amelia Sedley
  • Because of You (1952) as Susan Arnold
  • Wells Fargo (1937) as Justine Pryor
  • Souls at Sea (1937) as Margaret Tarryton
  • If I Were King (1938) as Katherine de Vaucelles
  • Happy Land (1943) as Agnes Marsh
  • The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) as Marie de Varenne
  • Monte Carlo (1930) as Receptionist (uncredited)
  • Blood Money (1933) as Elaine Talbart
  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as Self (archive footage)
  • Coast Guard (1939) as Nancy Bliss
  • Gypsy Colt (1954) as Em MacWade
  • So Ends Our Night (1941) as Marie Steiner
  • Mister Scoutmaster (1953) as Helen Jordan
  • The Night of June 13 (1932) as Ginger Blake