Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Actor

Los Angeles, California, USA
November 26, 1909

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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Representative Works

Little Women
Little Women
6.8
/ English
I Walked with a Zombie
I Walked with a Zombie
6.8
/ English
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
6.5
/ English
Working Girls
Working Girls
7.1
/ English
Nice Women
Nice Women
8.0
/ English
Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars
5.8
/ English
Becky Sharp
Becky Sharp
5.7
/ English
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage
6.5
/ English
June Moon
June Moon
8.0
/ English
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.2
/ English
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
5.5
/ English
Because of You
Because of You
6.5
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Little Women
1933Nominee

Best Performance

Little Women

I Walked with a Zombie
1943Nominee

Best Performance

I Walked with a Zombie

If I Had a Million
1932Nominee

Best Performance

If I Had a Million

Career Highlights

Working Girls
1931Highlight

Best Performance

Working Girls

Nice Women
1931Highlight

Best Performance

Nice Women

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