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Frances Dee

Actor

Frances Dee

Born November 26, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USADied March 6, 200449 films

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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I Walked with a Zombie posterFirst watchI Walked with a Zombie19436.8as Betsy ConnellA nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.View film

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Little Women poster6.8Little Women1933Of Human Bondage poster6.5Of Human Bondage1934If I Had a Million poster6.5If I Had a Million1932

Filmography

49 films as actor
  1. 1954Gypsy ColtEm MacWade
  2. 1953Mister ScoutmasterHelen Jordan
  3. 1952Because of YouSusan Arnold
  4. 1951Reunion in RenoMrs. Doris Linaker
  5. 1951Payment on DemandEileen Benson
  6. 1948Four Faces WestFay Hollister
  7. 1947The Private Affairs of Bel AmiMarie de Varenne
  8. 1945Patrick the GreatLynn Andrews
  9. 1943Happy LandAgnes Marsh
  10. 1943I Walked with a ZombieBetsy Connell
  11. 1942Meet the StewartsCandace "Candy" Goodwin
  12. 1941A Man BetrayedSabra Cameron
  13. 1941So Ends Our NightMarie Steiner
  14. 1939Coast GuardNancy Bliss
  15. 1938If I Were KingKatherine de Vaucelles
  16. 1937Wells FargoJustine Pryor
  17. 1937Souls at SeaMargaret Tarryton
  18. 1936Half AngelAllison Lang
  19. 1935The Gay DeceptionMirabel
  20. 1935Becky SharpAmelia Sedley
  21. 1934Of Human BondageSally Athelny
  22. 1934Finishing SchoolVirginia Radcliffe
  23. 1934Coming Out PartyJoyce 'Joy' Stanhope
  24. 1934Keep 'Em RollingMarjorie Deane
  25. 1933Little WomenMeg
  26. 1933Blood MoneyElaine Talbart
  27. 1933One Man's JourneyJoan Stockton
  28. 1933Headline ShooterJane Mallory
  29. 1933The Silver CordHester
  30. 1933King of the JungleAnn Rogers
  31. 1933The Crime of the CenturyDoris Brandt
  32. 1932If I Had a MillionMary Wallace
  33. 1932The Night of June 13Ginger Blake
  34. 1932Love is a RacketMary Wodehouse
  35. 1932The Strange Case of Clara DeaneNancy Deane
  36. 1932This Reckless AgeLois Ingals
  37. 1931Working GirlsLouise Adams
  38. 1931Nice WomenJerry Girard
  39. 1931Rich Man's FollyAnn Trumbull
  40. 1931An American TragedySondra Finchley
  41. 1931CaughtKate Winslow
  42. 1931June MoonEdna Baker
  43. 1930Along Came YouthElinor
  44. 1930Playboy of ParisYvonne Philibert
  45. 1930Follow ThruWoman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited)
  46. 1930Monte CarloReceptionist (uncredited)
  47. 1930A Man from WyomingNurse (uncredited)
  48. 1930True to the NavyGirl at Table (uncredited)
  49. 1929Words and MusicCo-Ed (uncredited)