Actor info
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Name :
Frances Dee
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Born :
November 26, 1909 in Los Angeles, California, USA (94 years at death)
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Died :
March 6, 2004
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Female
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Film career :
54 films (1929–2003)
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Also known as :
Frances Marion Dee, Frances Dee McCrea, Jean Dee
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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.
Notable films
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self
- Becky Sharp (1935) as Amelia Sedley
- Finishing School (1934) as Virginia Radcliffe
- Little Women (1933) as Meg
- Working Girls (1931) as Louise Adams
