Frances Dee

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

November 26, 1909

died

March 6, 2004

place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

also known as

Frances Marion Dee · Frances Dee McCrea · Jean Dee

total credits

50 movies

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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Known For

Filmography

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Finishing School
6.2

Finishing School

1934as Virginia Radcliffe
Little Women
6.8

Little Women

1933as Meg
I Walked with a Zombie
6.8

I Walked with a Zombie

1943as Betsy Connell
Night of 100 Stars
6.8

Night of 100 Stars

1982as Self
Because of You
6.6

Because of You

1952as Susan Arnold
Of Human Bondage
6.5

Of Human Bondage

1934as Sally Athelny
Becky Sharp
5.8

Becky Sharp

1935as Amelia Sedley
Happy Land
7.1

Happy Land

1943as Agnes Marsh
If I Had a Million
6.6

If I Had a Million

1932as Mary Wallace
So Ends Our Night
6.3

So Ends Our Night

1941as Marie Steiner
Souls at Sea
6.5

Souls at Sea

1937as Margaret Tarryton
Four Faces West
5.8

Four Faces West

1948as Fay Hollister
If I Were King
7.1

If I Were King

1938as Katherine de Vaucelles
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8.2

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988as Self (archive footage)
Gypsy Colt
7.2

Gypsy Colt

1954as Em MacWade
Monte Carlo
6.5

Monte Carlo

1930as Receptionist (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
5.5

Wells Fargo

1937as Justine Pryor
Blood Money
7.1

Blood Money

1933as Elaine Talbart
Complicated Women
6.9

Complicated Women

2003as Self - Interviewee
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.2

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

1947as Marie de Varenne
Payment on Demand
6.2

Payment on Demand

1951as Eileen Benson
An American Tragedy
6.3

An American Tragedy

1931as Sondra Finchley
One Man's Journey
6.7

One Man's Journey

1933as Joan Stockton
A Man Betrayed
5.6

A Man Betrayed

1941as Sabra Cameron
The Crime of the Century
6.7

The Crime of the Century

1933as Doris Brandt
The Night of June 13
7.5

The Night of June 13

1932as Ginger Blake
The Gay Deception
6.3

The Gay Deception

1935as Mirabel
Coast Guard
6.0

Coast Guard

1939as Nancy Bliss
Meet the Stewarts
5.5

Meet the Stewarts

1942as Candace "Candy" Goodwin
Half Angel
7.5

Half Angel

1936as Allison Lang
Love is a Racket
5.4

Love is a Racket

1932as Mary Wodehouse
Along Came Youth
7.3

Along Came Youth

1930as Elinor
This Reckless Age
7.0

This Reckless Age

1932as Lois Ingals
Working Girls
7.1

Working Girls

1931as Louise Adams
King of the Jungle
5.8

King of the Jungle

1933as Ann Rogers
Headline Shooter
6.3

Headline Shooter

1933as Jane Mallory
Mister Scoutmaster
7.1

Mister Scoutmaster

1953as Helen Jordan
Caught
7.5

Caught

1931as Kate Winslow
Rich Man's Folly
5.2

Rich Man's Folly

1931as Ann Trumbull
Patrick the Great
6.5

Patrick the Great

1945as Lynn Andrews
Words and Music
10.0

Words and Music

1929as Co-Ed (uncredited)
June Moon
8.0

June Moon

1931as Edna Baker
Playboy of Paris
7.0

Playboy of Paris

1930as Yvonne Philibert
The Silver Cord
7.3

The Silver Cord

1933as Hester
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
6.5

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

1932as Nancy Deane
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
7.0

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941as Self (uncredited)
Nice Women
8.0

Nice Women

1931as Jerry Girard
A Man from Wyoming
8.0

A Man from Wyoming

1930as Nurse (uncredited)
Coming Out Party
6.0

Coming Out Party

1934as Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope
Keep 'Em Rolling
6.3

Keep 'Em Rolling

1934as Marjorie Deane