Frances Dee

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.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1909-11-26 · Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- 2004-03-06
Known for
- I Walked with a Zombie (1943) — Betsy Connell
- Little Women (1933) — Meg
- Of Human Bondage (1934) — Sally Athelny
- If I Had a Million (1932) — Mary Wallace
- Becky Sharp (1935) — Amelia Sedley
- Payment on Demand (1951) — Eileen Benson
- The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) — Marie de Varenne
- Four Faces West (1948) — Fay Hollister
- Monte Carlo (1930) — Receptionist (uncredited)
- An American Tragedy (1931) — Sondra Finchley
- Finishing School (1934) — Virginia Radcliffe
- Love is a Racket (1932) — Mary Wodehouse
- Souls at Sea (1937) — Margaret Tarryton
- If I Were King (1938) — Katherine de Vaucelles
- Wells Fargo (1937) — Justine Pryor
- A Man Betrayed (1941) — Sabra Cameron