Acting

Frances Dee

Frances Dee is best known for Four Star Playhouse and Lux Video Theatre. Frances Dee was born on November 26, 1909. Frances Dee died on March 6, 2004 at the age of 94.

Born: November 26, 1909
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: March 6, 2004 (94 years old)

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.