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 |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.747 |
| Birthday | 1909-11-26 |
| Place of Birth | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Also Known As | Frances Marion Dee, Frances Dee McCrea, |
1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
5/1
A promotional film featuring movie stars at play. Includes Buster Keaton in a Napoleonic admiral suit in his "land yacht", a custom-built bus he occas...
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1941
A Man Betrayed
5.5/10
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is ac...
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A Man Betrayed
1943
I Walked with a Zombie
6.744/285
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
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I Walked with a Zombie
1933
Blood Money
7/8
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work,...
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Blood Money
1937
Souls at Sea
5.9/7
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
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Souls at Sea
1935
Becky Sharp
5.6/18
The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanit...
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Becky Sharp
1934
Of Human Bondage
6.4/123
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
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Of Human Bondage
1948
Four Faces West
5.6/19
Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him hi...
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Four Faces West
1933
Little Women
6.729/129
Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is awa...
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Little Women
1935
The Gay Deception
6.5/6
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seem...
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The Gay Deception
1951
Payment on Demand
6.25/22
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up wi...
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Payment on Demand
1931
An American Tragedy
6.1/16
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
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An American Tragedy
1932
Love Is a Racket
5.769/13
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
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Love Is a Racket
1942
Meet the Stewarts
6/2
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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Meet the Stewarts
1933
The Crime of the Century
6.111/9
A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t happened yet – although dead bo...
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The Crime of the Century
1932
If I Had a Million
6.6/39
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
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If I Had a Million
1953
Mister Scoutmaster
6.5/7
Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Sco...
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Mister Scoutmaster
1954
Gypsy Colt
6.3/3
In this trans-species remake of Lassie, Come Home, a faithful horse undertakes a perilous journey to return to the family it loves.
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Gypsy Colt
1938
If I Were King
6.8/9
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash...
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If I Were King
1939
Coast Guard
5/3
Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the l...
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Coast Guard
1937
Wells Fargo
5/10
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fres...
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Wells Fargo
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
6.3/20
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
6/1
A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a crimina...
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The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1933
Headline Shooter
5.8/4
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
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Headline Shooter
1945
Patrick the Great
4/1
A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.
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Patrick the Great
1934
Finishing School
5.9/15
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the dir...
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Finishing School
1941
So Ends Our Night
6/8
An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's ever powerful influence.
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So Ends Our Night
1952
Because of You
5.4/5
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
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Because of You
1933
One Man's Journey
7.1/10
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his so...
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One Man's Journey
1943
Happy Land
6.2/3
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he h...
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Happy Land
1931
Working Girls
6.2/5
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in N...
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Working Girls
1930
Playboy of Paris
7/2
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philib...
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Playboy of Paris
1961
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
3.3/3
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1933
The Silver Cord
7.1/7
A domineering matriarch is less than happy when her son brings home his new bride. She immediately sets to work at sabotaging their marriage as well a...
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The Silver Cord
2003
Complicated Women
6.7/11
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women
1932
The Night of June 13
7/3
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudi...
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The Night of June 13
1936
Half Angel
0/0
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
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Half Angel
1930
Follow Thru
7.2/4
Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Downs, a handsome golf pro, and his goofy friend, Jack...
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Follow Thru
1934
Keep 'Em Rolling
6/3
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.
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Keep 'Em Rolling
1932
This Reckless Age
5/1
Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that t...
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This Reckless Age
1930
True to the Navy
7/3
Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets he...
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True to the Navy
1933
King of the Jungle
5/5
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
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King of the Jungle
1931
Caught
6/1
Calamity Jane is a tough and rowdy woman in the old West who owns a saloon and gambling joint (and runs a cattle rustling operation as a sideline). On...
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Caught
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
0/0
Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1930
Monte Carlo
6.3/17
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
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Monte Carlo
1931
Rich Man's Folly
4.5/4
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly...
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Rich Man's Folly
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8/3
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1951
Reunion in Reno
6/2
A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy was loosely remade as Irreconcilable Differences.
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Reunion in Reno
1931
June Moon
0/0
An ordinary Joe has ambitions to become a Tin Pan Alley writer.
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June Moon
1934
Coming Out Party
5/1
In this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants her to marry a wealthy young man, but the strong-wille...
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Coming Out Party
1929
Words and Music
0/0
Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.
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Words and Music
1930
A Man from Wyoming
9/1
A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World War I. There he saves the life of an American society g...
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A Man from Wyoming
1930
Along Came Youth
0/0
An American sportsman stranded in London poses as a cook to remain close to the aristocratic lady he would woo.
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Along Came Youth
1931
Nice Women
0/0
A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
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Nice Women
1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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