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.

Frances Dee

Acting Born November 26, 1909 – Died March 6, 2004 Los Angeles, California, USA

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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Four Star Playhouse

Rhoda Stroude

Lux Video Theatre

Louise

Little Women

Meg

Four Faces West

Fay Hollister

Becky Sharp

Amelia Sedley

Of Human Bondage

Sally Athelny

I Walked with a Zombie

Betsy Connell

Finishing School

Virginia Radcliffe

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

Self

Souls at Sea

Margaret Tarryton

A Man Betrayed

Sabra Cameron

Because of You

Susan Arnold