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Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. Her first film was the musical Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931). She is also known for starring in the 1943 Val Lewton psychological horror film I Walked With a Zombie.
Frances Dee was a beautiful and versatile actress who starred in comedies, dramas and Westerns with Maurice Chevalier, Katharine Hepburn and Joel McCrea. She retired in 1953 and devoted herself to her family and ranching until her death in 2004.
- November 26, 1909
- March 6, 2004
March 10, 2004 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Frances Dee, an actress of the 1930s and 1940s whose 57-year marriage to the late actor Joel McCrea was one of Hollywood’s most durable, has died....
Frances Dee. Actress: I Walked with a Zombie. Dee was born in Los Angeles, where her Army officer father was stationed, and grew up in Chicago after her father was transferred there. In 1929, he was re-assigned to L.A., and, as a lark, the 19 year old Dee began working in motion pictures as an extra.
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- January 1, 1
- Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Mar 9, 2004 · By The Associated Press. March 9, 2004. Frances Dee, the actress who starred in the 1930's and 1940's with Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper, Ronald Colman and her husband, Joel McCrea, died on...
Mar 8, 2004 · Frances Dee starred in films with Maurice Chevalier, Gary Cooper and her husband, Joel McCrea, in the 1930s and 1940s. She died in 2004 after a stroke at her son's home in Connecticut.
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Mar 9, 2004 · Frances Dee, a wide-eyed, brunette beauty who graced more than 50 films and was the wife of one of her co-stars, Joel McCrea, died March 6 at a hospital in Norwalk, Conn., near a son's home....