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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. She was 94. Dee died Saturday in Norwalk...
Dee's additional screen credits included June Moon, Little Women, Of Human Bondage, Becky Sharp, and Payment on Demand. She co-starred with her husband Joel McCrea in the Western Four Faces West (1948). Personal life. Dee met actor Joel McCrea on the set of the 1933 film The Silver Cord.
Trivia. In 1935, she and husband Joel McCrea separated, but soon reconciled. In 1966, he filed for divorce, charging her with cruelty; however, the couple stayed married until his death. Had three sons by Joel McCrea: Jody McCrea (born 1934), David McCrea (born 1935) and Peter McCrea (born 1955).
- November 26, 1909
- March 6, 2004
McCrea married actress Frances Dee in Rye, New York on October 20, 1933, after they met while filming The Silver Cord. Coincidentally, Dee was born only a few blocks away from McCrea's home, but she moved to Chicago during her childhood. They had three sons, Jody, Peter and David. They were married until McCrea's death 57 years later.
Mar 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 Saturday in Norwalk, Conn. She was 96....
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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...
After her breakthrough role in Playboy of Paris (1930) opposite Maurice Chevalier, she met Joel McCrea on the set of the 1933 film The Silver Cord (1933). Following a whirlwind courtship, the two were married later that year in Rye, New York. Their 57-year marriage ended in 1990, when McCrea died.
