Frances Dee net worth is
$10 Million
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Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American 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 retitled remake, A Place in the Sun.
Full Name | Frances Dee |
Net Worth | $10 Million |
Date Of Birth | November 26, 1909 |
Died | March 6, 2004, Norwalk, Connecticut, United States |
Place Of Birth | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Height | 1.64 m |
Profession | Actor |
Education | University of Chicago |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Joel McCrea |
Children | Jody McCrea, Peter McCrea, David McCrea |
Parents | Francis Marion Dee, Henriette Putnam |
Siblings | Margaret Dee |
Nicknames | Frances Dee, Dee, Frances |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0214168 |
Movies | I Walked with a Zombie, Little Women, Of Human Bondage, Becky Sharp, If I Were King, Four Faces West, An American Tragedy, The Silver Cord, Souls at Sea, Gypsy Colt, The Gay Deception, Happy Land, Blood Money, A Man Betrayed, Love Is a Racket, So Ends Our Night, Wells Fargo, Mister Scoutmaster, One ... |
Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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1 | [on producer Harry Sherman] He was high on [Joel McCrea]; they loved westerns, and Sherman didn't think Paramount did right by Joel. He was rugged looking, with white hair. An outdoor man, an athlete--he was in those long bicycle marathons. He always liked bicycle riding--even in later years. He was charming, strong-looking, tall, and couldn't have been nicer to work with. He included everyone in on things. He was a very expansive kind of man. His personality suited his appearance. |
2 | I wanted to give up my career when I married [Joel McCrea], but he wouldn't let me. I thought marriage, a home, husband and family were all I wanted. Joel knew I was sincere in my belief but he was wise enough to realize that sooner or later I might miss my work and blame him. |
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1 | Educated at the University of Chicago. |
2 | Her husband Joel McCrea died on their 57th wedding anniversary. |
3 | Sister of Margaret Dee, who appeared with her in Becky Sharp (1935). |
4 | She and her husband were staunch Republicans and personal friends of Ronald Reagan. |
5 | First grew interested in acting when she was cast as the lead in a senior play at Hyde Park High School. |
6 | Born in Los Angeles, she and older sister Margaret (born in 1908) moved when she was quite young to Cincinnati, then to Washington D.C., before finally settling in the Hyde Park area of Chicago where the sisters attended Shakespeare Grammar School. |
7 | Had three sons by Joel McCrea: Jody McCrea (born 1934), David McCrea (born 1935) and Peter McCrea (born 1955). Son Peter married Jack Lemmon's daughter Courtney Lemmon on March 24, 2001. Both Jody, David and their families live in New Mexico. Frances passed away in Connecticut where she was staying with son Peter. |
8 | Met future husband Joel McCrea on the set of The Silver Cord (1933). He had been smitten after seeing her in the movie An American Tragedy (1931) and requested that she be cast in his movie. During the filming, however, she was seeing off-screen co-star Eric Linden. Joel and Frances began dating after the movie was completed, after her romance with Linden was over. It was her relationship with McCrea that compelled her to sign with RKO. |
9 | Initially had a screen test for the role of "Scarlett O'Hara" and was actually George Cukor's first choice for the role of "Melanie" in Gone with the Wind (1939), but was deemed by David O. Selznick as being too similar in beauty to Vivien Leigh to play the role. Olivia de Havilland was then given the part. |
10 | In 1935 she and husband Joel McCrea separated, but soon reconciled. In 1966 McCrea filed for divorce, charging her with cruelty, however, the couple stayed married until McCrea's death. |
11 | The nonagenarian actress was a huge hit at the 1998 Memphis Film Festival in Tunica, Mississippi. Dee's biographer Andrew Wentink said she gained new fame in the 1990s for her role in films that forced the adoption of a Hollywood code on morality in the 1930s. |
12 | In 1995 she donated 220 acres of her Thousand Oaks, California, ranch to the Conejo Recreation and Park District to be preserved as parkland. In 1981 she and husband Joel McCrea had given 75 acres to the District. |
13 | She accepted the role in I Walked with a Zombie (1943) so that she could use her salary to purchase a new automobile for her mother. |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Little Women | 1933 | | Meg |
One Man's Journey | 1933 | | Joan Stockton |
Headline Shooter | 1933 | | Jane Mallory |
The Silver Cord | 1933 | | Hester |
King of the Jungle | 1933 | | Ann Rogers |
The Crime of the Century | 1933 | | Doris Brandt |
If I Had a Million | 1932 | | Mary Wallace (uncredited) |
The Night of June 13 | 1932 | | Ginger Blake |
Love Is a Racket | 1932 | | Mary Wodehouse |
The Strange Case of Clara Deane | 1932 | | Nancy Deane |
Sky Bride | 1932 | | Ruth's Friend (uncredited) |
This Reckless Age | 1932 | | Lois Ingals |
Working Girls | 1931 | | Louise Adams |
Nice Women | 1931 | | Jerry Girard |
Rich Man's Folly | 1931 | | Ann Trumbull |
Caught | 1931 | | Kate Winslow |
An American Tragedy | 1931 | | Sondra Finchley |
June Moon | 1931 | | Edna Baker |
Along Came Youth | 1930 | | Elinor Farrington |
Playboy of Paris | 1930 | | Yvonne Phillbert |
Follow Thru | 1930 | | Woman in Ladies' Locker Room (uncredited) |
Monte Carlo | 1930 | | Receptionist (uncredited) |
Manslaughter | 1930 | | Party Guest (uncredited) |
A Man from Wyoming | 1930 | | Nurse (uncredited) |
True to the Navy | 1930 | | Girl at Table (uncredited) |
Words and Music | 1929 | uncredited | |
Far as the Eye Can See | 2006 | Short | Grandma |
The Ford Television Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | Ellen Thornton |
Gypsy Colt | 1954 | | Em MacWade |
Lux Video Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | Louise |
Mister Scoutmaster | 1953 | | Helen Jordan |
Four Star Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | Rhoda Stroude |
Because of You | 1952 | | Susan Arnold |
Reunion in Reno | 1951 | | Mrs. Doris Linaker |
Payment on Demand | 1951 | | Eileen Benson |
Fireside Theatre | 1950-1951 | TV Series | Ellen Woodhart |
Four Faces West | 1948 | | Fay Hollister |
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | 1947 | | Marie de Varenne |
Patrick the Great | 1945 | | Lynn Andrews |
Happy Land | 1943 | | Agnes Marsh |
I Walked with a Zombie | 1943 | | Betsy Connell |
Meet the Stewarts | 1942 | | Candace Goodwin |
A Man Betrayed | 1941 | | Sabra Cameron |
So Ends Our Night | 1941 | | Marie Steiner |
Coast Guard | 1939 | | Nancy Bliss |
If I Were King | 1938 | | Katherine de Vaucelles |
Wells Fargo | 1937 | | Justine Pryor |
Souls at Sea | 1937 | | Margaret Tarryton |
Come and Get It | 1936 | | Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
Half Angel | 1936 | | Allison Lang |
The Gay Deception | 1935 | | Mirabel |
Becky Sharp | 1935 | | Amelia Sedley |
Of Human Bondage | 1934 | | Sally Athelny |
Finishing School | 1934 | | The Girl / Virginia Radcliff |
Coming-Out Party | 1934 | | Joyce 'Joy' Stanhope |
Keep 'Em Rolling | 1934 | | Marjorie Deane |
Blood Money | 1933 | | Elaine Talbart |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Finishing School | 1934 | performer: "Jingle Bells" - uncredited | |
Little Women | 1933 | "The Last Rose of Summer", uncredited / performer: "Abide with Me" 1861 - uncredited | |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Complicated Women | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | 1985 | TV Special | Herself |
Night of 100 Stars | 1982 | TV Special | Herself |
This Is Your Life | 1972 | TV Series | Herself |
Here's Hollywood | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | 1941 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 9 | 1935 | Documentary short | Herself |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 | 1933 | Short | Herself (uncredited) |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1994 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 1 February 1994. At 7080 Hollywood Blvd. |
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