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 from the film Becky Sharp (1935) |
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| Born | Frances Marion Dee November 26, 1909 Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Died | March 6, 2004 (aged 94) Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Spouse(s) | Joel McCrea (1933-1990) |
Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. Becky Sharp is an American film released in 1935 and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5 &ndashOctober 20) was an American actor and Film star whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical, The Playboy of Paris (1930). Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 &ndash January 1, 1972) was a French Actor, Singer, and A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. She starred in the film An American Tragedy (1931) in the role played by Elizabeth Taylor in the 1951 remake A Place in the Sun. An American Tragedy ( 1925) is a Novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress A Place in the Sun is a 1951 film which tells the story of a working class young man who is entangled with two women one who works in his wealthy uncle's factory
Biography
Dee was born Frances (some sources indicate Jean) Marion Dee in Los Angeles, California, where her Army officer father was stationed, and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where she attended Shakespeare Grammar School and Hyde Park High School, where she went by the nickname of Frankie Dee. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Hyde Park Career Academy (formerly named High Park High School) is located at 6220 S
After graduating from Hyde Park High in 1927, of which she was Vice President of her senior class, as well as voted Belle of the Year, she spent two years at University of Chicago before returning to California. The University of Chicago is a Private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
Following her sophomore year in 1929, she went on summer vacation with her mother and older sister to visit family in the Los Angeles, California area. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West She began working as a movie extra as a lark. Her big break came when, still an extra, she was offered the lead opposite Maurice Chevalier in Playboy of Paris. Maurice Auguste Chevalier ( September 12, 1888 &ndash January 1, 1972) was a French Actor, Singer, and
The audience appeal established in two films opposite Paramount stars Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen, led to the co-starring role as Sondra Finchley, opposite Phillips Holmes and Sylvia Sidney, in Paramount Pictures's prestigious, and controversial, production of An American Tragedy, directed by Josef von Sternberg. Charles "Buddy" Rogers ( August 13, 1904 &ndash April 21, 1999) was an Academy Award -winning American Richard Arlen ( September 1, 1898 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor Phillips Holmes ( July 22, 1907, Grand Rapids Michigan - August 12, 1942, Ontario Canada Sylvia Sidney ( August 8, 1910 - July 1, 1999) was an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe Award -winning American Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. An American Tragedy ( 1925) is a Novel by the American writer Theodore Dreiser. Josef von Sternberg aka Jonas Sternberg ( 29 May 1894, Vienna, Austria &ndash 22 December 1969, Los She met actor Joel McCrea on the set of the 1933 film The Silver Cord. Joel Albert McCrea, (November 5 &ndashOctober 20) was an American actor and Film star whose career spanned 50 years and appearances in over 90 films The attractive couple married on October 20, 1933, after a whirlwind courtship and remained married until McCrea's death in 1990. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
Dee's additional screen credits included Little Women, Of Human Bondage, Becky Sharp, and Payment on Demand. Little Women is a monochrome (b&w with sound 1933 film made by RKO and directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Sarah Y Of Human Bondage is a 1934 film the first film adaptation of the 1915 novel of the same name by the British author W Becky Sharp is an American film released in 1935 and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Payment on Demand is a 1951 Drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. She co-starred with McCrea in Four Faces West (1948).
During their lifetime together, Frances Dee McCrea and her husband Joel McCrea lived, raised their children, and rode their horses on their ranch in what was then an unincorporated area of eastern Ventura County, California. Ventura County is a county in the southern part of the US state of California ( Southern California) The McCreas ultimately donated several hundred acres of their personal property to the newly formed Conejo Valley YMCA for the city of Thousand Oaks, California, both of which celebrated their 40th anniversaries in 2004. The Young Men's Christian Association (" YMCA " or " the Y " was founded on June 6, 1844 in London England by a young man Thousand Oaks, commonly referred to as "TO" by residents is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, in the United States. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "
Joel McCrea died on their 57th wedding anniversary. Their three sons, including the actor Jody McCrea, and many grandchildren also survived McCrea. Jody McCrea (born September 6, 1934 in Los Angeles, California) born Joel Dee McCrea is the son of Frances Dee and Joel McCrea Frances Dee McCrea died in Norwalk, Connecticut due to complications from a stroke at the age of 94. Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain
External links
- Frances Dee at the Internet Movie Database
- Frances Dee Biography and obituary
- Photographs of Frances Dee