Dee Frances

American actress who 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. She also had a prominent role in the classic 1943 Val Lewton psychological horror film I Walked With a Zombie. She met actor Joel McCrea on the set of the 1933 film The Silver Cord. The attractive couple married on 20 October 1933, after a whirlwind courtship, and remained married until McCreas death in 1990. Joel McCrea died on their 57th wedding anniversary. Their three sons, including the actor Jody McCrea, and many grandchildren, also survived McCrea. Frances Dee McCrea died on 6 March 2004 in Norwalk, Connecticut due to complications from a stroke. Jody McCrea died in 2009. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less