Frances Lee
Birthday
1906/05/05
Day of death
2000/11/05 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA
Also know as
Merna Phyllis Tibbetts
Biography
From Wikipedia Frances Lee was born as Myrna Tibbetts (some sources indicate Merna Tibbetts) in Eagle Grove, Iowa. She initially began pursuing a career as a teacher but began taking dance lessons, which led to her being spotted by Gus Edwards, who owned a theater in New York City. Edwards persuaded Lee to perform at his theater, and she joined the cast of The Ziegfeld Follies in 1923, when she was hired by Al Christie to perform in his Christie Comedies. Moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s t...Read more
Acting
(1930) Down with Husbands
as Mrs. Henry Sweet
(1927) Good as Gold
as Jane Laurier
(1928) Nifty Numbers
as Doris
(1933) Phantom Thunderbolt
as Judy Lane
(1933) Her Splendid Folly
as Natalie
(1934) These Thirty Years
as Mae Lercombe
(1929) The Carnation Kid
as Doris Whitely
(1926) Page Me
as ---
(1929) Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
(1926) Dummy Love
as ---
(1929) Naughty Baby
as Peggy
(1934) Flirtation Walk
as Blonde (uncredited)
(1928) Chicken à la King
as Babe Lorraine
(1928) The Little Snob
as Alice
(1932) The Tabasco Kid
as Mary Jones
(1929) Stage Struck Susie
as Susie
(1927) Duck Out
as Maggie
(1929) Divorce Made Easy
as Eileen Stanley