Horror actors and actresses
Frances Drake
American actress (–)
For the American actress, see Frances Ann Denny Drake. For people with a similar name, see Francis Drake (disambiguation).
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Born | Frances Morgan Dean ()October 22, New York City, U.S. |
Died | January 18, () (aged87) Irvine, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Occupation | Actress |
Yearsactive | |
Spouses | Lt. the Hon. Cecil John Arthur Howard (m.; died)David Brown |
Frances Drake (born Frances Morgan Dean; October 22, January 18, )[1] was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in Les Misérables ().[2]
Early years
Drake was born in New York City as Frances Morgan Dean to a wealthy family.
She was educated at Havergal College in Canada and at age 14 "she was sent to school in England, under her grandmother's wing."[3] She was there when the stock market crashed in
Career
Needing to make money for the first time in her life, Drake became a dancer and stage actress and found that film paid even better.[4] In , she explained: "I met an actor in London – Gordon Wallace, who was in Eva Le Gallienne's repertory company for a while – and he asked me to form a dance team with him.
We danced, and a stage producer asked us to take parts in a play. Then I was invited to make films in England."[5]
She returned to the United States in [6] and was offered a contract by Paramount, which changed her name to Frances Drake (after the studio initially wanted her new name to be Marianne Morel[3] to avoid confusion with the then-popular star Frances Dee).
She was coached by opera singer and actress Marguerite Namara while continuing in film.
She was often typecast in "damsel in distress" roles and appeared in proto-horror and proto-sci-fi films opposite stars like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre.[2] One film reference book summed up Drake's career as follows: "She played leads in many Hollywood productions of the '30s, often as the terrified heroine of horror and mystery tales."[6]
Personal life
On February 12, , Drake married Hon.
Cecil Howard (), second son of Henry Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk. Howard disapproved of her career, and she retired from the screen when he received his inheritance.[6] After Howard's death, she married David Brown in ;[7] he died in
Recognition
She has a star in the Motion Picture section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at Hollywood Boulevard.
She has a school named after her in Leominster, Massachusetts.[8]
Death
Drake died in Irvine, California, on January 18, , aged [9] She is interred in Section 8 Garden of Legends in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California.[10]
Filmography
References
- ^Social Security Death Index.
Although some sources say , the Social Security Death Index indicates Frances D. Howard was born on October 22, , and died on January 17,
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"Actress Frances Drake, 91, Checks Out".
- ^"Seeks to Lose English Twang". The Gettysburg Times. Pennsylvania, Gettysburg. The Gettysburg Times. December 8, p.8.
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- ^ abcKatz, Ephraim (). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books. ISBN P.
- ^Bergan, Ronald (January 31, ). "Obituary: Frances Drake: Beauty who quit movies for her aristocrat husband".
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