Frances Drake(1912-2000)

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Les mains d'Orlac (1935)

Frances Drake was born on 22 October 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Les mains d'Orlac (1935), The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) and Le rayon invisible (1935). She was married to David Brown and Lt. Cecil John Arthur Howard. She died on 18 January 2000 in Irvine, California, USA.

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Alternative name
- Frances Dean
Height
- 1.59 m
Born
- October 22, 1912
- New York City, New York, USA
Died
- January 18, 2000
- Irvine, California, USA(natural causes)
Spouses
Other works
Made stage debut in London in "Potash and Perlmutter," which ran eight weeks at the Caiety Theatre.
Publicity listings
- 2 Articles
- 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Trivia
Dark-haired American-born actress who went to finishing school in Arundel, England. After dancing in London nightclubs, she spent her apprenticeship on stage (e.g., "The Little Earthquake" in 1933, as a cockney maid) and in minor British films. She made her Hollywood debut in Bolero (1934) and was thereafter typecast as damsels in distress, opposite horror stars Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and Peter Lorre. Paramount changed her name to Frances Drake because her birth name, Frances Dean, was too similar to that of one of their stars, Frances Dee.

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[In a 1986 interview] Charles Laughton was very interesting to watch. Before he went into a scene, he'd go through these gyrations, and huff and puff... I don't know what it did for him, but he was quite amusing to watch! He was often very effective, wasn't he? Marvelous!