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Frances Drake is a Actor American born on 22 october 1912 at New York City (USA)

Frances Drake

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Birth name Frances Dean
Nationality USA
Birth 22 october 1912 at New York City (USA)
Death 18 january 2000 (at 87 years) at Irvine (USA)

Frances Drake (October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000) was an American actress, best known for playing Eponine in Les Misérables (1935).

Biography

Ayant notamment suivi une formation au Royaume-Uni, elle y débute au cinéma (sous son nom de naissance) dans deux films britanniques, sortis en 1933. De retour aux États-Unis — où elle adopte le pseudonyme de Frances Drake —, son premier film américain (tourné en espagnol) sort également en 1933 ; le deuxième est Bolero (1934), avec George Raft et Carole Lombard. Si elle a dans ces quatre premiers films des rôles secondaires, elle obtient en revanche le premier rôle féminin dans le suivant, El Matador (film, 1934) (1934), où elle retrouve George Raft.
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Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland
(3 films)
Harold Huber
Harold Huber
(3 films)
Kent Taylor
Kent Taylor
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frances Drake (23 films)

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Actress

The Affairs of Martha, 1h6
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Weidler, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn
Roles Sylvia Norwood
Rating64% 3.2431553.2431553.2431553.2431553.243155
The peace and quiet enjoyed by the residents of the exclusive neighborhood of Rock Bay, Long Island is disturbed by a newspaper gossip column tidbit that one of their maids is writing a tell-all book about her employers. Since the author is not identified, each family fears that its secrets will be aired in public. Among those confused and distraught are Dr. Sommerfield (Melville Cooper) and his wife Sophia (Spring Byington). Their teenage daughter Miranda (Virginia Weidler), however, is thrilled.
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I Take This Woman, 1h38
Directed by Frank Borzage, Josef von Sternberg, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Jack Carson, Verree Teasdale, Kent Taylor, Louis Calhern
Roles Lola Estermont
Rating62% 3.147483.147483.147483.147483.14748
On the way to New York in a ship, a famous psychiatrist, Dr. Karl Decker (Spencer Tracy), sees a young girl, Georgi (Hedy Lamarr) attempting suicide by jumping from the top because of a failed romance with Phil Mayberry (Kent Taylor). The doctor rescues her and makes her understand how to live by doing real work.
It's a Wonderful World, 1h26
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Nat Pendleton, Edgar Kennedy, Ernest Truex, Guy Kibbee
Roles Vivian Tarbel
Rating67% 3.3961353.3961353.3961353.3961353.396135
Private detective Guy Johnson (James Stewart) is well paid to watch over Willie Heywood (Ernest Truex), a wealthy man who likes to drink a bit too much and gets into trouble as a result. However, when Heywood's recent ex-girlfriend Dolores Gonzalez (Cecilia Callejo) makes a public nuisance of herself over their relationship, a drunk Heywood goes to see her. It is a setup. Dolores is being held at gunpoint by a man, and when Heywood enters her apartment, the mystery man kills Dolores and frames Heywood for the murder.
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There's Always a Woman, 1h21
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Actors Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, Mary Astor, Rita Hayworth, Frances Drake, Jerome Cowan
Roles Anne Calhoun
Rating66% 3.341813.341813.341813.341813.34181
Bill Reardon's (Melvyn Douglas) private detective agency isn't making enough money, so he closes it and takes a job with the district attorney's office. Because the bills keep piling up, wife Sally (Joan Blondell) decides to try being a private eye herself.
The Lone Wolf in Paris, 1h6
Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Olaf Hytten, Walter Kingsford, Leona Maricle, Albert Dekker
Roles Princess Thania of Arvonne
Rating63% 3.179233.179233.179233.179233.17923
You Can't Have Everything, 1h40
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jimmy Ritz, Tony Martin
Roles Girl in YWCA (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.144183.144183.144183.144183.14418
Judith Poe Wells (Alice Faye) is a would-be playwright who has almost no money. As a result of ordering a meal in a restaurant where she cannot afford to pay, she meets George Macrae (Don Ameche), a musical writer with a lot of power. He offers her play North Winds to producer Sam Woods. He knows it isn't any good, but he has fallen in love with her and does it to win her over.
The Invisible Ray, 1h20
Directed by Arthur Lubin, Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi
Roles Diana Rukh
Rating64% 3.247353.247353.247353.247353.24735
A visionary doctor, Dr. Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff) invents a telescope that can look far out into space — into the Andromeda Galaxy — and pick up rays of light that will show the Earth's past. Looking at the past on a planetarium-like dome in his lab, a group of assembled scientists as well as Dr. Rukh see a large meteor hit the earth thousands of years ago. Amazed by the demonstration, the group invites Rukh to go on an expedition to find the meteor that appeared to land in Africa. While in Africa, Rukh finds the meteor but is exposed to strong radiation ("Radium X") from the rock, which makes his touch death on the spot.
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And Sudden Death, 1h7
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Randolph Scott, Frances Drake, Tom Brown, Billy Lee, Fuzzy Knight, Porter Hall
Roles Betty Winslow
Rating58% 2.918922.918922.918922.918922.91892
Les Misérables, 1h48
Directed by Richard Boleslawski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson, Florence Eldridge, Marilyn Knowlden
Roles Eponine
Rating75% 3.7944153.7944153.7944153.7944153.794415
Jean Valjean est un bagnard emprisonné pour un simple vol de pain parce qu'il était affamé. Il parvient à s'échapper et sur sa route, il rencontre un homme d'église qui changera sa vie. Il devient peu à peu un homme en vue de la ville où il s'est installé sous un faux nom pour échapper à son passé. La jeune Cosette que les vils Thénardiers exploitent à leur service, est recueillie par Valjean qui en prendra soin quant à son éducation. Mais l'inspecteur Javert, Policier obtus et convaincu que l'âme humaine ne peut changer, reconnaît en Valjean l'ancien détenu et veut à tout prix le compromettre...