From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frances Drake
Frances Drake
Frances Drake 1992; he died in 2009. She is interred in Section 8 Garden
of Legends in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Holly-
wood, CA. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
located at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard.
Partial filmography
• Bolero (1934)
• The Trumpet Blows (1934)
• Ladies Should Listen (1934)
• Forsaking All Others (1934)
• Mad Love (1935)
• Les Miserables (1935)
• The Invisible Ray (1936)
• And Sudden Death (1936)
• Midnight Taxi (1937)
• Love Under Fire (1937)
• There’s Always a Woman (1938)
Born Frances Dean
October 22, 1912
• It’s a Wonderful World (1939)
New York City • I Take This Woman (1940)
• The Affairs of Martha (1942)
Died January 18, 2000(2000-01-18) (aged 87)
Irvine, California, U.S.
Years 1933–1942
References
active [1] Social Security Death Index. Although some
Spouse Lt. Cecil John Arthur Howard (1939–1985) (his sources say 1908, the Social Security Death Index
death) indicates Frances D. Howard was born on October
David Brown (1992–2000) (his death) 22, 1912 and died on January 17, 2000
Frances Drake (October 22, 1912[1] – January 18, 2000) was
an American actress, is best known for playing Eponine
External links
in Les Misérables (1935). • Frances Drake at the Internet Movie Database
• Frances Drake at AllRovi
Life and career •
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Frances Drake at Find a Grave
Photographs of Frances Drake
Born in New York City, her parents moved to Canada Persondata
when she was four. She was educated in Canada and went
Name Drake, Frances
to England in 1928, and was appearing as a nightclub
dancer in London when she made her first film appear- Alternative names
Dean,
ances under her birth name of Frances Dean including Short description
Meet My Sister (1933) and The Jewel (1933). Offered a con- Date of birth October 22, 1912
tract by Paramount she returned to America in 1934, she
began coaching with opera singer and actress Marguerite Place of birth New York City
Namara while continuing in film. Date of death January 18, 2000
On February 12, 1939, she married Hon. Cecil Howard Place of death Irvine, California, U.S.
(1908–1985), second son of Henry Howard, 19th Earl of
Suffolk, and shortly after retired from the screen. After
Howard’s death in 1985, she married David Brown in
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frances Drake
Categories:
• Actors from New York
• American film actors
• People from Orange County, California
• 1912 births
• 2000 deaths
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