Frances Lee

Acting

Frances Lee

Born May 5, 1906 · Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA

Died November 5, 2000 · aged 94

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 w…

Known For

The Show of ShowsThe Show of Shows · 1929
The Show of Shows
★ 6.61929
MovieMusic
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Flirtation WalkFlirtation Walk · 1934
Flirtation Walk
★ 5.81934
MovieMusicRomance
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
The Tabasco KidThe Tabasco Kid · 1932
The Tabasco Kid
★ 7.01932
MovieComedyWestern
A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.
The Little SnobThe Little Snob · 1928
The Little Snob
★ 8.01928
MovieComedy
May Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her father, Colonel Banks (Aleck B. Francis), a Coney Island employee, save enough money to send her to an expensive, snobby all-girl finishing school.
Good as GoldGood as Gold · 1927
Good as Gold
★ 8.01927
MovieWestern
Buck Brady is the son of a prospector whose valuable claim was stolen when Buck was a child. Brady grows up with revenge on his mind and retaliates by holding up the mine's payroll messengers. Until, that is, he falls in love with Janet, the new owner.
Chicken à la KingChicken à la King · 1928
Chicken à la King
★ 8.01928
MovieComedy
A married tightwad learns to loosen up by living the life of a playboy.
Phantom ThunderboltPhantom Thunderbolt · 1933
Phantom Thunderbolt
★ 4.61933
MovieWestern
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
The Carnation KidThe Carnation Kid · 1929
The Carnation Kid
★ 10.01929
MovieComedy
It's a case of mistaken identity in this comedy that centers around a country bumpkin mistaken for a Chicago hitman.

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The Show of ShowsThe Show of Shows · 1929
The Show of Shows
★ 6.61929
MovieMusic
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!

Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)