Description: See My other items I Combine Shipping on Multiple Item Orders !! Frances Drake (born Frances Morgan Dean; October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000)[1] was an American actress best known for playing Eponine in Les Misérables (1935) 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 1933, 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 1934[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
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Location: North Port, Florida
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: Yes
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: No
Size: 8 x 10 in
Image Color: Black & White
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Actors, Actress, Radio
Modified Item: No
Vintage: Yes
Type: Photograph
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Format: Movie Still
Year of Production: 1935
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Theme: Celebrities, Fantasy, Glamor, History, Movies, Music, People, Television, Theater, Western
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Finish: Glossy
