Frances Morris (August 3, 1908 – December 2, 2003) was an American actress.
On Broadway, Morris appeared in ''The Passing Show of 1912'' (1912) and ''Step This Way'' (1916). Her films included ''
Thunder
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Springfield, Massachusetts
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, she died in
Santa Clarita, California
Santa Clarita (; Spanish for "Little St. Clare") is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los Angeles County, the 17th-most popul ...
, in 2003.
Selected filmography
* ''
Thunder
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Ladies of the Big House
''Ladies of the Big House'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Ernest Booth, William Slavens McNutt and Grover Jones. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson, Earle Foxe, Rockli ...
'' (1931) - Juror (uncredited)
* '' Guns for Hire'' (1932) - Polly Clark
* ''
Afraid to Talk
''Afraid to Talk'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by Tom Reed. The film stars Eric Linden, Sidney Fox, Tully Marshall, Louis Calhern, George Meeker and Robert Warwick. The film was released on Dec ...
'' (1932) - Miss Sheridan, Nurse (uncredited)
* '' Trailing North'' (1933) - Girl at 1st Outpost
* ''
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a travel, journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. A pilgrim (from the Latin ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) w ...
'' (1933) - Nurse (uncredited)
* ''
Manhattan Love Song
''Manhattan Love Song'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields and starring Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee and Franklin Pangborn. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures. It is based on the 19 ...
Two Heads on a Pillow
''Two Heads on a Pillow'' is a 1934 American romance film directed by William Nigh and written by Albert DeMond. The film stars Neil Hamilton, Miriam Jordan, Henry Armetta, Hardie Albright, Dorothy Appleby and Mary Forbes. The film was released ...
Hollywood Hotel
The Hollywood Hotel was a famous hotel, society venue of early Hollywood landmark, formerly located at 6811 Hollywood Boulevard, on the north side, extending from Highland Avenue to Orchid Avenue, in central Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californ ...
The Leather Pushers
''The Leather Pushers'' is a 1922 American film serial starring Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny (and Billy Sullivan (actor), Billy Sullivan in the fourth series), and based on boxing stories by H. C. Witwer originally published in ''Collie ...
'' (1940) - Nurse (uncredited)
* ''
Sandy Gets Her Man
''Sandy Gets Her Man'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Otis Garrett and Paul Gerard Smith and written by Sy Bartlett and Jane Storm. The film stars Baby Sandy, Stuart Erwin, Una Merkel, Edgar Kennedy, William Frawley, Edward Brophy, ...
'' (1940) - Secretary (uncredited)
* ''
Sky Raiders
''Sky Raiders'' is a 12-episode 1941 Universal film serial. The serial was directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. ''Sky Raiders'' stars Donald Woods, Billy Halop, Robert Armstrong and Eduardo Ciannelli. ''Sky Raiders'' has little in common wi ...
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis. Fields plays ...
Duffy's Tavern
''Duffy's Tavern'' is an American radio programming, radio sitcom that ran for a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941–42; Blue Network, NBC-Blue Network, 1942–44; and NBC, 1944–51), concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast.
The ...
'' (1945) - Woman Who Screams (uncredited)
* ''
The Razor's Edge
''The Razor's Edge'' is a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. Maugham is th ...
'' (1946) - Nurse (uncredited)
* ''
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
My Son John
''My Son John'' is a 1952 American political drama film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Robert Walker and Dean Jagger. Walker plays the title character, a middle-class college graduate whom his parents suspect ...
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
''The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima'' is a Warner Color feature film made in 1952. It was promoted as a fact-based treatment of the events surrounding the apparitions of Our Lady of Fátima, in Portugal, in 1917.
It stars Susan Whitney as L ...
'' (1952) - Olímpia Marto
* '' Because of You'' (1952) - Mrs. Colman (uncredited)
* ''
Never Wave at a WAC
''Never Wave at a WAC'' is a 1953 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, and starring Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas and Marie Wilson.
Plot
Divorced socialite Jo McBain, daughter of United States Senator Reynolds, would like to join ...
'' (1953) - Major Cartwright (uncredited)
* ''
Miss Sadie Thompson
''Miss Sadie Thompson'' is a 1953 3-D American musical romantic drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, and Aldo Ray. The film was released by Columbia Pictures. The film is based on W. Somerset Maugha ...
'' (1953) - Mrs. MacPhail
* ''
Women's Prison
Approximately 741,000 women are incarcerated in correctional facilities, a 17% increase since 2010 and the female prison population has been increasing across all continents.The Night of the Hunter'' (1955) - Bart's wife (uncredited)
* '' Bobby Ware Is Missing'' (1955) - Sophie, Housekeeper (uncredited)
* ''
The Price of Fear The Price of Fear may refer to:
* The Price of Fear (radio serial), a BBC horror/mystery radio serial
* The Price of Fear (1956 film)
''The Price of Fear'' is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Abner Biberman and starring Merle Obe ...
'' (1956) - Mrs. Weems (uncredited)
* ''
Crime Against Joe
''Crime Against Joe'' is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Lee Sholem and written by Robert C. Dennis. The film stars John Bromfield, Julie London, Henry Calvin, Patricia Blair, Joel Ashley and Robert Keys.
Plot
A Korean War vete ...
'' (1956) - Nora Manning
* ''
The Naked Hills
''The Naked Hills'' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Josef Shaftel, starring David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, and James Barton.
Plot summary
Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849 ...
'' (1956) - Woman in Store (uncredited)
* ''
Gun for a Coward
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'' (1956) - Mrs. Anderson
* ''
Fury at Showdown
''Fury at Showdown'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Gerd Oswald.A. H. Weiler.Screen: 'Boy on a Dolphin' at Roxy; Scenery and Signorina Loren Are Eye-Filling Mild Adventure Is Set Against Greek Isles 'Fury at Showdown' Makeshift Safa ...
'' (1957) - Mrs. Williams
* '' Monkey on My Back'' (1957) - Landlady (uncredited)
* ''
Wild Is the Wind Wild Is the Wind may refer to:
* ''Wild Is the Wind'' (1957 film), a film starring Anna Magnani and Anthony Quinn
* "Wild Is the Wind" (song), the title song from the film, also covered by David Bowie
* ''Wild Is the Wind'' (album), an album by ...
'' (1957) - Party Guest #4
* ''
Onionhead
''Onionhead'' is a 1958 American comedy drama film set on a U.S. Coast Guard ship during World War II, starring Andy Griffith and featuring Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien, James Gregory, Joey Bishop and Claude Akins. It is dir ...
'' (1958) - Arlene Pierce (uncredited)
* '' Portrait of a Mobster'' (1961) - Louise Murphy
* ''
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 ...
'' (1962) (Season 7 Episode 37: "The Big Kick") - Landlady
* ''
Ichabod and Me
''Ichabod and Me'' is an American sitcom television series starring Robert Sterling and George Chandler that aired in the United States during the 1961–62 United States network television schedule, 1961–62 television season. It depicts the l ...
'' (1962) (Season 1 Episode 25: "The Celebrity") - The Housekeeper
* '' The Virginian'' (1963) (Season 1 Episode 20: "If You Have Tears") - Mrs. Hafenkamp
* ''
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 a ...
'' (1964) (Season 2 Episode 15: "Night Caller") - Woman Shopper
* '' The Virginian'' (1964) (Season 2 Episode 23: "The Intruders") - Mrs. Wingate
* '' The Virginian'' (1964) (Season 3 Episode 8: "A Father for Toby") - Landlady