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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Chorine in early 30s films became one of Hollywood's most universally... more
Trivia:
She and Harry James had two daughters, Victoria Elizabeth James (b... more
Awards:
1 win
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(6 articles)
Brando & Kelly's Home Movies To Hit The Big Screen
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Books @ the Movies, Shutter Island
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(From WENN. 7 October 2009, 3:01 PM, PDT)
Books @ the Movies, Shutter Island
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Alternate Names:
Frances Dean
Filmography
Actress:
- "Shower of Stars" (3 episodes, 1954-1958)
... aka Chrysler Shower of Stars
- Episode #4.7 (1958) TV episode
- All-Star Line-Up (1955) TV episode
- Entertainment on Wheels (1954) TV episode - "Ford Star Jubilee" .... Lily Garland (1 episode, 1956)
- Twentieth Century (1956) TV episode .... Lily Garland - "Star Stage" .... Cleopatra Collins (1 episode, 1956)
- Cleopatra Collins (1956) TV episode .... Cleopatra Collins - How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955) .... Stormy Tornado
- Three for the Show (1955) .... Julie Lowndes
- How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) .... Loco Dempsey
- The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953) .... Molly Larkins
- Meet Me After the Show (1951) .... Delilah Lee
- Call Me Mister (1951) .... Kay Hudson
- My Blue Heaven (1950) .... Kitty Moran
- Wabash Avenue (1950) .... Ruby Summers
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) .... Winifred Jones
- When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948) .... Bonny Kane
- That Lady in Ermine (1948) .... Francesca/Angelina
- Mother Wore Tights (1947) .... Myrtle McKinley Burt
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) .... Cynthia Pilgrim
- Do You Love Me (1946) (uncredited) .... Barry's fan in taxi
... aka Do You Love Me? (USA: poster title) - The Dolly Sisters (1945) .... Yansci 'Jenny' Dolly
- Diamond Horseshoe (1945) .... Bonnie Collins
... aka Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe - Pin Up Girl (1944) .... Lorry Jones
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) .... Madeleine Marlowe/Rosie O'Grady
- Coney Island (1943) .... Kate Farley
- Springtime in the Rockies (1942) .... Vicky Lane
- Footlight Serenade (1942) .... Pat Lambert
- Song of the Islands (1942) .... Eileen O'Brien
- I Wake Up Screaming (1941) .... Jill Lynn
... aka Hot Spot (UK) (USA: working title) - A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) .... Carol Brown
... aka A Yank in the RAF (Australia: video catalogue title) (International: English title: alternative spelling)
... aka A Yank in the Royal Air Force (International: English title: informal title) - Moon Over Miami (1941) .... Kathryn 'Kay' Latimer, also called Miss Adams
- Tin Pan Alley (1940) .... Lily Blane
- Down Argentine Way (1940) .... Glenda Crawford, aka Glenda Cunningham
- The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) .... Ina Firpo
- Million Dollar Legs (1939) .... Carol Parker
- Man About Town (1939) .... Susan Hayes
- Campus Confessions (1938) .... Joyce Gilmore
... aka Fast Play (UK) - Give Me a Sailor (1938) .... Nancy Larkin
- College Swing (1938) .... Betty
... aka Swing, Teacher, Swing (UK) - Thrill of a Lifetime (1937) .... Gwen
- This Way Please (1937) .... Jane Morrow
- Pigskin Parade (1936) .... Laura Watson
... aka Harmony Parade (UK) - Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936) .... Mildred Webster
- Follow the Fleet (1936) .... Trio Singer
- Collegiate (1936) .... Dorothy
... aka Charm School (UK) - A Quiet Fourth (1935)
... aka Smart Set Comedies: A Quiet Fourth (USA: series title) - Old Man Rhythm (1935) .... Sylvia
- Drawing Rumors (1935)
- A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935) .... Vocalist
- The Nitwits (1935) .... Mary Roberts
- The Spirit of 1976 (1935)
- This Band Age (1935)
... aka Headliners (1934-1935): This Band Age (USA: series title) - Ferry-Go-Round (1934) .... Betty
- By Your Leave (1934) .... Frances Gretchell
- Student Tour (1934) .... Cayenne
- The Gay Divorcee (1934) .... Dance Specialty
... aka The Gay Divorce (UK) - Susie's Affairs (1934) .... Susie Lee
- Business Is a Pleasure (1934)
- Love Detectives (1934) .... Alice
- Elmer Steps Out (1934)
- School for Romance (1934) .... Student
- Air Tonic (1933)
- The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933) .... Band Singer with Ted Fio Rito
... aka Girl of My Dreams (UK) - What Price Innocence? (1933) .... Beverly Bennett
... aka Shall the Children Pay? - Melody Cruise (1933) (uncredited) .... First Stewardess
- Child of Manhattan (1933) .... Lucy McGonegle
- Cavalcade (1933) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Girl on Couch
- The Kid from Spain (1932) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
- Over the Counter (1932) (uncredited) .... Customer Who Wants to Buy a Baby
- Hold 'Em Jail (1932) .... Barbara Jones
- The Age of Consent (1932) (uncredited) .... Student at dormitory
- Hollywood Lights (1932) (as Frances Dean)
- The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932) (as Frances Dean)
- Probation (1932) .... Ruth Jarrett
... aka Second Chances - Hollywood Luck (1932) (as Frances Dean)
- Lady! Please! (1932)
- The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932) (uncredited) .... Hat Check Girl
... aka Three Broadway Girls (USA: reissue title) - Once a Hero (1931) (as Frances Dean)
- Palmy Days (1931) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
- Ex-Sweeties (1931) (uncredited)
- Crashing Hollywood (1931) (as Frances Dean)
- Kiki (1931) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
- Whoopee! (1930) (uncredited) .... Goldwyn Girl
- New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930) (uncredited) .... Chorine
... aka Fox Movietone Follies of 1930
... aka Movietone Follies of 1930 (UK)
... aka Svenson's Big Night Out (USA: alternative title)
... aka Svenson's Wild Party (USA: alternative title) - Let's Go Places (1930) (uncredited) .... Chorine
... aka Mirth and Melody - Happy Days (1929/I) .... Chorus Woman
Soundtrack:
- Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) (performer: "Down Argentina Way" (uncredited), "Daddy", "You're My Little Pin-Up Girl" (uncredited), "I Can't Begin to Tell You" (uncredited), "You Started Something" (uncredited), "This Is It", "Land on Your Feet") ("K-K-K-Katy" (uncredited))
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) (performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine")
- "The Perry Como Show" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 14 December 1960 (1960) TV episode (performer: "The Music Makers" (uncredited), "I've Heard That Song Before" (uncredited), "I Had the Craziest Dream" (uncredited), "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" (uncredited), "Ciri-Biri-Bin" (uncredited)) - "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1 episode, 1958)
... aka The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
... aka We Love Lucy (USA: syndication title)
- Lucy Wins a Race Horse (1958) TV episode (performer: "The Bayamo") - The Girl Can't Help It (1956) (performer: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (uncredited))
- Three for the Show (1955) (performer: "How Come you Do Me Like You Do", "Just One Of Those Things", "I've Got A Crush On You", "Down Boy", "I've Been Kissed Before")
- The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953) (performer: "Today I Love Everybody" (1953) (uncredited), "On the Erie Canal" (1953) (uncredited), "Somethin' Real Special" (1953) (uncredited), "With the Sun Warm Upon Me" (1953) (uncredited), "We're in Business" (1953) (uncredited)) ("I Could Cook" (1953) (uncredited))
- Meet Me After the Show (1951) (performer: "MEET ME AFTER THE SHOW", "BETTING ON A MAN", "IT'S A HOT NIGHT IN ALASKA", "NO TALENT JOE", "I FEEL LIKE DANCING", "NIGHT MUSIC")
- Call Me Mister (1951) (performer: "JAPANESE GIRL LIKE 'MERICAN BOY", "I'M GONNA LOVE THAT GUY (LIKE HE'S NEVER BEEN LOVED BEFORE)", "I JUST CAN'T DO ENOUGH FOR YOU, BABY", "LOVE IS BACK IN BUSINESS") ("CALL ME MISTER")
- My Blue Heaven (1950) (performer: "My Blue Heaven" (uncredited), "It's Deductible" (uncredited), "Halloween" (uncredited), "I Love a New Yorker" (uncredited), "Live Hard, Work Hard, Love Hard" (uncredited), "The Friendly Islands" (uncredited), "Don't Rock the Boat, Dear" (uncredited)) ("My Blue Heaven" (uncredited))
- Wabash Avenue (1950) (performer: "DOWN ON WABASH AVENUE", "I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE" (uncredited), "HONEY MAN (MY LITTLE LOVIN' HONEY MAN)" (uncredited), "MAY I TEMPT YOU WITH A BIG RED ROSY APPLE?", "BABY WON'T YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME?", "I REMEMBER YOU" (uncredited), "BILLY (I ALWAYS DREAM OF BILL)" (uncredited), "WILHELMINA")
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) (performer: "Every Time I Meet You" (uncredited), "In the Gloaming" (1877) (uncredited))
- That Lady in Ermine (1948) (performer: "OOH! WHAT I'LL DO (TO THAT WILD HUNGARIAN)", "THIS IS THE MOMENT") ("THE MELODY HAS TO BE RIGHT")
- Mother Wore Tights (1947) (performer: "This Is My Favorite City", "We're a Couple of Broadway Brothers", "Kokomo, Indiana", "Tra-La-La-La", "There's Nothing Like a Song", "(Rolling Down Bowling Green) On a Little Two-Seat Tandem") ("Burlington Bertie from Bow", "You Do", "At a Georgia Camp Meeting")
- The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947) (performer: "Changing My Tune", "Stand Up and Fight", "Aren't You Kinda Glad We Did?", "One, Two, Three", "Waltzing is Better Sitting Down", "For You, For Me, For Evermore") ("The Back Bay Polka")
- The Dolly Sisters (1945) (performer: "Hungarian Dance No. 5 (uncredited), "The Vamp" (uncredited), "I Can't Begin to Tell You" (uncredited), "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl" (uncredited), "We Have Been Around" (uncredited), "Carolina in the Morning" (uncredited), "Don't Be Too Old Fashioned (Old Fashioned Girl)" (uncredited), "Powder, Lipstick and Rouge" (uncredited), "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" (uncredited), "The Sidewalks of New York" (uncredited))
- The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) (performer: "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song")
- Diamond Horseshoe (1945) (performer: "WELCOME TO THE DIAMOND HORSESHOE", "IN ACAPULCO", "I WISH I KNEW", "A NICKEL'S WORTH OF JIVE", "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW", "SHOO SHOO, BABY" (uncredited), "DESSERT FINALE", "The Old and the New Prelude")
... aka Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe - Pin Up Girl (1944) (performer: "You're My Little Pin Up Girl" (uncredited), "Don't Carry Tales out of School" (uncredited), "Once Too Often" (uncredited), "The Story of the Very Merry Widow" (uncredited))
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) (performer: "Cuddle Up a Little Closer")
- Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) (performer: "My Heart Tells Me (Should I Believe My Heart?)")
- Song of the Islands (1942) (performer: "Down on Ami Ami Oni Oni Isle" (1942), "Sing Me a Song of the Islands" (1942), "Maluna Malolo Mawaena (Hawaiian Drinking Song)" (1942)) ("Down on Ami Ami Oni Oni Isle" (1942), "O'Brien Has Gone Hawaiian" (1942), "The Lily of Killarney" (1862))
- Springtime in the Rockies (1942) (performer: "Run, Little Raindrop, Run", "A Poem Set to Music", "Pan American Jubilee")
- Footlight Serenade (1942) (performer: "ARE YOU KIDDIN'", "I'M STILL CRAZY FOR YOU", "LAND ON YOUR FEET", "I HEARD THE BIRDIES SING") ("I'LL BE MARCHING TO A LOVE SONG")
- Moon Over Miami (1941) (performer: "What Can I Do For You?" (1941), "You Started Something" (1941), "Loveliness and Love", "Kindergarten Conga") ("Miami (Oh Me, Oh Mi-Ami)" (1941), "You Started Something" (1941), "Kindergarten Conga")
- A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941) (performer: "Hi-Ya, Love" (uncredited), "Another Little Dream Won't Do Us Any Harm" (uncredited))
... aka A Yank in the RAF (Australia: video catalogue title) (International: English title: alternative spelling)
... aka A Yank in the Royal Air Force (International: English title: informal title) - Tin Pan Alley (1940) (performer: "The Sheik of Araby" (1921) (uncredited)) ("K-K-K-Katy" (1918) (uncredited), "Honeysuckle Rose" (1929) (uncredited), "Moonlight and Roses" (1925) (uncredited))
- Down Argentine Way (1940) (performer: "Down Argentina Way" (uncredited), "Two Dreams Met (Dos Sueños)" (uncredited))
- Man About Town (1939) (performer: "FIDGETY JOE")
- Give Me a Sailor (1938) (performer: "What Goes On Here in My Heart")
- College Swing (1938) (performer: "College Swing", "What A Rumba Does To Romance")
... aka Swing, Teacher, Swing (UK) - This Way Please (1937) (performer: "Is It Love or Is It Infatuation?")
- Collegiate (1936) (performer: "Rhythmatic", "You Hit the Spot")
... aka Charm School (UK) - Old Man Rhythm (1935) (performer: "There's Nothing Like a College Education", "Boys Will Be Boys", "Old Man Rhythm")
- The Nitwits (1935) (performer: "Music in My Heart") ("Music in My Heart")
- Student Tour (1934) (performer: "The Snake Dance")
- The Gay Divorcee (1934) (performer: Let's K-nock K-neez")
... aka The Gay Divorce (UK) - The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933) (performer: "It's Spring Again")
... aka Girl of My Dreams (UK) - The Kid from Spain (1932) (performer: "But We Must Rise (The College Song)" (1932) (uncredited))
- Whoopee! (1930) (performer: "Cowboys" (1930) (uncredited))
Self:
- "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (6 episodes, 1969-1973)
- Episode dated 15 January 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 10 January 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 23 March 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 17 November 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 13 October 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
(1 more) - The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Music Awards
- "Password" .... Herself (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 13 March 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Herself - "The Carol Burnett Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1968)
... aka Carol Burnett and Friends (USA: repeat compilations title)
- Episode #1.21 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
- Episode dated 18 June 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Mystery Guest #2
- Episode dated 29 August 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself - Host / ... (1 episode, 1964)
- Episode #2.14 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - Host/Singer - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1962)
- Episode dated 8 November 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself - "The Perry Como Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 14 December 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Herself (4 episodes, 1956-1960)
... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
- Episode #4.27 (1960) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #4.8 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #3.23 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #1.2 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - Some of Manie's Friends (1959) (TV) .... Herself
- Verboten! (1959) (uncredited) .... Herself - in pin-up photo
... aka Forbidden! (International: English title: informal literal title) - The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958) (TV) .... Herself - Performer
- The Jerry Lewis Show (1958) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" .... Herself (1 episode, 1958)
... aka The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show
... aka We Love Lucy (USA: syndication title)
- Lucy Wins a Race Horse (1958) TV episode .... Herself - "The Eddie Fisher Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode dated 29 October 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #11.1 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #9.34 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - "The Bob Hope Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1956-1957)
- Episode dated 25 January 1957 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 17 June 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Herself - Screen Snapshots Series 34, No. 6: Hollywood Shower of Stars (1955) .... Herself
- "Shower of Stars" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
... aka Chrysler Shower of Stars
- Premiere Show (1954) TV episode .... Herself - Hollywood Park (1946) .... Herself
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) .... Herself
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (1938) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 10 (1937) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 7 (1937) .... Herself
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (1936) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008) (TV) .... Herself
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"War Stories with Oliver North"
- Hollywood Goes to War (2006) TV episode .... Herself
- The Women of World War II (2005) TV episode .... Herself -
"Larry King Live"
- Episode dated 12 December 2002 (2002) TV episode .... Loco Dempsey - I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special (2001) (TV)
-
"Biography"
- Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act (1999) TV episode (uncredited) .... Glenda Crawford in 'Down Argentine Way'
- Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-up (1995) TV episode .... Herself - Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1997) (TV) .... Herself
- Playboy: Farrah Fawcett, All of Me (1997) (V) .... Herself
- The Casting Couch (1995) (V)
- Entertaining the Troops (1994) .... Herself
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) .... Actress in Movie Clips
- That's Dancing! (1985) .... Herself, film clip
- Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980) (TV) .... Herself
- The Love Goddesses (1965) .... Herself
- Hollywood My Home Town (1965) .... Herself
-
"Hollywood and the Stars"
- Sirens, Symbols and Glamour Girls: Part 1 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - Marilyn (1963) (uncredited) .... Herself (scene from "How to Marry a Millionaire")
-
"Toast of the Town"
- Episode #8.35 (1955) TV episode .... Herself - The Costume Designer (1950)
- Hollywood Bound (1947)
- The All-Star Bond Rally (1945) .... Herself - edited from: Footlight Serenade
- Wing and a Prayer (1944) (uncredited) .... Herself, Vocalist (edited from: Tin Pan Alley)
- Take It or Leave It (1944) (uncredited) .... Herself: Clip from 'Tin Pan Alley'
Additional Details
Other Works:
TV commercial: sang a jingle and husband Harry James demonstrated the strength of Kleenex tissue by playing his trumpet through a Kleenex, in an early 1960s commercial.
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 4 Print Biographies | 5 Pictorials | 4 Magazine Cover Photos
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