TheyoungerdaughterofFrancis"Frank"MarionDeeandhiswife,theformerHenriettePutnam,FrancesMarionDeewasborninLosAngeles,California,whereherfatherwasworkingasacivil-serviceexaminer.[1][2] ShegrewupinChicago,Illinois,wheresheattendedShakespeareGrammarSchoolandHydeParkHighSchool,whereshewentbythenicknameofFrankieDee. AftergraduatingfromHydeParkHighin1927,ofwhichshewasvice...(展开全部) TheyoungerdaughterofFrancis"Frank"MarionDeeandhiswife,theformerHenriettePutnam,FrancesMarionDeewasborninLosAngeles,California,whereherfatherwasworkingasacivil-serviceexaminer.[1][2] ShegrewupinChicago,Illinois,wheresheattendedShakespeareGrammarSchoolandHydeParkHighSchool,whereshewentbythenicknameofFrankieDee. AftergraduatingfromHydeParkHighin1927,ofwhichshewasvicepresidentofherseniorclass,aswellasvotedBelleoftheYear,shespenttwoyearsattheUniversityofChicagobeforereturningtoCalifornia. Followinghersophomoreyearin1929,shewentonsummervacationwithhermotherandoldersistertovisitfamilyintheLosAngeles,Californiaarea.Shebeganworkingasamovieextraasalark.Herbigbreakcamewhen,stillanextra,shewasofferedtheleadoppositeMauriceChevalierinPlayboyofParis. TheaudienceappealestablishedintwofilmsoppositeParamountstarsCharles"Buddy"RogersandRichardArlen,ledtotheco-starringroleasSondraFinchley,oppositePhillipsHolmesandSylviaSidney,inParamountPictures'sprestigious,andcontroversial,productionofAnAmericanTragedy,directedbyJosefvonSternberg.ShemetactorJoelMcCreaonthesetofthe1933filmTheSilverCord.TheattractivecouplemarriedonOctober20,1933,afterawhirlwindcourtship,andremainedmarrieduntilMcCrea'sdeathin1990. Dee'sadditionalscreencreditsincludedJuneMoon,LittleWomen,OfHumanBondage,BeckySharp,andPaymentonDemand.Sheco-starredwithMcCreaintheWesternFourFacesWest(1948). Duringtheirlifetimetogether,theMcCreaslived,raisedtheirchildren,androdetheirhorsesontheirranchinwhatwasthenanunincorporatedareaofeasternVenturaCounty,California.TheyultimatelydonatedseveralhundredacresoftheirpersonalpropertytothenewlyformedConejoValleyYMCAforthecityofThousandOaks,California,bothofwhichcelebratedtheir