Frances Gifford had a somewhat unorthodox introduction to the movie business. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, she had no ambition to be an actress, and in fact had applied to UCLA when, at age 16, she and a friend got to visit the Samuel Goldwyn Studios, where they watched a movie being shot. A studio exec saw her and asked if she would take a screen test. She did, the studio was impressed with the result and put her under contract. Nothing much came of it, however, other than bit parts, and she moved to RKO. Nothing much happened there, either. She had married actor James Dunn and decided to retire, which she did, in 1938. Off the screen for almost two years, she got a small part in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), and her career began to revive. She was signed by Paramount, which soon loaned her to Republic, where she made the film she is probably most remembered for the serial Jungle Girl (1941), based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs story.Unfortunately, her career never really took off, and she bounced around among several studios. In 1948 she was involved in an auto accident in which she received severe head injuries. Although she seemed to recover physically, her career took a nosedive, and she made her last film in 1953. In 1958 newspaper stories reported that as a result of the injuries sustained in the accident, she was admitted to a California state mental hospital. Nothing further was heard from her or about her until 1983, when a writer for a film magazine found her in Pasadena. She had apparently fully overcome her physical and mental problems and was working for the city library. She died of emphysema in Pasadena in 1994.

모든 영화는 다음에서 볼 수 있습니다. Frances Gifford

Poster movie Riding High

Riding High

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Poster movie Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance

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Poster movie She Went to the Races

She Went to the Races

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Poster movie Night Spot

Night Spot

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Poster movie West Point Widow

West Point Widow

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Poster movie Marriage Is a Private Affair

Marriage Is a Private Aff

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영화 산업 unavailable from Frances Gifford

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Hopper Girl (uncredited)

영화 1939

American Empire

Abigail 'Abby' Taylor, Dan's Sister

영화 1942

The Reluctant Dragon

Doris

영화 1941

The Arnelo Affair

Anne Parkson

영화 1947

Having Wonderful Time

Salesgirl (uncredited)

영화 1938

The Glass Key

Nurse

영화 1942

Border Vigilantes

Helen Forbes

영화 1941

Cry 'Havoc'

Helen

영화 1943

Tarzan Triumphs

Zandra

영화 1943

Sky Commando

Jo McWethy

영화 1953

Star Spangled Rhythm

Frances Gifford (uncredited)

영화 1942

Maid's Night Out

Ticket Seller - Octopus Concession (uncredited)

영화 1938

Stage Door

Mary McGuire (uncredited)

영화 1937

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Viola Johnson

영화 1945

Little Mister Jim

Jean Tukker

영화 1947

Hold That Woman!

Mary Mulvaney

영화 1940

Jungle Girl

Nyoka Meredith

영화 1941

Living on Love

Bus Passenger

영화 1937

New Faces of 1937

Showgirl

영화 1937

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

Hilary Dane

영화 1943

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

Ruth Grant

영화 1942

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Charlotte (uncredited)

영화 1942

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Grace Saunders

영화 1942

Mercy Plane

Brenda Gordon

영화 1939

Luxury Liner

Laura Dene

영화 1948

Forty Little Mothers

Granville Girl

영화 1940

There Goes the Groom

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

영화 1937

The Remarkable Andrew

Miss Halsey

영화 1942

Twenty Years After

(archive footage)

영화 1944

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Doris (archive sound)

영화 2004

TV 시리즈 unavailable from Frances Gifford

General Electric Theater

Evelyn Crewes

Tv 1953