Her big break came when, still an extra, she was offered the lead opposite Maurice Chevalier in Playboy of Paris.
Other greats turned down the producers' overtures for other reasons, e.g., Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Katharine Hepburn, John Gielgud.
Frances Hodgson Burnett | Frances Fox Piven | Frances McDormand | John Dee | Ruby Dee | River Dee | Kiki Dee | Dee Wallace | John Dee (mathematician) | Jack Dee | Jane Dee Hull | Hurricane Frances | Enchong Dee | Frances Spence | Frances Curran | Frances | Mary Frances Berry | Frances Yates | Frances Itani | Frances Hyde, Countess of Clarendon | Frances Bean Cobain | Baby Dee | Thomas Duncombe Dee | Sandra Dee | River Dee, Aberdeenshire | Frances Lankin | Frances Black | Frances Arnold | Dee Roscioli | Dee Murray |