Fuller, Frances (1907–1980)

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Fuller, Frances (1907–1980)

American actress and acting teacher. Born Mar 16, 1907, in Charleston, South Carolina; died Dec 18, 1980, in New York, NY; niece of James F. Byrnes (US Supreme Court Justice and governor of South Carolina); m. Worthington Miner (actor, died 1982).

Made Broadway debut as Peggy Grant in The Front Page (1928); also appeared in Café, Five Star Final, The Animal Kingdom, Her Master's Voice, The Country Wife, Stage Door and Lady of the Camelias, among others; appeared in numerus films; served as president and director of American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

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