Friday, February 14, 2014

Frances Drake - married into noble blood

Add to the list of names of Hollywood actresses who married into noble families that of Frances Drake. She was born Frances Dean. She married Hon. Cecil John Arthur Howard, son of the 19th Earl of Suffolk. One of his ancestors was the Duke of Norfolk, and through him to Henry II, King of England.

We know Drake best for her role in The Lone Wolf in Paris, in which she played Princes Thania of Arvonne opposite Francis Lederer in the title role. She had a sultry, cultivated voice.



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More HERE on Frances Drake.

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