Frances Fuller

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Frances Fuller : biography

March 16, 1907 – December 18, 1980

Frances Fuller (born Charleston, South Carolina, March 16, 1907 – died New York City, December 18, 1980) was an American actress. She is the grandmother of the actress Rachel Miner and the niece of the Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes (former Governor of South Carolina).

Fuller graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1928, and was the director of there from 1954 to 1964. She was married to the producer Worthington Miner and appeared in many productions on Broadway during the 1930s. She is credited with having developed the talent of such future stars as Anne Bancroft, Grace Kelly and Don Murray.

Filmography

  • Homebodies (1974)
  • They Might Be Giants (1971)
  • The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
  • Elmer and Elsie (1934)
  • One Sunday Afternoon (1933)