Frances Carson
Biography
Frances Carson was an American actress who worked on the stage in New York and London and appeared in films, among them three directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Born in Philadelphia, she began acting and modeling professionally as a teenager. Her Broadway work included The Hottentot, and in London she performed in R.U.R. with Basil Rathbone and in Katerina with John Gielgud. She co-wrote The Unknown Woman, staged in London in 1927. On screen, she had roles in Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and in Two-Faced Woman (1941). Her stage costumes were featured in fashion columns, and a 1924 newsreel showed an artist painting her fingernails. A 1917 critic noted her distinctive speech and manner on stage.
78years old at death
- Born Philadelphia
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 3 years1940 to 1943
Every film, newest first
- 1943Shadow of a DoubtIMDb rating 7.7
- 1942SaboteurIMDb rating 7.1
- 1941Two-Faced WomanIMDb rating 6.2
- 1940Foreign CorrespondentIMDb rating 7.4
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Beyond film
In 1926, Carson appeared as Salome in Leonid Andreyev's Katerina alongside John Gielgud. A censor, objecting to how revealing her costume was, demanded that she cover it with a shawl on stage.
Beyond film
In 1924, a short newsreel about Carson was made by British Pathé. It showed artist Arthur Ferrier painting her fingernails.
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Worked with
Frances Carson shares two films with Ian Wolfe, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Ian Wolfe's page
Irving Bacon's page
George Sanders's page
Joseph Cotten's page
Wallace Ford's page
Charles Halton's page
All films by Alfred Hitchcock
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Official profiles and reference pages.