Personal Info
Merna Phyllis Tibbetts
Frances Lee
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia
Frances Lee was born as Myrna Tibbetts (some sources indicate Merna Tibbetts) in Eagle Grove, Iowa. She initially began pursuing a career as a teacher but began taking dance lessons, which led to her being spotted by Gus Edwards, who owned a theater in New York City. Edwards persuaded Lee to perform at his theater, and she joined the cast of The Ziegfeld Follies in 1923, when she was hired by Al Christie to perform in his Christie Comedies.
Moving to Hollywood in the mid-1920s to pursue acting, she received her first film role in 1924, starring in Hello and Goodbye, a comedy s…
Filmography
Movies
Flirtation Walk
as Blonde (uncredited)
These Thirty Years
as Mae Lercombe
Phantom Thunderbolt
as Judy Lane
Her Splendid Folly
as Natalie
The Tabasco Kid
as Mary Jones
The Stronger Sex
as The Flapper (The Husband's Lover)
Down with Husbands
as Mrs. Henry Sweet
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number (uncredited)
Divorce Made Easy
as Eileen Stanley
The Carnation Kid
as Doris Whitely