Full Name Vera Frances Occupation Actress | Name Vera Frances Role Actress | |
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Spouse Dennis William Ward (m. 1953–2000) Movies Back-Room Boy, King Arthur Was a Gentleman Similar People Marriott Edgar, Val Guest, Marcel Varnel | ||
Vera Frances (born 1930) is a British actress who worked with Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, George Formby, Dinah Sheridan, John Mills and Alastair Sim, among others.
Frances's father was a props and special effects man for Gainsborough Pictures at Grove Studio's in Shepherds Bush, she made her first film appearance in Back-Room Boy as the Cockney girl Jane. she then went on to make another five films.
In her early teens Frances left the movies to follow her ambition to be a dance teacher. This proved to be very successful and resulted in a dance school. After marrying Dennis William Ward in 1953 Frances moved the school to March in Cambridgeshire. Dennis Ward died in Cambridge aged 73 in 2000; Vera Frances still lives in Cambridgeshire.
Filmography
Actress
1948
Good-Time Girl as
Edie Rawlings
1945
Waterloo Road as
Vera Colter
1943
Get Cracking as
Irene (uncredited)
1943
It's That Man Again as
Daisy
1942
King Arthur Was a Gentleman as
Brownie
1942
Partners in Crime (Short) as
Girl (uncredited)
1942
Back-Room Boy as
Jane
References
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