Frances Drake (October 22, 1912 (some sources say 1908) - January 18, 2000) was an American actress from the 1930s who is best known for playing Eponine in Les Misérables. Born in New York City, she was educated in Canada and Britain, and was appearing as a nightclub dancer in London when she made her first film appearances under her birth name of Frances Dean, including Meet My Sister and The Jewel. Returning to America in 1934, she began coaching with opera singer and actress Marguerite Namara. Her screen appearances included Bolero, The Trumpet Blows, Ladies Should Listen, Forsaking All Others, Mad Love, The Invisible Ray, And Sudden Death, Midnight Taxi, Love Under Fire, There's Always a Woman, It's a Wonderful World, I Take This Woman and The Affairs of Martha. On February 12, 1939, she married the Hon. Cecil Howard (1908-1985), second son of Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk, 12th Earl of Berkshire, and retired from the screen shortly afterwards. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard. is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Les Misérables is a 1935 film based upon the famous Victor Hugo novel of the same name. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ... Namara in Thaïs  (1919) Marguerite Namara (November 19, 1888 - November 5, 1974) was a classically trained American lyric soprano whose varied career included serious opera, Broadway musicals, film and theater roles, and vocal recitals, and who counted among her lifelong circle of friends and acquaintances many of the leading... Bolero was a 1934 film starring George Raft and Carole Lombard. ... The Trumpet Blows is a 1934 film directed by Stephen Roberts, featuring George Raft as a Mexican matador, Adolphe Menjou as a retired bandito clearly based on Pancho Villa, and Frances Drake as Chulita, the woman they both want to marry. ... Forsaking All Others is a 1934 film starring, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, and Rosalind Russell. ... Peter Lorre in Mad Love Mad Love is a 1935 horror film starring Peter Lorre, Frances Drake and Colin Clive. ... Movie poster for The Invisible Ray The Invisible Ray is a 1936 Universal Pictures science fiction film starring Boris Karloff (credited as just Karloff) and Bela Lugosi. ... Its a Wonderful World is a 1939 romantic screwball comedy starring Jimmy Stewart & Claudette Colbert. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... The title of Earl of Suffolk has been created several times in the Peerage of England, most recently in 1603 for Thomas Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Walden. ... The title of Earl of Berkshire was created in the Peerage of England for the first time in 1621 for Francis Norris, Lord Norris of Rycote. ... A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ... Hollywood Boulevard as taken from the Kodak Theatre Hollywood Boulevard is an avenue in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and runs due west to Laurel Canyon Boulevard. ...

External link

• Frances Drake at the Internet Movie Database