Vera Frances
| Vera Frances | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Vera Frances 29 September 1930 Dagenham, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Dennis William Ward (1953–2000) |
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;[1] Vera Frances still lives in Cambridgeshire.
Filmography
- Good-Time Girl (1948) .... Edie
- Waterloo Road (1945) .... Vera Colter
- Get Cracking (1943) .... Irene
- It's That Man Again (film) (1943) .... Daisy
- King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) .... Vera
- Back-Room Boy (1942) .... Jane
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