{{short description|American actress}} {{about||the American historian and novelist|Frances Fuller Victor|people of a similar name|Francis Fuller (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Frances Fuller | image = | image_size = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|03|16}} | birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|18|1907|03|16}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York City | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1933–1971 | spouse = {{marriage|Worthington Miner|1929}} | children = 3 | relatives = Rachel Miner (granddaughter) }}
'''Frances Fuller''' (March 16, 1907, in Charleston, South Carolina – December 18, 1980, in Manhattan, New York City) was an American actress.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawes |first1=William |title=Live Television Drama, 1946_1951 |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786409051 |page=88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8f-CgAAQBAJ&q=frances+fuller+actress&pg=PA88 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rapf |first1=Maurice |title=Back Lot: Growing Up with the Movies |date=1999 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810835832 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUMVWeLVvJAC&q=frances+fuller+actress&pg=PA80 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010 |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810879508 |page=756 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6O5-spILIUC&q=frances+fuller+actress&pg=PA756 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=ab>{{cite book |last1=Shelley |first1=Peter |title=Anne Bancroft: The Life and Work |date=2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476628585 |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=96gsDwAAQBAJ&q=frances+fuller+actress&pg=PA5 |accessdate=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref> She is the grandmother of the actress Rachel Miner and the niece of the Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State James Francis Byrnes (former Governor of South Carolina).
Fuller graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1928, and was the president and director there from 1954 to 1964, and director from 1964-1974.<ref name="di">{{cite news |title=Profile of Star: Frances Fuller |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27263955/frances_fuller/ |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=The Daily Item |date=February 19, 1965 |location=Pennsylvania, Sunbury |page=29|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her film career began with ''One Sunday Afternoon'' (1933).<ref>{{cite news |title=Frances Fuller Will Return to Film Work |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27235473/frances_fuller/ |accessdate=15 January 2019 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=April 18, 1934 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=13|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Fuller's Broadway credits include ''The Lady of the Camellias'' (1963), ''Home Is the Hero'' (1954), ''Excursion'' (1937), ''Stage Door'' (1936), ''Her Master's Voice'' (1933), ''I Loved You Wednesday'' (1932), ''The Animal Kingdom'' (1932), ''Five Star Final'' (1930), ''Cafe'' (1930), and ''The Front Page'' (1928).<ref>{{cite web |title=Frances Fuller |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/frances-fuller-41447 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=16 January 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116012643/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/frances-fuller-41447 |archivedate=16 January 2019}}</ref>
On television, Fuller was a member of the cast of ''A Flame in the Wind'', a soap opera broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1966.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Look for Daytime Shows |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27264246/the_daily_item/ |accessdate=16 January 2019 |work=The Daily Item |date=January 2, 1965 |location=Pennsylvania, Sunbury |page=14|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Fuller was married to producer Worthington Miner,<ref name=ab/> with whom she had three children, and appeared in many productions on Broadway during the 1930s.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1933|| ''One Sunday Afternoon'' || Amy Lind || |- |1934|| ''Elmer and Elsie'' || Elsie Beebe || |- |1955|| ''The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'' || Elizabeth White || |- |1971|| ''They Might Be Giants'' || Mrs. Bagg || |- |1974|| ''Homebodies'' || Miss Emily || (final film role) |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0298231|name=Frances Fuller}} *{{IBDB name}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Frances}} Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:Actresses from Charleston, South Carolina Category:1907 births Category:1980 deaths Category:American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Category:20th-century American actresses