# Frances Miller
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{{short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Frances Miller
| image = The_Mating_(1918)_-_1.jpg
| caption = Miller (left) with [Gladys Leslie](/source/Gladys_Leslie) in
''[The Mating](/source/The_Mating_(1918_film))'' (1918)
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1911–1930
| spouse = Larry Grant (m. 1918)
}}
'''Frances Miller''' (sometimes credited as '''Frances Grant''' or '''Frances Miller Grant''') was an American actress who worked extensively during Hollywood's silent era.[{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lgoyBgAAQBAJ&q=%22frances+miller+grant%22+actress&pg=PA35|title=Saints, Clergy and Other Religious Figures on Film and Television, 1895-2003|last=Paietta|first=Ann C.|date=2015-01-24|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476610160|language=en}}][{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C&q=%22frances+miller+grant%22+actress&pg=PA428|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States|last1=Munden|first1=Kenneth White|last2=Institute|first2=American Film|date=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520209695|language=en}}] Like many black actresses of her time, she was often cast in "[mammy](/source/Mammy_archetype)" roles.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/411049910/?terms=%22frances+miller+grant%22|title=Dancer of Paris Is Colorful But Lacks Caveman|last=|first=|date=30 Mar 1926|website=The Daily News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/43383494/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+actress|title=Censorship of Pictures Is Attacked as Dangerous|last=|first=|date=3 Jan 1920|website=The El Paso Herald|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}]
== Biography ==
Miller may have been born in [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City%2C_Missouri), [Missouri](/source/Missouri), and she later resided in Manhattan and Atlanta. She began appearing in films around 1911, although she may not have been credited for her earliest appearances.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/40104175/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+mammy|title=Out-of-Town Society|last=|first=|date=13 Oct 1928|website=The Pittsburgh Courier|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}] She seems to have retired by the early 1930s.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/62924116/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+mammy|title=In Walked Mary|last=|first=|date=24 Apr 1920|website=The Kansas City Sun|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/39623812/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+mammy|title=Wesley Jenkins with Big Movie Production|last=|first=|date=28 Oct 1922|website=The New York Age|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/410135827/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+mammy|title=Film and Stage Stars at Bier of Miss Mansfield|last=|first=|date=5 Dec 1923|website=The New York Daily News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}] She married Larry Grant in 1918, and had a son (who also appeared in films) named George Washington.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/289722457/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+larry+actress|title=Playhouse Offerings|last=|first=|date=18 May 1919|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}]
== Selected filmography ==
* ''[Her Unborn Child](/source/Her_Unborn_Child)'' (1930)
* ''[The Dancer of Paris](/source/The_Dancer_of_Paris)'' (1926)
* ''[Scarlet Saint](/source/Scarlet_Saint)'' (1925)
* ''[Gentle Julia](/source/Gentle_Julia_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[The Leavenworth Case](/source/The_Leavenworth_Case_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[Sinner or Saint](/source/Sinner_or_Saint_(film))'' (1923)
* ''[Counterfeit Love](/source/Counterfeit_Love)'' (1923)
* ''[Sisters](/source/Sisters_(1922_film))'' (1922)
* ''[Cousin Kate](/source/Cousin_Kate_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[Babs](/source/Babs_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[In Walked Mary](/source/In_Walked_Mary)'' (1920)
* ''[Come Out of the Kitchen](/source/Come_Out_of_the_Kitchen)'' (1919)
* ''[The Beloved Impostor](/source/The_Beloved_Impostor)'' (1918)
* ''[The Mating](/source/The_Mating_(1918_film))'' (1918)
* ''[Broken Ties](/source/Broken_Ties_(1918_film))'' (1918)
* ''[Diamonds and Pearls](/source/Diamonds_and_Pearls_(film))'' (1917)
* ''[Trouble Makers](/source/Trouble_Makers_(1917_film))'' (1917)
* ''[Adventures of Carol](/source/Adventures_of_Carol)'' (1917)
* ''[The Bondage of Fear](/source/The_Bondage_of_Fear)'' (1917)
* ''[The Tortured Heart](/source/The_Tortured_Heart)'' (1916)
*''[The Warrens of Virginia](/source/The_Warrens_of_Virginia_(1915_film))'' (1915)[{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/291871862/?terms=%22frances+grant%22+negro+actress|title=Tears Dim Beauty's Eyes|last=|first=|date=7 Dec 1923|website=The News-Journal|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-09-03}}]
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