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BRAMCES DRAKE (Pert mount Player)
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Numbering among her ancestors a famed pirate , a clergymen, a poet and a broker, Frances Drake was born in New York City, the date b< ing October £2. The pirt te was Sir Henry Morgan, whosi e:xp loits during the: late Seventeenth century neve, been recounted in history and literature The ministerial b?rd W€ s her grandfrthcr, Frincis Morgf n Dean, tnd the broker was her own father.
When she v.; s 4 yt?rs of rge Frincis moved with her f: rally to Toronto, C n: dr , where her f: ther hrd mining interests. In due time she was enrolled at Kavergall College and studied there until 1928, when she was sent to &n exclusive school for girls at /rundel, England, occupying premises which forme rly comnrised the Dower House of the Duke of Norfolk.
Miss Drake had no theatrical interests beyond two or three amateur plays in which she-appeared in Toronto. Her cousin, Jerry Dean, English actress and playright with v.hom she spent a greet deal of time in London, was the' oi^ly other member of the family ever to be identified with the theatre.
Following graduation from school, hov.evtr, Miss Drake met Gordon Wallace, young actor who appeared \. ith Eva LeGallienne in New York and who had danced professionally for a time. Tht two danced well together and acting upon Wallace's suggestion, they sought t.n audience v.ith Edward Leurillard, a manager. Ke had no opening for them but he did have a place for Frances on tht stage. And so she made he r professional dt but in a revival of "Potash and Perlmutter".
There followed dancing engagements at v rious London clubs and then a. sma 11 supporting role in an English motion picture. Next sh« i ppcare d in a st;.ge play and in two more pictures, "Two Hearts in Waltz Time" and "The Jewel".
Parr mount placed her under contract in 1934 on the strength of i test made in London by Director Pr.ul Stein. Her Hollyv.cod debt rrs in "Bolero" tnd for he r se cond /raeric;n picture, was in the le ading ft minine role of "The Trum-i pet BKws" opposite Ge.^rgt Rrft.
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