Frances Fuller

{{short description|American actress}}

{{about||the American historian and novelist|Frances Fuller Victor|people of a similar name|Francis Fuller (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Frances Fuller

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| 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)

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Frances Fuller (March 16, 1907 in Charleston, South Carolina – December 18, 1980 Manhattan, New York City) was an American actress.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} 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 a director and president there from 1954 to 1965.{{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}} Her film career began with One Sunday Afternoon (1933).{{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}}

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).{{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}}

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.{{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}}

Fuller was married to producer Worthington Miner, with whom she had three children, and appeared in many productions on Broadway during the 1930s.