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Frances Gifford
Acting
07 Dec 1920
† 15 Jan 1994
Long Beach, California, USA
Biography
Frances Gifford had a somewhat unorthodox introduction to the movie business. Born and raised in Long Beach, California, she had no ambition to be an actress, and in fact had applied to UCLA when, at age 16, she and a friend got to visit the Samuel Goldwyn Studios, where they watched a movie being shot. A studio exec saw her and asked if she would take a screen test. She did, the studio was impressed with the result and put her under contract. Nothing much came of it, however, other than b...
Also Known As
Mary Frances Gifford, Mary Gifford
























