Frances Grant
American actress and dancer (1913-1982) · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1909 to 1982 · aged 73
Stella Fortier McCarron, better known by her performance name Frances Grant, was an American actress, dancer, and dance teacher. Born Stella Theophane Fortier, she began her career using the stage name Theo Phane which she used while working as a dancer on Broadway, including in the Ziegfeld Follies.
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Bride by MistakeFilm, Dancing Instructor1937
Rich RelationsFilm, Nancy Tilton
Top of the TownFilm, 1937Dancer1936
Born to FightFilm, Nan Howard
CavalryFilm, 1936Betty Lee Harvey
Dancing FeetFilm, 1936Dance Hall
Oh, SusannaFilm, 1936Mary Ann Lee
Red River ValleyFilm, 1936Mary Baxter
The TraitorFilm, 1936Mary Allen1935
Doubting ThomasFilm, Peggy Burns
The NitwitsFilm, 1935Hoofer
Thunder MountainFilm, 1935Nugget1909Born15 February 1909Filmography 12
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She changed her stage name to Frances Grant when appearing in the 1931 Broadway drama Cold in Sables, and it is under this name that she had a career as a film actress. She appeared as the leading lady of Gene Autry in Red River Valley (1936) and Oh, Susanna! (1936) and other B-films such as Thunder Mountain (1935) and Cavalry (1936). After marrying the American boxer Jimmy McCarron, she became a well known dance teacher in Massachusetts from the late 1940s until her retirement in 1970. She founded her own dance school in Boston, the Stella Fortier McCarron School of Dance, and also operated dance studios in Lexington and Concord. She died in Lexington at the age of 68.
