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Acting

Frances Robinson

Career: Active from 1937 to 1970, with a break from 1959 to 1969, busiest in 1938 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Tim Tyler's Luck
66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Frances Robinson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Social Commentary
3.3, average 4.9
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Psychological
4.2, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
4.2, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 2
Historical Setting 2
Period Piece 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1970s

1 title

A Storm in Summer

as Mrs. Parker

1960s

8 titles · average score 64

The Happiest Millionaire

59

as Aunt Gladys

Run, Buddy, Run

TV show

Bedtime Story

48

as Miss Harrington

Kitten with a Whip

57

as Martha

The Lively Set

79

as Celeste Manning

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Boy's Mother

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Lucille Terrander

87th Precinct

79

TV show · as Mrs. Miller

1950s

16 titles · average score 67

The Donna Reed Show

46

TV show · as Myra / Ellen Marcy

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

74

TV show · as Joyce Conroy

Meet Mrs. Swenson

as Ellen Forrest

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Eleanor Winter

Screen Director's Playhouse

70

TV show · as Mrs. Preston

December Bride

70

TV show · as Phyllis

The Life Of Riley

73

TV show · as Librarian

Four Star Playhouse

71

TV show · as Connie / Party guest (uncredited)

The Ford Television Theatre

74

TV show · as Carolyn Connover / Kay

Backfire

62

as Mrs. Blayne

The Jack Benny Program

54

TV show · as Bank Teller / DMV Clerk Typing Drivers License

Lux Video Theatre

TV show · as Bonnie Haydon

1940s

14 titles · average score 58

Studio One

65

TV show

I, Jane Doe

65

as Dorothy Winston

Suddenly It's Spring

52

as WAC Capt. Rogers

The Missing Lady

51

as Anne Walsh

Outlaws of the Panhandle

as Doris Burnett

Smilin' Through

57

as Ellen, John's Housekeeper

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

61

as Marcia

Glamour for Sale

as Betty Warren

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

61

as Patricia Lawrence

So You Won't Talk?

as Lucy Walters

Riders of Pasco Basin

as Jean Madison

The Invisible Man Returns

57

as Clinic Nurse (uncredited)

1930s

25 titles · average score 60

Desperate Trails

as Judith Lantry

Risky Business

as Norma Jameson

Society Smugglers

as Mary Larson

Tower of London

72

as Duchess Isobel

When Tomorrow Comes

52

as Waitress (uncredited)

Forbidden Valley

as Wilda Lanning

Red Barry

as Mississippi

Service de Luxe

64

as Secretary

The Last Warning

as Linda Essex

Personal Secretary

as June Reese

The Rage of Paris

65

as Outside Secretary (uncredited)

Tim Tyler's Luck

66

as Lora Lacey

1920s

2 titles · average score 79

The Climbers

as Daughter of the Duchess of Arrogan (uncredited)

Orphans of the Storm

79

as Henriette as a Child (uncredited)