Frances Fuller (March 16, 1907 in

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

– December 18, 1980 Manhattan, New York City) was an American actress. She is the grandmother of the actress Rachel Miner and the niece of the Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of State

James Francis Byrnes James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, mos ...

(former Governor of South Carolina). Fuller graduated from the

American Academy of Dramatic Arts The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a private performing arts conservatory with two locations, one in Manhattan and one in Los Angeles. The academy offers an associate degree in occupational studies and teaches drama and related art ...

in New York City in 1928, and was a director and president there from 1954 to 1965. Her film career began with ''

One Sunday Afternoon One Sunday Afternoon may refer to: * One Sunday Afternoon (1933 film), an American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film * One Sunday Afternoon (1948 film) ''One Sunday Afternoon'' is a 1948 musical film directed by Raoul Walsh, starring Dennis Mor ...

'' (1933). 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). On television, Fuller was a member of the cast of ''

A Flame in the Wind ''A Flame in the Wind'' (renamed ''A Time for Us'' in 1965) is an American soap opera that aired on ABC Daytime from December 28, 1964, to December 16, 1966. It was created by Raphael Hayes, co-author of the Cannes Film Festival winner ''One Potat ...

'', a soap opera broadcast on ABC from 1964 to 1966. Fuller was married to producer Worthington Miner, with whom she had three children, and appeared in many productions on Broadway during the 1930s.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Frances American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from Charleston, South Carolina 1907 births 1980 deaths American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni 20th-century American actresses