Frances Robinson

Frances Robinson

Nacimiento : 1916-04-26,

Muerte : 1971-08-16

Perfil

Frances Robinson

Películas

A Storm in Summer
Mrs. Parker
A story of the friendship between an elderly Jewish man and a young African-American boy set during the Vietnam War.
Como en una pesadilla
Martha
Odisea de un honrado hombre de negocios atrapado por un lío de delincuentes.
Meet Mrs. Swenson
Ellen Forrest
An overworked housewife struggles to survive in an old house with an inadequate electrical supply and out-of-date appliances.
Pasión desenfrenada
Mrs. Blayne
Bob Corey, convaleciente en un hospital para veteranos después de sufrir varias operaciones, descubre que su amigo Steve Connally, con quien pensaba comprar un rancho, ha desaparecido y podría estar involucrado en un asesinato. Con la ayuda de su enfermera, Julie Benson, de quien se ha enamorado, sigue una serie de pistas que le llevan hasta un jugador que parece estar implicado en la desaparición de su amigo.
I, Jane Doe
Dorothy Winston
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
Keeper of the Bees
Mrs. Marcia MacFarlane
Michael Worthington, an elderly owner of an apiary, befriends an embittered artist, Jamie McFarlaine, who is seeking a divorce from his wife. Jamie falls in love with Alice, but the romance is almost doomed by the gossip-spreading of a meddlesome neighbor.
Suddenly It's Spring
WAC Capt. Rogers
La II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) pone a un matrimonio al borde de la ruptura. Cuando empieza el conflicto, ella se marcha a servir a su país, pero, cuando regresa, se encuentra con que su marido está más que interesado por otra mujer. Así las cosas, se plantean el divorcio.
La Dama Desaparecida
Anne Walsh
Mientras investiga el robo de una valiosa estatua de jade conocida como "La Dama Desaparecida", y el posterior asesinato de un comerciante de arte, el detective imperceptible Lamont Cranston, también conocido como la Sombra (Kane Richmond), es culpado del crimen. No ayuda las afirmaciones de inocencia de La Sombra cuando más cuerpos comienzan a acumularse. Menos mal que sabe exactamente quién es el culpable entre un grupo cada vez más pequeño de sospechosos.
Smilin' Through
Ellen, John's Housekeeper
John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house Kathleen, the 5 year old orphaned niece of Moonyean, and she quickly grows up to look just like her aunt. Kathleen meets and falls in love with a mysterious stranger from America, Kenneth Wayne. When John hears of this he is furious, and we learn that it was Kenneth's father, Jeremy, who had killed Moonyean years before. John carries his grudge against Jeremy to the new generation, and threatens to ruin his niece's happiness, but he softens in the end.
El extraño caso del Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Marcia
Un prestigioso científico vive obsesionado con la idea de encontrar una fórmula que le permita aislar los impulsos malignos del ser humano. Cuando lo consigue, decide experimentar consigo mismo y se bebe la poción que ha inventado. A partir de ese momento, se convierte en un monstruo de maldad que deambula por las calles durante la noche cometiendo todo tipo de fechorías. Adaptación de la obra homónima de Robert Louis Stevenson.
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Doris Burnett
Outlaws of the Pandhandle was the last of Charles Starrett's "formula" westerns for Columbia: hereafter, Starrett would be seen only in the guise of frontier medico Steven Monroe or masked do-gooder The Durango Kid. For the moment, however, the star is cast as Jim Endicott, bound and determined to put an end to the underhanded activities of gin-mill operator Faro Jack Vaughn (Norman Willis). The villain's strategy is to get the local cowpunchers tanked up on rotgut that they'll prove to be easy pickings for a gang of rustlers-and will be unable to complete work on a railroad spur which will bypass the outlaws' hideaway.
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Patricia Lawrence
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.
So You Won't Talk?
Lucy Walters
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
Glamour for Sale
Betty Warren
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
Riders of Pasco Basin
Jean Madison
Kirby and Evans are pulling off an irrigation project swindle and newspaper editor Scott realizes it and sends for Lee. Lee agrees with Scott and forms a vigilante group to fight the Sheriff and his deputies brought in by Kirby. But a dying Uncle Dan sets the Sheriff straight and this brings the two sides together for the big shootout.
Double Alibi
Nadine Wayne
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
El hombre invisible vuelve
Clinic Nurse (uncredited)
Un hombre que va a ser ejecutado, acusado del asesinato de su hermano, recibe la visita del Dr. Griffin, hermano del científico que años atrás descubrió la fórmula de invisibilidad. El condenado huye gracias a que se hace invisible, y trata de demostrar su inocencia, pero la locura que va unida a los efectos secundarios de la fórmula para ser invisible harán acto de presencia...
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Court Stenographer
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.
La torre de Londres
Duchess Isobel
En el siglo XV, Ricardo, Duque de Gloucester (Basil Rathbone), ayudado por su patizambo verdugo Mord (Boris Karloff), elimina a todos aquellos que se le enfrentan en la sucesión al trono, entonces ocupado por su hermano el Rey Eduardo IV de Inglaterra. Cada vez que lleva a cabo un asesinato, disfruta eliminado una de las figuritas que tiene colocadas en la sala del trono de su casa de muñecas, cuyo aspecto se asemeja a cada uno de los posibles sucesores al trono, hasta que queda sólo la suya. Después de la muerte de Eduardo se convierte en Ricardo III, Rey de Inglaterra. Sólo le falta derrotar al exiliado enrique Tudor para mantener el poder.
Hero for a Day
Jean
When a night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy college alumnus, his family and friends help him go along with the pretense.
Desperate Trails
Judith Lantry
A young boy helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.
I Stole a Million
Elsie (uncredited)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Big Town Czar
Florist Shop Employee
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart Susan Warren. His younger brother Danny quits college and forces Phil to make him part of the gang. The overly-ambitious Danny fixes a prize-fight on which rival gang-leader Mike Luger loses heavily and, thinking that Phil has double-crossed him, sends gunmen out to kill Phil. They kill Danny instead and the frightened Phil flees to a country hideout. His chief lieutenant, Sid Travis, sets a trap for Phil when he returns.
The Family Next Door
Jane Hughes
Rose Pierce is discontent with her life as the wife of a small town plumber and has visions of becoming a wealthy socialite. Consequently, when her smart aleck son Sammy hears that an electric railroad line is to be built through town, she decides that the family can become rich by purchasing the lots along the right of way. Patriarch George Pierce laughs at the idea, but when Rose and Sammy learn that Cora Stewart, the wealthy town widow, has withdrawn her savings from the bank, they jump to the conclusion that she is interested in buying the lots, and mother and son secretly invest the family bank roll in the land.
Risky Business
Norma Jameson
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Society Smugglers
Mary Larson
The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected of smuggling diamonds.
Pirates of the Skies
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
The Last Warning
Linda Essex
In their third and last teaming, Bill Crane and Doc Williams visit a country estate to investigate threatening letters from the mysterious 'Eye.'
Exposed
Club girl
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
Little Tough Guys in Society
Guest
A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son.
Red Barry
Mississippi
A police detective is caught up in a plot to steal two million dollars in bonds.
Service de Luxe
Secretary
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
Personal Secretary
June Reese
Two rival newspaper columnists battle over whether or not a woman murdered her playboy husband.
Carta de presentación
Hatcheck Girl
Un actor en decadencia, que trata de relanzar su carrera en Broadway, se sorprende cuando aparece su hija, de la cual se encuentra bastante distanciado, que también es actriz y está tratando de triunfar en Broadway. Él intentará restablecer su relación con ella, mientras intentará ocultar a la prensa el hecho de que ella es su hija.
The Rage of Paris
Outside Secretary (uncredited)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
The Nurse from Brooklyn
Nurse
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
The Crime of Doctor Hallet
Party Guest
Doctor in jungle works on cure for fever.
Forbidden Valley
Wilda Lanning
In this youth-oriented western, a young man's father is wrongfully accused of murder. Unfortunately, his pa can't prove it and so flees into the rugged mountains. He brings his boy with him. In those lonely hills lives a sad, but wealthy young woman. Love blossoms between the son and the girl as the son struggles to clear his father's name and bring the real villains to justice.
The Jury's Secret
Dorothy Miller
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
The Spy Ring
Girl at Officer's Club Dinner (uncredited)
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
Tim Tyler's Luck
Lora Lacey
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who has framed her brother. Webb causes the death of Tim's father, but is eventually tracked down.
One Rainy Afternoon
Clara, Leading Lady (Uncredited)
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
The Climbers
Daughter of the Duchess of Arrogan (uncredited)
The Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistress Countess Veya, who forces the Duchess out of Spain and into Puerto Rico, where she is forced to behave in very unladylike manners, such as riding horses like a cowboy, and dueling with and fending off various brigands and bandits.