While still attending U.C.L.A., Frances Rafferty was signed as a stock actress by MGM. Her resemblance to Donna Reed, both physically and in terms of technique, might lead one to believe that MGM was keeping Rafferty on the payroll to play any roles that Ms. Reed might choose to avoid. Outside of her performance as Orchid in Dragon Seed (1944) and her engaging leading lady stint in Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945), Rafferty did very little of consequence during her MGM years. Frances Rafferty finally became a star of sorts in the role of Ruth Henshaw on the mid-'50s TV sitcom December Bride and its 1961 sequel, Pete and Gladys.
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Wings of Chance
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1961 | |||
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Dragnet: The Big Quack
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1954 | |||
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The Shanghai Story
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1954 | |||
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Dragnet: The Big Fire
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1953 | |||
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Rodeo
Actor |
1952 | |||
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An Old-Fashioned Girl
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Lady at Midnight
Actor |
1948 | |||
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Curley
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Lost Honeymoon
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Money Madness
Actor |
1947 | |||
| 1947 | ||||
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Bad Bascomb
Actor |
1946 | |||
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The Hidden Eye
Actor |
1945 | |||
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Barbary Coast Gent
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Dragon Seed
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Mrs. Parkington
Actor |
1944 | |||
| 1943 | ||||
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Girl Crazy
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Hitler's Madman
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Slightly Dangerous
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Thousands Cheer
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Young Ideas
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Eyes in the Night
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Seven Sweethearts
Actor |
1942 | |||
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