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Frances Reid (I) (1914–2010)

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was raised in Berkeley, California, she attended/graduated at The Pasadena Community Playhouse where her major was acting, and she pursued her career immediately. The Emmy Award nominee who has played Alice Horton for the entire 37 years that Days of Our Lives has been on the air... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (49 titles)
1965-2009 Days of Our Lives (TV series)
Alice Horton
 
2004 American Dreams (TV series)
Lady in Pryor TV & Radio
Old Enough to Fight (2004) … Lady in Pryor TV & Radio
 
1987 Mercy or Murder? (TV movie)
Emily Gilbert
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Martha Carlyle
Sighting 4001: The Washington D.C. Incident (1978) … Martha Carlyle
 
1975 Matt Helm (TV series)
Millie
Scavenger's Paradise (1975) … Millie
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Mrs. Dennis
Jungle War (1975) … Mrs. Dennis
 
1973 The Affair (TV movie)
Mrs. Patterson
 
1973 The Magician (TV series)
Mrs. Eleanor Gilpin
Lightning on a Dry Day (1973) … Mrs. Eleanor Gilpin
 
1971 The Andromeda Strain
Clara Dutton
 
1968 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ellen Porter / Mrs. Prior
Death of a Fixer (1968) … Mrs. Prior
Crisis Ground (1968) … Ellen Porter
 
1966 Seconds
Emily Hamilton
 
1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Emmy Foray
Duet for One Hand (1965) … Emmy Foray
Perfect Is Too Hard to Be (1965) … Emmy Foray
 
1962-1965 Wagon Train (TV series)
Dr. Katy Piper / Florence Hastings / Margaret Clay / …
The Katy Piper Story (1965) … Dr. Katy Piper
The Emmett Lawton Story (1963) … Mrs. Lawton
The Kurt Davos Story (1962) … Florence Hastings
The Frank Carter Story (1962) … Mary Carter
The Daniel Clay Story (1962) … Margaret Clay
 
1965 Mr. Novak (TV series)
Elsie Wheeler
The Silent Dissuaders (1965) … Elsie Wheeler
 
1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Joyce's Mother
One of the Family (1965) … Joyce's Mother
 
1963-1965 Perry Mason (TV series)
Lucille Forrest / Miss Liza Givney
The Case of the Golden Venom (1965) … Lucille Forrest
The Case of Constant Doyle (1963) … Miss Liza Givney
 
1964 The Edge of Night (TV series)
Rose Pollock #2
 
1964 Channing (TV series)
Isabel
The Trouble with Girls (1964) … Isabel
 
1963 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Louise Forman
Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday (1963) … Louise Forman
 
1963 Ben Casey (TV series)
Miss Fogarty
Father Was an Intern (1963) … Miss Fogarty
 
1951-1963 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Eve Banner / Mrs. Richel
The Health Fraud (1963) … Eve Banner
Crisis on Tangier Island (1957) … Mrs. Richel
The Mistake (1951)
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Vera Parsons
Somebody Please Help Me! (1962) … Vera Parsons
 
1961 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Mrs. Peters
A Jury of Her Peers (1961) … Mrs. Peters
 
1959-1962 As the World Turns (TV series)
Grace Baker #2
 
1959 Berkeley Square (TV movie)
Duchess of Devonshire
 
1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Dr. McDavid
Dark Hammock (1957) … Dr. McDavid
 
1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Gertrude
A Member of the Family (1957) … Gertrude
 
1956 The Wrong Man
Mrs. O'Connor (voice) (uncredited)
 
1955-1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
The Guest Cottage (1956)
Valentine's Day (1956)
Horns of Dilemma (1955)
The Aspern Papers (1955)
 
1956 Telephone Time (TV series)
Mrs. Bergh
Harry in Search of Himself (1956) … Mrs. Bergh
 
1954 The Inner Flame (TV series)
Portia Manning
Episode #1.1 (1954) … Portia Manning
 
1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
 
1953 Danger (TV series)
Prelude to Death (1953)
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
Lucie Dreyfus / Mrs. Mary O'Connell
The Gettysburg Address (1953) … Mrs. Mary O'Connell
 
1953 Photograph by Brady (TV movie)
 
1953 Crown of Audubon (TV movie)
 
1952 The Secret Vote (TV movie)
 
1952 Horns of a Dilemma (TV movie)
 
1949-1951 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Roxane
The Lost Diplomat (1951)
Medical Meeting (1949)
The Fourth Wall (1949)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1949) … Roxane
 
1950 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
Introduction (1950)
 
1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Babbie
The Little Minister (1950) … Babbie
 
1949 Lights Out (TV series)
Edna Warren (1949)
 
1949 Actor's Studio (TV series)
Three O'Clock (1949)
 
1939 Little Women (TV movie)
Beth March
 
1938 Man-Proof
Second Girl (uncredited)
 
1937 Stage Door
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1937 Reported Missing
Maid (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Days of Our Lives (TV series) (in memory of - 2 episodes)
Episode #1.11363 (2010) (in memory of)
Episode #1.11274 (2010) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2005 SoapTalk (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 November 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2004 The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2001 Days of Our Lives' Christmas (TV special)
Herself / Alice Grayson Horton
 
2001 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Herself
Deidre Hall (2001) … Herself
 
1994 50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 6th Annual Soap Opera Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2010-2011 Days of Our Lives (TV series)
 
2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared on Broadway in "Bird in Hand", 1942. See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

In reference to a Days of Our Lives character whose upcoming storyline involved a major illness: Why are they letting her have a stroke? I HAD a stroke and they won't let me have a stroke!. See more »

Trivia:

She is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius