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name: "Frances Carson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frances-carson"
roles: []
born: "1 April 1895"
died: "20 October 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:17:16.870013+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Frances Carson

Actor. Born 1 April 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 20 October 1973.

## Details

- **Born:** 1 April 1895, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 20 October 1973
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Carson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16223225, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/325881

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Foreign Correspondent*](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) (76)

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## Biography

Frances Carson (1895–1973) was an American actress who worked in theatre and film. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she began acting and modelling professionally in her teens. She appeared on Broadway in numerous productions from the 1910s to the 1940s, including *Poor Little Thing* (1914), *The Hottentot* (1920) and *The Blue Lagoon* (1921), and performed in London in Harry Wall's play *Havoc* at the Haymarket Theatre.

Her film roles included *Java Head* (1934), *Foreign Correspondent* (1940) as Mrs. Sprague, *Saboteur* (1942) as a society woman, *Framing Father* (1942) as Mrs. Errol, and *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943) as Mrs. Potter (uncredited). She appeared in three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Carson was married to the British actor Eric Blind from 1913 until his death in 1916. She died in Los Angeles, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Sprague — [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Potter (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), as Mrs. Potter (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)
- *Framing Father* (1942), as Mrs. Errol
- *Scattergood Rides High* (1942), as Mrs. Dane
- *Saboteur* (1942), as Society Woman
- *This Time for Keeps* (1942), as Mrs. Arthur Freeman
- *Two-Faced Woman* (1941), as Miss Dunbar
- *Smilin' Through* (1941), as Lady Denham, a Dowager
- *Life with Henry* (1941), as Mrs. Stevens (uncredited)
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as Mrs. Sprague — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Java Head* (1934), as Kate Vollar

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