---
name: "Frances Reid"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frances-reid"
fi1m_id: "frances-reid"
imdb_id: "nm0717265"
tmdb_id: 86344
wikidata_id: "Q438604"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 December 1914"
died: "3 February 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:08:32.722795+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."
---

# Frances Reid

## Identity

Frances Reid

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frances-reid
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frances-reid
- **IMDb ID:** nm0717265
- **TMDB ID:** 86344
- **Wikidata ID:** Q438604
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Reid, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717265/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86344

Actor. Born 9 December 1914 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. Died 3 February 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 December 1914, Wichita Falls, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 3 February 2010
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 83 (1), 1960s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Reid, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717265/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86344

## Biography

Frances Reid was an American actress. Born on 9 December 1914 in Wichita Falls, Texas, she trained at the Pasadena Playhouse and made her Broadway debut in the 1930s. She appeared in numerous stage productions, including roles in Hamlet, Cyrano de Bergerac and Twelfth Night.

Reid is best known for portraying Alice Horton on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from its premiere in 1965 until 2007. Her other screen credits include the films Seconds (1966), in which she played Emily Hamilton, The Andromeda Strain (1971) and The Wrong Man (1956). She received a Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

She was married to the actor Philip Bourneuf from 1940 until his death in 1979.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Seconds* (1966), Fi1m 84, as Emily Hamilton — [page](https://film.one/film/seconds.md)

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

- *The Wrong Man* (1956), Fi1m 83, as Mrs. O'Connor (voice) (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *American Dreams* (2002), series, as Lady in Pryor TV
- *Mercy or Murder?* (1987), as Emily Gilbert
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Millie
- *The Affair* (1973), as Mrs. Patterson
- *The Magician* (1973), series, as Eleanor Gilpin
- *The Andromeda Strain* (1971), as Clara Dutton
- *Seconds* (1966), as Emily Hamilton — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/seconds.md)
- *Days of Our Lives* (1965), series, as Alice Horton
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Ellen Porter, Mrs. Prior
- *Mr. Novak* (1963), series, as Elsie Wheeler
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Joyce's Mother
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Emmy Foray
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Mary Cheyney
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Miss Liza Givney, Lucille Forrest
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Mary Carter, Mrs. Lawton, Dr. Katy Piper
- *The Wrong Man* (1956), as Mrs. O'Connor (voice) (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrong-man.md)
- *The Edge of Night* (1956), series, Actor
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Mrs. Mary Peters
- *Portia Faces Life* (1954), series, Actor
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Vera Parsons
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Duchess of Devonshire
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Dr. McDavid
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Gertrude
- *Ford Theatre* (1948), series, as Babbie
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Roxane
- *Actors Studio* (1948), series, Actor
- *A Criminal at Large* (1939), as Isla Crane

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