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Name	Dame Frances Margaret Anderson
Alternative Names	Frances Margaret Lehman Frances Margaret Greene
Born	10 February, 1897 Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	3 January, 1992 (aged 94) Santa Barbara, California, United States of America
Cause of Death	general debility
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Norwood High School (Adelaide) (student, 1909-1913)
Occupation or Descriptor *	actor (stage) (1913-1918) New South Wales, Australia actor (stage) (1918-1988) Overseas actor (film) (1939-1984) Overseas actor (television) (1955-1984) Overseas
Awards	Dame Commander of the British Empire (recipient, 1960) Companion of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)

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