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Frances Grant was born Stella Theophane Fortier, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Fortier. She graduated from Somerville High School. [1] She acted in stock theater after high school. [2] In the early 1930s, she became the dancing partner of Hal Le Roy in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. [3]
A family member of the Grants of Tullochgorm, and daughter of a colonel in the Seaforth Highlanders, [1] she was sent to London and the care of her grandfather Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, Goldstick-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, and his daughter Miss Frances Gough Grant – known as 'Aunt Fan' – when her parents were posted to India. [2]
After Mrs. Hammersley's death in 1902, her husband kept the painting until 1923, when financial troubles compelled him to sell the work. At the suggestion of Sargent, it was purchased by Charles Deering (1852–1927), an American whose portrait Sargent had painted in Newport, Rhode Island in 1876, and who collected Sargent's works.
Frances Miller (sometimes credited as Frances Grant or Frances Miller Grant) was an American actress who worked extensively during Hollywood's silent era. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Like many black actresses of her time, she was often cast in " mammy " roles.
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Ellen Wrenshall Grant (July 4, 1855 – August 30, 1922) was the third child and only daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant. At the age of 16, Nellie was sent abroad to England by President Grant, and was received by Queen Victoria .
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He was the personnel director for a New York paper company. The couple had one child, a daughter Laura Wallace, born in late spring 1964. They remained married until Helm's death in 2006. According to her obituary in Variety, Helm was a long-time member of The Player's Club and had served on its board of directors. [84]