Frances Lee McCain Movies and Career Information

Frances Lee McCain (born July 28, 1944), also known as Lee McCain, is an American actress. McCain was born in York, Pennsylvania and grew up in New York, Illinois, Colorado and California. She graduated from Ripon College with a BA in Philosophy and then studied acting for 3 years at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England. She returned to New York where she appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's Play it Again Sam, and off-Broadway in Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky, creating the role of Carol. She joined the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco under William Ball and played a variety of roles in repertory. She began her career in film and television after appearing opposite Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway in A Streetcar Named Desire, eventually co-starring with Ronny Cox as the female lead in her own television series, CBS-TV's Apple's Way in 1974. She appeared in a variety of television series and miniseries throughout the 1970s. In 1978 she played Charles Grodin's wife in Albert Brooks' debut feature film, Real Life. In the 1980s, she was cast in several major films, usually always playing the mother of a main character. In 1984, she co-starred in the