Spoiler : Chaney, Frances (birth name was Fanya Lipetz) Born in Odesa, Ukraine 7/23/1915; died 11/23/2004 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at her home in Manhattan, New York. She came to America as a child with her family. Married to David Lardner (?-1941 his death); Ring Lardner, Jr. (1946-2000 his death). After briefly attending Hunter College, she studied on a scholarship at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. American screen debut playing Sara Kalish in The Seven-Ups (1973). Last movie was playing Mrs Cantrell in Life With Mickey (1993).

Spoiler : Burma on Terry And The Pirates for the NBC and ABC Radio Networks (1937-1948). Marion Kirby on The Adventures of Topper for NBC-Radio (1945). One of three actresses to play Joan on the NBC- BLUE soap, A House In The Country (1941-1942).

Spoiler : She was embarking on a stage and film career, but it was cut short by the Hollywood Blacklist in 1950. Her husband (Lardner) was jailed for contemp of Congress as one of the Hollywood 10, when he and other film-makers refused to answer questions about their Communist affiliations.

Spoiler : Jeanne Culpepper on the CBS-TV soap, The Edge of Night (1967).