Attractive, serene-looking British classical stage actress.
Grandmother of Su Elliot and Marianne Elliott.
Met actor Esmond Knight while performing with the Birmingham Repertory Company production of "Yellow Sands" (1927). They married about a year-and-a-half later.
Mother of Rosalind Knight.
Mother-in-law of Michael Elliot.
Was close friends to actress Nora Swinburne who eventually became ex-husband's Esmond's second wife. Frances, Esmond and Nora remained very friendly even after the couple's divorce in 1946. When Esmond died in 1987, Frances and his wife Nora attended the funeral together.