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Frances Teague was an American actress.

Early years
Teague came from a family of railroad men. Walter E. Teague, her father, worked for the Southern Pacific railroad, and her grandfather was a railroad engineer and fireman. As a child, Teague staged plays for children in her heighborhood. She graduated from a finishing school in San Francisco.

Career
Erich von Stroheim noticed Teague when she and her family visited a filming session. She later made screen tests for him, but she signed with Fox Film studios for a year. Teague had the leading female role in three of her first five films for Fox.