Frances Reid

Frances Reid
Reid as Alice Horton on Days of our Lives (2006)
Born	Frances Reid (1914-12-09)December 9, 1914 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
Died	February 3, 2010(2010-02-03) (aged 95) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–2007
Spouse(s)	Philip Bourneuf (1940–1979; his death)

Frances Reid (December 9, 1914 – February 3, 2010) was an American dramatic actress. Reid acted on television for nearly all of the second half of the twentieth century. Her career carried over into the early 2000s as well.

Although she starred in many productions, she is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from its debut in November 1965 until 2007. At the time of her death, she ranked fifth on the all-time list of longest-serving soap opera actors in the United States.

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Anna May (née Priest) and Charles William Reid. Her father was a banker. Reid grew up in Berkeley, California. Her acting career started in 1938 with a bit part in the movie Man-Proof.

Reid's Broadway debut was as Juliette Lecourtois in Where There's a Will There's a Way at the John Golden Theatre in 1939. She later played Roxane opposite Jose Ferrer's Cyrano in the 1946 Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac at the Alvin Theatre, repeating the role three years later, again opposite Ferrer, in a 1949 one-hour Philco Television Playhouse adaptation.

A member of The Actors Studio from its inception in 1947, Reid played a variety of stage roles throughout the 1940s and 1950s. From 1954 to 1955, Reid played the title role in the CBS television version of the radio soap opera Portia Faces Life.