Personal Life
Frances Dewey was born in New York City on June 23, 1903, the daughter of Alfred James Dewey (1874–1958), a California artist who was considered the "dean" of an early art colony in Sierra Madre, California. She later took up painting herself.
Dewey married her first husband, Orin Zoline, in the later 1930s, approximately the same time that she retired from entertaining. Zoline died in the 1950s. She married her second husband, Morton Wormser, during the same decade. They lived in Sarasota, Florida, for over 25 years. Morton Wormser was an avid tennis player and supporter of the sport. As a result of this interest, professional tennis player Martina Navratilova lived with Frances and Morton when she first arrived in the United States in the early 1970s.
Frances and Morton Wormser traveled "around the world" on their honeymoon. She took her last major trip to visit friends in Maui when she was 100 years old. She was a major contributor to the Aviation Museum of Santa Paula, which she supported in honor of her brother, pilot Jim Dewey.
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