Frances Dafoe

Frances Dafoe
Personal information
Full name	Frances Helen Dafoe
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1929-12-17)December 17, 1929 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	September 23, 2016(2016-09-23) (aged 86)
Former partner	Norris Bowden
Medal record Pairs' Figure skating Olympic Games 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Pairs World Championships 1956 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Pairs 1955 Vienna Pairs 1954 Oslo Pairs 1953 Davos Pairs North American Championships 1955 Regina Pairs 1953 Cleveland Pairs

Frances Helen Dafoe, CM OOnt (December 17, 1929 – September 23, 2016) was a Canadian pair skater. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. She competed with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, and won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.^[1][2]

Following her skating career, Dafoe worked as an Olympic judge and costume designer. She worked for CBC for nearly 40 years designing costumes for various shows, and she also designed the performers' costumes for the closing ceremonies at the 1988 Winter Olympics.^[3]

In 1991, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.^[4] Dafoe died on September 23, 2016 at the age of 86.^[3]

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