Vera Frances Ward (née Still, born 29 September 1930) is a British actress who worked with Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, George Formby, Dinah Sheridan, John Mills and Alastair Sim, amongst others.

Frances's father was a props and special effects man for Gainsborough Pictures at Grove Studio's in Shepherd's Bush. She made her first film appearance in Back-Room Boy as the Cockney girl Jane. she then went on to make another five films.

In her late teens Frances left film to follow her ambition to be a dance teacher. This proved to be very successful and resulted in a dance school. After marrying Dennis William Ward in 1953, Frances moved the school to March, Cambridgeshire. Dennis died in Cambridge in 2000, at the age of 73.^{[citation needed]} In a February 2008 interview, Frances stated that she stopped making films because there were limited opportunities available for her when transitioning from a child actress.^[1]