Frances Langford
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1913-04-04
Deathday 2005-07-11 (92 years old)
Place of Birth Hernando, Florida, USA
Also Known As Julia Frances Newbern-Langford
Frances Langford
Biography
Frances Langford won fame on radio (primarily as Bob Hope's vocalist, later sparring comically with Don Ameche as "The Bickersons"), via recordings and in the movies. In spite of the fact that she played mostly in minor musicals (plus appearing occasionally in "A" productions, including Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), This Is the Army (1943) and The Glenn Miller Story (1954)), she introduced major songs like "I'm in the Mood for Love" in Every Night at Eight (1935), "You are My Lucky Star" and "Broadway Rhythm" in Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Cole Porter's "Easy to Love" in Born to Dance (1936) and "Hooray for Hollywood" in Hollywood Hotel (1937). Date of Birth 4 April 1913, Lakeland, Florida Date of Death 11 July 2005, Jensen Beach, Florida (congestive heart failure)
Known For
Actor
as Self (archive footage)
as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
as Self
as Singer (archive footage)
as Self
as Frances Langford
as Frances Langford
as Self
as Self - Singer
as Janet Masters
as (archive footage)
as Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)
as Frances Langford
as Ann Rogers
as Louise Anderson
as Frances Langford - Guest
as Sally Baker
as Flo Daniels
as Susan Jackson
as Self
as Joan Terry
as Julie Russell
as Herself
as Babs Lee
as Frances Langford
as Self
as Singer
as Beth Cornell
as Patricia Loring / Evelyn Loring Waters
as Virginia Collinge
as Pat Abbott
as Eileen Eilers
as Alice
as Alice
as Ruth Allison
as 'Peppy' Turner
as Joan Smythe
as Miss Hay
as Frances Langford
as Susan Moore
as Singer
Writer
as Writer