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)
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Full filmography
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) as Self
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Singer
- Melody Time (1948) as Frances Langford
- That's Dancing! (1985) as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
- This Is the Army (1943) as Herself
- Star Time (1950) as Self
- Combat America (1943) as Self
- The Glenn Miller Story (1954) as Frances Langford
- Born to Dance (1936) as 'Peppy' Turner
- This Is Bob Hope... (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Mississippi Gambler (1942) as Beth Cornell
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Hotel (1938) as Alice
- The Bamboo Blonde (1946) as Louise Anderson
- Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) as Frances Langford
- Purple Heart Diary (1951) as Frances Langford
- Collegiate (1936) as Miss Hay
- Too Many Girls (1940) as Eileen Eilers
- Winter Wonderland (2003) as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)
- Girl Rush (1944) as Flo Daniels
- Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
- People Are Funny (1946) as Frances Langford - Guest