Frances Langford
Age: 92 | From: Hernando, Florida, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1913-04-04 12:19:37
Death: 2005-07-11 12:19:37
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Hernando, Florida, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 20
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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)
Most Famous Work
The Glenn Miller Story
(1954) Frances Langford
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942) Singer
That's Dancing!
(1985) From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Combat America
(1943) Self
Broadway Melody of 1936
(1935) Frances Langford
Deputy Marshal
(1949) Janet Masters
The Bamboo Blonde
(1946) Louise Anderson
Once Upon a Wintertime
(1948) Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1985 | From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1955 | Singer (archive footage) | |
| 1954 | Self | |
| Frances Langford | ||
| 1951 | Frances Langford | |
| 1950 | Self | |
| Self - Singer | ||
| 1949 | Janet Masters | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1948 | Frances Langford | |
| Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice) | ||
| 1947 | Ann Rogers | |
| 1946 | Louise Anderson | |
| Frances Langford - Guest | ||
| 1945 | Sally Baker | |
| 1944 | Flo Daniels | |
| Susan Jackson | ||
| Self | ||
| Joan Terry | ||
| 1943 | Julie Russell | |
| Herself | ||
| Babs Lee | ||
| Frances Langford | ||
| Self | ||
| 1942 | Singer | |
| Beth Cornell | ||
| 1941 | Patricia Loring / Evelyn Loring Waters | |
| Virginia Collinge | ||
| 1940 | Pat Abbott | |
| Eileen Eilers | ||
| Alice | ||
| 1937 | Alice | |
| Ruth Allison | ||
| 1936 | 'Peppy' Turner | |
| N/A | ||
| Joan Smythe | ||
| Miss Hay | ||
| 1935 | Frances Langford | |
| Susan Moore | ||
| 1933 | Singer | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |