Frances Langford
Actor
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)
Filmography
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Singer 1942
The Glenn Miller Story
as Frances Langford 1954
Born to Dance
as 'Peppy' Turner 1936
This Is the Army
as Herself 1943
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Frances Langford 1935
Once Upon a Wintertime
as Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice) 1948
Winter Wonderland
as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound) 2003
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) 1985
All-American Co-Ed
as Virginia Collinge 1941
Too Many Girls
as Eileen Eilers 1940
Hollywood Hotel
as Alice 1938
People Are Funny
as Frances Langford - Guest 1946
Deputy Marshal
as Janet Masters 1949
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage) 1949
Combat America
as Self 1943
The Bamboo Blonde
as Louise Anderson 1946