Frances Langford
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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
Credits
Melody Time (1948)
as Frances Langford
Mississippi Gambler (1942)
as Beth Cornell
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
as Singer
Combat America (1943)
as Self
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
as Frances Langford
This Is the Army (1943)
as Herself
That's Dancing! (1985)
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
People Are Funny (1946)
as Frances Langford - Guest
The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
as Louise Anderson
This Is Bob Hope... (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Collegiate (1935)
as Miss Hay
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)
Actor
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
All-American Co-Ed (1941)
as Virginia Collinge
Purple Heart Diary (1951)
as Frances Langford
Born to Dance (1936)
as 'Peppy' Turner
Career Girl (1944)
as Joan Terry
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
as Frances Langford
Too Many Girls (1940)
as Eileen Eilers
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
as Alice
Deputy Marshal (1949)
as Janet Masters
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
as Pat Abbott
Winter Wonderland (2003)
as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)
Every Night at Eight (1935)
as Susan Moore
A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954)
as Self
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
as Alice
The Hit Parade (1937)
as Ruth Allison
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Follow the Band (1943)
as Frances Langford
Memo for Joe (1944)
as Self
Music Land (1955)
as Singer (archive footage)
Beat the Band (1947)
as Ann Rogers
Once Upon a Wintertime (1948)
as Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)
Radio Stars on Parade (1945)
as Sally Baker
Make Mine Laughs (1949)
as (archive footage)
Girl Rush (1944)
as Flo Daniels
Palm Springs (1936)
as Joan Smythe
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)
as Babs Lee
Dixie Jamboree (1944)
as Susan Jackson
Never a Dull Moment (1943)
as Julie Russell
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (1933)
as Singer
Swing It Soldier (1941)
as Patricia Loring / Evelyn Loring Waters