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