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