Frances Langford
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)
Acting
Movie
Melody Time
as Frances Langford
1948
Movie
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Singer
1942
Movie
The Glenn Miller Story
as Frances Langford
1954
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
Movie
Born to Dance
as 'Peppy' Turner
1936
Movie
This Is the Army
as Herself
1943
Movie
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Frances Langford
1935
Movie
Once Upon a Wintertime
as Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)
1948
Movie
Winter Wonderland
as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)
2003
Movie
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
1985
Movie
Too Many Girls
as Eileen Eilers
1940
Movie
All-American Co-Ed
as Virginia Collinge
1941
TV
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
Movie
Hollywood Hotel
as Alice
1938
Movie
People Are Funny
as Frances Langford - Guest
1946
Movie
Deputy Marshal
as Janet Masters
1949
Movie
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
1949
Movie
Combat America
as Self
1943
Movie
The Bamboo Blonde
as Louise Anderson
1946
Movie
Career Girl
as Joan Terry
1944
Movie
Hit Parade of 1941
as Pat Abbott
1940
Movie
Dixie Jamboree
as Susan Jackson
1944
Movie
Dreaming Out Loud
as Alice
1940
Movie
Every Night at Eight
as Susan Moore
1935
