Frances Langford
ActingAlso Known As
Julia Frances Newbern-Langford
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)
Movies
(43 total)
Melody Time
as Frances Langford
Yankee Doodle Dandy
as Singer
The Glenn Miller Story
as Frances Langford
Born to Dance
as 'Peppy' Turner
This Is the Army
as Herself
Broadway Melody of 1936
as Frances Langford
Winter Wonderland
as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)
Once Upon a Wintertime
as Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)
That's Dancing!
as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
All-American Co-Ed
as Virginia Collinge
Too Many Girls
as Eileen Eilers
Hollywood Hotel
as Alice
People Are Funny
as Frances Langford - Guest
Deputy Marshal
as Janet Masters
Make Mine Laughs
as (archive footage)
Combat America
as Self
The Bamboo Blonde
as Louise Anderson
Career Girl
as Joan Terry
Hit Parade of 1941
as Pat Abbott
Dixie Jamboree
as Susan Jackson
