Frances Langford
Acting • Born 1913-04-04 – Died 2005-07-11
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)
Filmography
47 credits
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Movie • 1942
Singer
People Are Funny
Movie • 1946
Frances Langford - Guest
This Is the Army
Movie • 1943
Herself
Hollywood Hotel
Movie • 1938
Alice
Born to Dance
Movie • 1936
'Peppy' Turner
The Glenn Miller Story
Movie • 1954
Frances Langford
Too Many Girls
Movie • 1940
Eileen Eilers
All-American Co-Ed
Movie • 1941
Virginia Collinge
The Bamboo Blonde
Movie • 1946
Louise Anderson
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
Movie • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Career Girl
Movie • 1944
Joan Terry
Dreaming Out Loud
Movie • 1940
Alice
Once Upon a Wintertime
Movie • 1948
Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)
The Hit Parade
Movie • 1937
Ruth Allison
Deputy Marshal
Movie • 1949
Janet Masters
Girl Rush
Movie • 1944
Flo Daniels
Every Night at Eight
Movie • 1935
Susan Moore
Hit Parade of 1941
Movie • 1940
Pat Abbott
Beat the Band
Movie • 1947
Ann Rogers
Palm Springs
Movie • 1936
Joan Smythe
Radio Stars on Parade
Movie • 1945
Sally Baker
Melody Time
Movie • 1948
Frances Langford
Swing It Soldier
Movie • 1941
Patricia Loring / Evelyn Loring Waters
Broadway Melody of 1936
Movie • 1935
Frances Langford
Entertaining the Troops: Bob Hope & the USO
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Winter Wonderland
Movie • 2003
Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)
Dixie Jamboree
Movie • 1944
Susan Jackson
Follow the Band
Movie • 1943
Frances Langford
Never a Dull Moment
Movie • 1943
Julie Russell
Make Mine Laughs
Movie • 1949
(archive footage)
Mississippi Gambler
Movie • 1942
Beth Cornell
Collegiate
Movie • 1936
Miss Hay
Cowboy in Manhattan
Movie • 1943
Babs Lee
Purple Heart Diary
Movie • 1951
Frances Langford
Combat America
Movie • 1943
Self
This Is Bob Hope...
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Movie • 1954
Self
Memo for Joe
Movie • 1944
Self
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5
Movie • 1933
Singer
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie • 1987
Self (archive footage)
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Movie • 1936
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)
Music Land
Movie • 1955
Singer (archive footage)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV • 1961
Self
Star Time
TV • 1950
Self - Singer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self