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