Frances Langford
Birthday: 1913-04-04 | Place of Birth: Hernando, Florida, USAFrances 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)
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as Frances Langford
as Herself, Vocalist, Frances Langford (singing voice)
as Louise Anderson
as Sally Baker
as Flo Daniels
as Susan Jackson
as Frances Langford
as Julie Russell
as Self
as Singer
as Patricia Loring / Evelyn Loring Waters
as Alice
as Eileen Eilers
as Pat Abbott
as Ruth Allison
as Susan Moore
