FRANCES LANGFORD
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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).
Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
People Are Funny 1946
This Is the Army 1943
Hollywood Hotel 1938
Born to Dance 1936
The Glenn Miller Story 1954
Too Many Girls 1940
All-American Co-Ed 1941
The Bamboo Blonde 1946
Career Girl 1944
Dreaming Out Loud 1940
Once Upon a Wintertime 1948
The Hit Parade 1937
Deputy Marshal 1949
Girl Rush 1944
Every Night at Eight 1935
Hit Parade of 1941 1940
Palm Springs 1936
Radio Stars on Parade 1945
Melody Time 1948
Swing It Soldier 1941
Broadway Melody of 1936 1935
Winter Wonderland 2003
Dixie Jamboree 1944
Follow the Band 1943
Make Mine Laughs 1949
Collegiate 1936
Cowboy in Manhattan 1943
Purple Heart Diary 1951
That's Dancing! 1985
Music Land 1955