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Frances Langford
  • Birth Name:
    Frances Newbern
  • Nickname:
    Sweetheart of the Fighting Fronts
  • Date of Birth:
    April 4, 1913
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Aries
  • Place of Birth:
    Lakeland, Florida, U.S.A
  • Place of Death:
    Jensen Beach, Florida, U.S.A
  • Date of Death:
    July 11, 2005
  • Height:
    5'
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    American

Family

Frances Langford
  • Spouse:
    Jon Hall (1934–1955), Ralph Evinrude (1955–1986), Harold Stuart (1994–her death)

Career

Frances Langford

Trivia

Frances Langford
  • In 1989 she joined him for a USO tour to entertain troops in the Persian Gulf.
  • Her association with Hope continued into the 1980s.
  • During World War II, she joined Hope, Jerry Colonna, and other performers on U.S.O. tours through Europe, North Africa, and the South Pacific, entertaining thousands of G.I.'s throughout the world.
  • From 1941, Langford was a regular singer on Bob Hope's radio show.
  • In several of these films, such as Broadway Melody, she appeared as herself as she did 1953 in "The Glenn Miller Story" where she sang "Chattanooga Choo Choo" with the Modernaires and the movie Orchestra.
  • She then began appearing frequently in films such as Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Born to Dance (1936) and Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) with James Cagney, in which she performed the popular song "Over There."
  • With her film debut in Every Night at Eight (1935) she introduced what became her signature song: "I'm in the Mood for Love".
  • Langford originally trained as an opera singer.

Biography

Frances Langford
Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2009

ctress and band singer Frances Langford began her movie career in 1935, playing part of a singing-sister act (with Alice Faye and Patsy Kelly) in Every Night at Eight. She flourished in the 1940s as a vocalist on Bob Hope's radio program and with her own weekly series.

Never a brilliant actress, Langford was often a very good one: her better films include Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), in which she played turn-of-the-century entertainer Nora Bayes, and The Bamboo Blonde (1945), a fanciful reenactment of her many wartime USO tours. Collectors of comedy record albums will fondly recall Langford for her many co-starring stints with Don Ameche as the battling Bickersons. Frances Langford ended her show-business career in the early 1960s, opting for retirement with her third husband, the owner of Evinrude Motors.

Filmography

Frances Langford

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