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Portrait of Frances Langford

Acting

Frances Langford

Career

Active from 1933 to 1955, busiest in 1940 and 1944 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
19
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score55/100
Highest rated
Poster for Every Night at Eight
Every Night at Eight
GoodWatch score66/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Frances Langford Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.4, average 5.5
  • Violence
    1.7, average 4.1
  • Tension
    3.8, average 5.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Lighthearted Entertainment 2
  • Classic Hollywood Musical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland (2003)

as Frances Langford (voice) (archive sound)

1980s

1 title · average score 70
That's Dancing!
That's Dancing! (1985)
GoodWatch score 70

as From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

1950s

4 titles · average score 81
Music Land
Music Land (1955)

as Singer (archive footage)

The Glenn Miller Story
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
GoodWatch score 81

as Frances Langford

Purple Heart Diary
Purple Heart Diary (1951)

as Frances Langford

The Bickersons
The Bickersons (1951)

TV show · as Blanche Bickerson

1940s

20 titles · average score 54
Deputy Marshal
Deputy Marshal (1949)

as Janet Masters

Melody Time
Melody Time (1948)
GoodWatch score 60

as Frances Langford

The Bamboo Blonde
The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
GoodWatch score 51

as Louise Anderson

Radio Stars on Parade
Radio Stars on Parade (1945)

as Sally Baker

Girl Rush
Girl Rush (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Flo Daniels

Career Girl
Career Girl (1944)
GoodWatch score 52

as Joan Terry

Dixie Jamboree
Dixie Jamboree (1944)

as Susan Jackson

Cowboy in Manhattan
Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)

as Babs Lee

Mississippi Gambler
Mississippi Gambler (1942)

as Beth Cornell

All-American Co-Ed
All-American Co-Ed (1941)
GoodWatch score 46

as Virginia Collinge

Hit Parade of 1941
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)

as Pat Abbott

Dreaming Out Loud
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)

as Alice

1930s

8 titles · average score 64
Hollywood Hotel
Hollywood Hotel (1938)
GoodWatch score 53

as Alice

The Hit Parade
The Hit Parade (1937)

as Ruth Allison

Born to Dance
Born to Dance (1936)
GoodWatch score 59

as 'Peppy' Turner

Palm Springs
Palm Springs (1936)

as Joan Smythe

Every Night at Eight
Every Night at Eight (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Susan Moore

Collegiate
Collegiate (1935)

as Miss Hay

Broadway Melody of 1936
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
GoodWatch score 79

as Frances Langford

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #5 (1933)

as Singer