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Frances Langford

Frances Langford, American actress and singer (died 2005)

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Born
April 4, 1913
Died
July 11, 2005
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1913

About Frances Langford

Frances Langford was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. Langford first sang in public in an amateur show that White staged in Lakeland, Florida. Langford made her film debut in Every Night at Eight (1935), introducing what became her signature song: "I'm in the Mood for Love". From 1941, Langford was a regular singer on Bob Hope's The Pepsodent Show when he held his first military entertainment program at March Field in Riverside, California in 1941. In a Western movie, Deputy Marshal, she co-starred with her first husband, matinee idol Jon Hall.

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Frances Langford timeline

  1. Langford made her film debut in Every Night at Eight (1935), introducing what became her signature song: "I'm in the Mood for Love".
  2. From 1941, Langford was a regular singer on Bob Hope's The Pepsodent Show when he held his first military entertainment program at March Field in Riverside, California in 1941.

The world when Frances Langford was born

Frances Langford was born in 1913. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1913

  • Best-selling book"The Inside of the Cup" – Winston Churchill

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe stripped of Olympic titles over amateurism rules
  • Top headline16th Amendment allows federal income tax
  • Technology milestoneFord assembly line begins — revolutionizes manufacturing
  • World population~1.73B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population96.0M

1913 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Frances Langford's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19132026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population96.0M341 million

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