Spoiler : Frances Langford was born on this day in 1914! She started her radio career as a singer in the 1930s. Later, she starred in The Bickersons opposite Don Ameche.

Spoiler : Happy birthday to singer and actress Frances Langford

Spoiler : Langford, Frances (birth name was Frances Newbern Langford) Born in Lakeland, Florida 4/4/1913; died 7/11/2005 of congestive heart failure at her home in Jensen Beach, Florida. She requested no services, that her ashes be strewn off the coast of Jensen Beach. Married to actor Jon Hall (1938-1955); Ralph Evinrude of "Evinrude" outboard motors (1955-1986 his death); Harold Stuart, an assistant secretary of the Air Force in the Truman administration (1994-2005 her death). Daughter of Vasco Langford, a carpenter, and her mother who was an accomplished pianist that attended music college, but dropped out to work in vaudeville. Frances career began on local radio in Tampa, Florida, but took off when her mother drove her to Miami, and convinced a vacationing Rudy Vallee to audition her, which led to her network radio debut on Vallee's program. 1931 Broadway debut in Here Goes the Bride. Screen debut in The Subway Symphony (1932). Last movie was Fun at St Fanny's (1956). Following her marriage to Evinrude, she pretty much retired to their 57-acre estate in Rio, Florida, but sang in their Outrigger restaurant for many years in Jensen Beach, Florida. She and husband Evinrude were supporters for many causes, including the Florida Oceanographic Society on Hutchinson Island, where a visitor center is named for Langford.

Spoiler : Vocalist on radio programs including The Spartan Hour (1933-1934); The Joe Cook Show for NBC (1934-1935); Hollywood Hotel for CBS (1934-1938); Southern Cruise for CBS (1941); The Bob Hope Show for NBC (1941-1946); The Chase And Sanborn Show (The Spike Jones Show) for NBC (1945); The Drene Show for NBC (1946-1947); The Old Gold Hour for CBS (1947-1948). Featured on The Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy Show for NBC-Radio during the early to middle 1940's, sometimes in skits with Don Ameche as John and Blanche Bickerson, then Blanche Bickerson on The Bickersons for the NBC and CBS Radio Networks (1946-1951).

Spoiler : Co-star, co-host of Star Time on DuMont-TV (1950-1951); The Frances Langford/Don Ameche Show on ABC-TV (1951-1952). Last public performance was as a USO member in Vietnam (1966). Last television appearance was in 1996 on the NBC special, Bob Hope: Memories of World War II.

Spoiler : Frances Langford and my father were 2nd cousins, and contrary to the comment on this page, she was never named Frances Newbern Langford. Newbern was her mother's maiden name.