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+ Born Julia Frances Langford in Lakeland, Florida, she was the daughter of Vasco Cleveland Langford and his wife, Anna Rhea Newbern. Discovery and radio Frances grew up in the Mulberry, Florida area, a tiny community near Lakeland. She attended Lakeland High School. Langford originally trained as an opera singer. While a young girl she required a tonsillectomy that changed her soprano range to a contralto. As a result, she was forced to change her vocal style to a more contemporary big band, popular music style. At age 17, she was singing for local dances. Cigar manufacturer Eli Witt heard her sing at an American Legion party and hired her to sing on his local radio show. After a brief stint in the Broadway musical "Here Goes the Bride" in 1931, she moved to Hollywood appearing on the Louella Parsons' radio show "'Hollywood Hotel' while starting a movie career. While singing for radio during the early 1930s, she was heard by Rudy Vallee, who invited her to become a regular on his radio show. From 1935 until 1938 she was a regular performer on Dick Powell's radio show. From 1946 to 1951, she performed with Don Ameche as the insufferable wife, Blanche, on The Bickersons. Click here to read more about Frances Langford Show

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
06.12.1947	hollys graduation	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
06.19.1947	family picnic	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
06.26.1947	father to give away the bride	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
07.03.1947	hollys first country club dance	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
07.10.1947	summer barbeque	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
07.17.1947	concert in the park	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
07.24.1947	performing macbeth	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
07.31.1947	founders day parade	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
08.07.1947	surprise party for frances	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
08.14.1947	church social	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
08.21.1947	cleaning the house	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...
08.28.1947	college days	+ Frances Langford is the hostess of Maxwell House Coffee Time, thirty minutes of words and music an...