Frances Day
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| Born | Frances Victoria Schenck December 16, 1908 East Orange, New Jersey |
| Died | April 1984 (aged 75) Windsor, England |
| Occupation | Stage, film actress, singer |
Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck) (December 16, 1908 – April 1984) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s.
Day's career began as a nightclub cabaret singer in New York City and London. She toured the provinces in 1930 and made her London stage debut at the Hippodrome in 1932.
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[edit] Stage credits
- 1932 Out of the Bottle
- 1933 How D'You Do?
- 1934 Jill Darling
- 1937 Floodlight
- 1938 The Fleet's Lit Up
- 1939 Black and Blue
- 1941 Black Vanities
- 1942 DuBarry Was a Lady
- 1946 Evangeline
- 1949 Latin Quarter
[edit] Film credits
- 1928 The Price of Divorce
- 1930 Such Is the Law
- 1930 O.K. Chief
- 1930 Big Business
- 1932 The First Mrs. Fraser
- 1933 The Girl from Maxim's
- 1934 Two Hearts in Waltz Time
- 1934 Temptation
- 1935 Oh, Daddy!
- 1936 You Must Get Married
- 1936 Public Nuisance No. 1
- 1936 Dreams Come True
- 1937 Who's Your Lady Friend?
- 1937 The Girl in the Taxi
- 1940 Room for Two
- 1944 Fiddlers Three
- 1952 Tread Softly
- 1957 There's Always a Thursday
[edit] External links
- Frances Day at the Internet Movie Database
- Theatre Archive University of Bristol
- "The siren who disappeared: Uncovering the mystery of Britain's first sex symbol" Michael Thornton, Daily Mail, 28 March 2008
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