Frances Day
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Frances Day (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.
Day's career began as a nightclub cabaret singer in New York City
New York City
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and London
London
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. She toured the provinces in 1930 and made her London stage debut at the Hippodrome
Hippodrome, London
The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. The name was used for many different theatres and music halls, of which the London Hippodrome is one of only a few survivors...
in 1932.
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 LadyDuBarry Was a LadyDuBarry Was a Lady is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva. The musical starred Bert Lahr, Ethel Merman and Betty Grable, and the song "Friendship" was one of the highlights...
- 1946 Evangeline
- 1949 Latin Quarter
Film credits
- 1928 The Price of Divorce
- 1930 Such Is the LawSuch Is the Law (1930 film)Such Is the Law is a 1930 British film directed by Sinclair Hill.- Cast :*Kate Cutler as Mother*Frances Day as Wife*Maud Gill as Aunt's Maid*Carl Harbord as Vivian Fairfax*Gibb McLaughlin as Valet*Nancy Price as Aunt*Miriam Seegar as Other Woman*C...
- 1930 O.K. Chief
- 1930 Big Business
- 1932 The First Mrs. Fraser
- 1933 The Girl from Maxim'sThe Girl from Maxim'sThe Girl from Maxim's is a 1933 British musical comedy film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Frances Day, Leslie Henson, Lady Tree and Stanley Holloway. A Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904...
- 1934 Two Hearts in Waltz TimeTwo Hearts in Waltz Time (1934 film)Two Hearts in Waltz Time is a 1934 British musical romance film directed by Carmine Gallone and Joe May. It starred Carl Brisson, Frances Day, Bert Coote and Roland Culver. A composer falls in love with the star of an opera company.-Cast:...
- 1934 TemptationTemptation (film)Temptation is a 1915 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Geraldine Farrar - Renee Dupree* Theodore Roberts - Otto Mueller* Pedro de Cordoba - Julian* Elsie Jane Wilson - Madame Maroff...
- 1935 Oh, Daddy!Oh, Daddy!Oh, Daddy! is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and Austin Melford and starring Leslie Henson, Frances Day, Robertson Hare and Barry MacKay.-Cast:* Leslie Henson - Lord Pye* Frances Day - Benita de Lys* Robertson Hare - Rupert Boddy...
- 1936 You Must Get MarriedYou Must Get MarriedYou Must Get Married is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Frances Day, Neil Hamilton and Robertson Hare. In order to be able to work in Britain an American actress marries a British sailor...
- 1936 Public Nuisance No. 1Public Nuisance No. 1Public Nuisance No. 1 is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Frances Day, Arthur Riscoe and Muriel Aked. A young man goes to work as a waiter at his uncle's hotel in France.-Cast:* Frances Day - Frances Travers...
- 1936 Dreams Come TrueDreams Come True (film)Dreams Come True is a 1984 adventure film directed by Max Kalmanowicz and distributed by Troma Entertainment....
- 1937 Who's Your Lady Friend?Who's Your Lady Friend?Who's Your Lady Friend? is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and starring Frances Day, Vic Oliver and Betty Stockfeld. The secretary of a beauty specialist accidentally brings the wrong person back from the railway station, triggering a series of confusions. It was based on a comedy...
- 1937 The Girl in the TaxiThe Girl in the TaxiThe Girl in the Taxi is the English-language adaptation by Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis of the operetta Die keusche Susanne , with music by Jean Gilbert. The German original had a libretto by Georg Okonkowski...
- 1940 Room for TwoRoom for TwoRoom for Two is a 1940 British comedy film.The story takes place in Venice, where a womanising Englishman Vic Oliver takes a strong interest to married tourist played by Frances Day. Oliver disguises himself in drag and gets himself hired as the Days' maid. When Day's philandering husband, played...
- 1944 Fiddlers ThreeFiddlers Three (1944 film)Fiddlers Three is a 1944 British black-and-white comedy with music. The film was produced by Michael Balcon and directed by Harry Watt. The cast included Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale, Frances Day, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Decker, Elisabeth Welch and James Robertson Justice...
- 1952 Tread SoftlyTread softlyTread softly or tread-softly may refer to:* Cnidoscolus stimulosus , a plant of the spurge family * Solanum carolinense , a plant of the nightshade family...
- 1957 There's Always a ThursdayThere's Always a ThursdayThere's Always a Thursday is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Charles Victor, Jill Ireland, Lloyd Lamble and Robert Raglan...
External links
- 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