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Name
  
Frances Day


Role
  
Actress

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Full Name
  
Frances Victoria Schenck

Born
  
December 16, 1908 (
1908-12-16
)
East Orange, New Jersey

Occupation
  
Stage, film actress, singer

Died
  
April 29, 1984, Windsor, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Beaumont Alexander (m. 1927–1938)

Movies
  
Fiddlers Three, Oh, Daddy!, The Girl from Maxim's

Albums
  
The Very Best Of The 1930s, Heartbreak Hotel

Similar People
  
Julie Andrews, Giorgio Tozzi, Harry Watt, Bud Flanagan, Carol Reed

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Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck, December 16, 1908 – April 29, 1984) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s.

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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. In the 1950s she was a regular panellist on What's My Line?, the British version of the popular TV series.

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The Life Of Your Party - Frances Day - Carroll Gibbons - Savoy Hotel Orpheans


Stage credits

Frances Day The siren who disappeared Uncovering the mystery of

  • Out of the Bottle (1932)
  • How D'You Do? (1933)
  • Jill Darling (1934)
  • Floodlight (1937)
  • The Fleet's Lit Up (1938)
  • Black and Blue (1939)
  • Black Vanities (1941)
  • DuBarry Was a Lady (1942)
  • Evangeline (1946)
  • Buoyant Billions (1949)
  • Latin Quarter (1949)
  • Filmography

    Actress
    1958
    Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
    Helen Manning
    - The Witching Hour (1958) - Helen Manning
    1957
    There's Always a Thursday as
    Vera Clandon
    1952
    Tread Softly as
    Madeleine Peters
    1949
    Buoyant Billions (TV Movie) as
    She
    1944
    While Nero Fiddled as
    Poppaea
    1940
    Room for Two as
    Clare Spencer
    1938
    The Playboy (uncredited)
    1937
    The Girl in the Taxi as
    Suzanne Pomarel
    1937
    Who's Your Lady Friend? as
    Lulu
    1936
    You Must Get Married as
    Fenella Dane
    1936
    Dreams Come True as
    Ilona Ratkay
    1936
    Public Nuisance No. 1 as
    Frances Travers
    1935
    Oh, Daddy! as
    Benita de Lys
    1934
    Temptation as
    Antonia Palmay
    1934
    Two Hearts in Waltz Time as
    Helene Barry
    1933
    The Girl from Maxim's as
    La Mome
    1932
    The First Mrs. Fraser as
    Night-club Singer
    1931
    O.K. Chief (Short) as
    Girl
    1930
    Big Business as
    Pamela Fenchurch
    1928
    The Price of Divorce as
    The Wife
    Soundtrack
    1944
    While Nero Fiddled (performer: "Caesar's Wife" - uncredited)
    1940
    Room for Two (performer: "Just For the Fun of It")
    1936
    Public Nuisance No. 1 (performer: "Swing", "Give Me A Place In The Sun", "Between You, Me and the Carpet", "Me and My Dog" - uncredited)
    1935
    Oh, Daddy! (performer: "You Bring Out The Savage In Me", "Now I Understand", "Hang On To Happiness" - uncredited)
    Self
    1958
    Tell the Truth (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.1 (1959) - Self
    - Episode #1.51 (1958) - Self
    - Episode #1.50 (1958) - Self
    - Episode #1.47 (1958) - Self
    - Episode #1.38 (1958) - Self
    1951
    What's My Line (TV Series) as
    Self - Panellist
    - Episode #8.20 (1959) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.18 (1951) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.12 (1951) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.11 (1951) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.9 (1951) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.8 (1951) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.2 (1951) - Self - Panellist
    1956
    Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (TV Series) as
    Self
    - D (1956) - Self
    1955
    Off the Record (TV Series) as
    Self - and her Knights
    - Episode #1.5 (1955) - Self - and her Knights
    1955
    Variety Parade (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.15 (1955) - Self
    1954
    This Is Show Business (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #3.5 (1954) - Self
    1946
    Variety (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 10 September 1946 (1946) - Self
    1936
    Starlight (TV Series) as
    Self - Performer
    - Frances Day (1938) - Self - Performer
    - Frances Day (1936) - Self - Performer
    Archive Footage
    1960
    Climb Up the Wall as
    Self (uncredited)
    1930
    Such Is the Law as
    Wife - from 'The Price of Divorce'

    References

    Frances Day Wikipedia