Frances Day

Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck) (b. December 16, 1908, East Orange, New Jersey, USA – d. April, 1984, Windsor, UK) was an American actress and singer who achieved great popularity in the UK in the 1930s.

Day's career began in New York City as a nightclub singer and progressed to the London musical stage.

infobox actress

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birthname=Frances Victoria Schenck
birthdate=birth date|1908|12|16
birthplace=East Orange, New Jersey
deathdate=April 1984
deathplace=Windsor, England
occupation=Stage, film actress, singer

tage 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"

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"

External links

* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=547901&in_page_id=1770 "The siren who disappeared: Uncovering the mystery of Britain's first sex symbol"] Michael Thornton, "Daily Mail", 28th March 2008

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