Frances Day
American actress

Frances Day

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American actress
Gender:
Female
Places:
United States of America
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ActorStage actor
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
16 December 1908(East Orange)
Death:
29 April 1984(Windsor)
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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.
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.

Stage credits

  • 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)

Film credits

  • The Price of Divorce (1928)
  • Such Is the Law (1930)
  • O.K. Chief (1930)
  • Big Business (1930)
  • The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
  • The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
  • Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934)
  • Temptation (1934)
  • Oh, Daddy! (1935)
  • You Must Get Married (1936)
  • Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936)
  • Dreams Come True (1936)
  • Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937)
  • The Girl in the Taxi (1937)
  • Room for Two (1940)
  • Fiddlers Three (1944)
  • Tread Softly (1952)
  • There's Always a Thursday (1957)