NOEL FRANCIS

Noel Francis
Noel Francis
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: August 31, 1906
Deathday: October 30, 1959
Place of Birth: Temple, Texas, USA

Biography

Noel Francis was born in Temple, Texas in 1906. By age 20 she was appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies, working opposite the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey. Eventually Fox scouts noticed her and in 1929 she was signed to a Hollywood contract. Because of her Follies background, Fox intended to develop Noel as a musical and dance star. Unfortunately, musicals were on the wane at the time (they did rebound) and her contract was dropped. Luckily, she was picked up by Warner Brothers, and featured in a number of films that had her portraying the tough talking, sassy female connected to gangsters, convicts, and other underworld types, so popular with the movie going public then and now.

Filmography

Starring

Betty Golden
Lorna Kent
Mimi
Lady Waiting in Georgie's Lobby (uncredited)
Mrs. Eden (uncredited)
Dolly
Ruby Cotton
1934·
Good Dame
Puff Warner
Trudie Holmes
Lydia Johnson
Alice Crane
Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Queenie
Gladys Gable (uncredited)
Letitia
Ellen Kelly
1932·
Flames
Pat
Connie
Lil Baker
Daisy
Princess Elsa
1932·
So Big!
Mabel
Julia Reed
Marge Lyon
Miss DeVere
Peggy Preston
Marie
Helen Wilson
Sophie (uncredited)
Flossie
Gloria de Witt