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Jane Froman(1907-1980)

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  • Soundtrack
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Jane Froman May 10, 1956
Jane Froman was born on 10 November 1907 in University City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Radio City Revels (1938), With a Song in My Heart (1952) and Stars Over Broadway (1935). She was married to Rowland H. Smith, John Curtis Burn and Donald McKaig Ross. She died on 22 April 1980 in Columbia, Missouri, USA.
BornNovember 10, 1907
DiedApril 22, 1980(72)
BornNovember 10, 1907
DiedApril 22, 1980(72)
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Kenny Baker, Bob Burns, Ann Miller, and Jack Oakie in Radio City Revels (1938)
Radio City Revels
6.0
  • Jane Froman
  • 1938
Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart (1952)
With a Song in My Heart
6.7
  • Additional Crew
  • 1952
Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, Frank McHugh, James Melton, and Jean Muir in Stars Over Broadway (1935)
Stars Over Broadway
5.7
  • Joan Garrett
  • 1935
Kissing Time (1933)
Kissing Time
5.0
Short
  • Miss Sullivan
  • 1933

Credits

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Actress



  • Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
    The Ed Sullivan Show
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Singer
    • 1960
  • Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows in The Jackie Gleason Show (1952)
    The Jackie Gleason Show
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Guest Vocalist
    • 1952
  • Kenny Baker, Bob Burns, Ann Miller, and Jack Oakie in Radio City Revels (1938)
    Radio City Revels
    6.0
    • Jane Froman
    • 1938
  • Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, Frank McHugh, James Melton, and Jean Muir in Stars Over Broadway (1935)
    Stars Over Broadway
    5.7
    • Joan Garrett
    • 1935
  • Kissing Time (1933)
    Kissing Time
    5.0
    Short
    • Miss Sullivan
    • 1933

Additional Crew



  • Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart (1952)
    With a Song in My Heart
    6.7
    • technical advisor
    • 1952

Soundtrack



  • The Jane Froman Show
    • performer: "It's a Most Unusual Day", "My One and Only Highland Fling", "Moonlight Cocktail", "Comin' Through the Rye", "With a Song in My Heart" (uncredited)
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1952



  • Betty Grable in Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
    Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals
    7.7
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Home in Indiana"
    • 1974
  • The Jane Froman Show (1952)
    The Jane Froman Show
    TV Series
    • performer: "Get Happy", "Summertime in Venice", "Side by Side", "I Believe", "A Song in My Heart"
    • performer: "It's a Most Unusual Day", "More I Cannot Wish You", "You've Got to Have Heart", "I Wonder", "With a Song in My Heart"
    • performer: "Breezin' Along with the Breeze", "Unchained Melody", "Whatever Lola Wants", "With a Song in My Heart" (uncredited, uncredited) ...
    • 1953–1955
  • Susan Hayward in With a Song in My Heart (1952)
    With a Song in My Heart
    6.7
    • Soundtrack
    • performer: "With a Song in My Heart", "That Old Feeling", "Jim's Toasty Peanuts", "I'm Thru with Love", "Get Happy", "Blue Moon", "On the Gay White Way", "The Right Kind", "Home on the Range", "Embraceable You", "Tea for Two", "It's a Good Day", "They're Either Too Young or Too Old", "I'll Walk Alone", "America the Beautiful", "Wonderful Home Sweet Home", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "Chicago", "California, Here I Come", "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny", "Stein Song" (University of Maine), "Indiana", "Alabamy Bound", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "Dixie" ("With a Song in My Heart")
    • 1952
  • Kenny Baker, Bob Burns, Ann Miller, and Jack Oakie in Radio City Revels (1938)
    Radio City Revels
    6.0
    • performer: "TAKE A TIP FROM THE TULIP" (1938), "SPEAK YOUR HEART" (1938)
    • 1938
  • Pat O'Brien, Jane Froman, Frank McHugh, James Melton, and Jean Muir in Stars Over Broadway (1935)
    Stars Over Broadway
    5.7
    • performer: "At Your Service, Madame" (1935), "You Let Me Down" (1935), "By Yonder Moon" (1935) (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Kissing Time (1933)
    Kissing Time
    5.0
    Short
    • performer: "The Bell of San Marco", "All My Life I've Waited (for Someone Like You)", "Love, Look What You've Done to Me" (uncredited)
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 10, 1907
    • University City, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • April 22, 1980
    • Columbia, Missouri, USA(cardiac arrest)
  • Spouses
      Rowland H. SmithJune 20, 1962 - April 22, 1980 (her death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

  • Trivia
    On her USO flight to Europe in February of 1943, her plane crashed into the Tagus River at Lisbon, Portugal. One of the few passengers to survive, although severely injured, she was rescued by the co-pilot of the plane, John Curtis Burn.
  • Trademark
    Her full contralto vocals.

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