Noel Francis

Noel Francis

Actor Aug 31 (died age 53) Temple, Texas, USA 1930–1937 (7 year career)

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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 i…

Known For

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Linda

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

Mrs. Eden (uncredited)

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

Helen Wilson

Smart Money

Smart Money

Marie

Up the River

Up the River

Sophie (uncredited)

Bureau of Missing Persons

Bureau of Missing Persons

Alice Crane

So Big!

So Big!

Mabel

Blood Money

Blood Money

Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (38)

Movies (38)

Sudden Bill Dorn

Sudden Bill Dorn

as Lorna Kent

Left-Handed Law

Left-Handed Law

as Betty Golden

Mutiny Ahead

Mutiny Ahead

as Mimi

Stone of Silver Creek

Stone of Silver Creek

as Lola

The White Cockatoo

The White Cockatoo

as Elise

Strictly Dynamite

Strictly Dynamite

as Lady Waiting in Georgie's Lobby (uncredited)

Fifteen Wives

Fifteen Wives

as Ruby Cotton

Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

as Mrs. Eden (uncredited)

The Loudspeaker

The Loudspeaker

as Dolly

Good Dame

Good Dame

as Puff Warner

What's Your Racket

What's Your Racket

as Mae Cosgrove

The Line-Up

The Line-Up

as Mabel Martin

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday

as Letitia

Blood Money

Blood Money

as Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Bureau of Missing Persons

Bureau of Missing Persons

as Alice Crane

Son of a Sailor

Son of a Sailor

as Queenie

Reform Girl

Reform Girl

as Lydia Johnson

The Important Witness

The Important Witness

as Ellen Kelly

Havana Widows

Havana Widows

as Gladys Gable (uncredited)

Hold Me Tight

Hold Me Tight

as Trudie Holmes

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Linda

Under-Cover Man

Under-Cover Man

as Connie

Flames

Flames

as Pat

So Big!

So Big!

as Mabel

The Expert

The Expert

as Daisy

The Mouthpiece

The Mouthpiece

as Miss DeVere

Manhattan Tower

Manhattan Tower

as Marge Lyon

My Pal, the King

My Pal, the King

as Princess Elsa

Night Court

Night Court

as Lil Baker

Guilty as Hell

Guilty as Hell

as Julia Reed

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

as Helen Wilson

Smart Money

Smart Money

as Marie

Smart Woman

Smart Woman

as Peggy Preston

Bachelor Apartment

Bachelor Apartment

as Janet

Ladies of the Big House

Ladies of the Big House

as Thelma

Up the River

Up the River

as Sophie (uncredited)

Rough Romance

Rough Romance

as Flossie

New Movietone Follies of 1930

New Movietone Follies of 1930

as Gloria de Witt