Noel Francis
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-08-31 (53 years old)
Deathday
1959-10-30
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Also known As
Noel Frances Sweeney
Noel Frances
Noel Francis
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 w...
Acting
1932
1931
as Helen Wilson
1931
as Marie
1937
as Lorna Kent
1931
as Janet
1932
as Miss DeVere
1932
as Marge Lyon
1931
as Peggy Preston
1934
as Puff Warner
1935
as Elise
1930
as Gloria de Witt
1933
as Ellen Kelly
1930
as Flossie
1932
as Julia Reed
1932
as Mabel
1934
as Ruby Cotton
1933
as Letitia
1931
as Thelma
1932
as Princess Elsa
1933
as Gladys Gable (uncredited)
1932
as Daisy
1932
as Lil Baker
1932
as Connie
1935
as Lola
1933
as Queenie
1933
as Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)
1934
as Dolly
1933
as Alice Crane
1937
as Betty Golden
1935
as Mimi
1934
as Mrs. Eden (uncredited)
1930
as Sophie (uncredited)
1933
as Lydia Johnson
1934
as Lady Waiting in Georgie's Lobby (uncredited)
1932
as Pat
1933
as Trudie Holmes
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