Noel Francis

Personal Info

Birthday

August 31, 1906

Day of Death

1959-10-30

(53 years old)

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.

Known For

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Imitation of Life

Blonde Crazy

Only Yesterday

Smart Money

Bureau of Missing Persons

Blood Money

Guilty as Hell

Filmography

1937
Sudden Bill Dorn
as Lorna Kent
Left-Handed Law
as Betty Golden
1935
Stone of Silver Creek
as Lola
Mutiny Ahead
as Mimi
The White Cockatoo
as Elise
1934
Imitation of Life
as Mrs. Eden (uncredited)
Fifteen Wives
as Ruby Cotton
The Loudspeaker
as Dolly
Strictly Dynamite
as Lady Waiting in Georgie's Lobby (uncredited)
Good Dame
as Puff Warner
1933
Son of a Sailor
as Queenie
Havana Widows
as Gladys Gable (uncredited)
Blood Money
as Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
as Letitia
Bureau of Missing Persons
as Alice Crane
The Important Witness
as Ellen Kelly
Hold Me Tight
as Trudie Holmes
Reform Girl
as Lydia Johnson
1932
Under-Cover Man
as Connie
Manhattan Tower
as Marge Lyon
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Linda
Guilty as Hell
as Julia Reed
Night Court
as Lil Baker
Flames
as Pat
So Big!
as Mabel
My Pal, the King
as Princess Elsa
The Mouthpiece
as Miss DeVere
The Expert
as Daisy
1931
Ladies of the Big House
as Thelma
Blonde Crazy
as Helen Wilson
Smart Woman
as Peggy Preston
Smart Money
as Marie
Bachelor Apartment
as Janet
1930
Up the River
as Sophie (uncredited)
Rough Romance
as Flossie
New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Gloria de Witt