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Frances Gifford is a Actor American born on 7 december 1919 at Long Beach (USA)

Frances Gifford

Frances Gifford
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Birth name Mary Frances Gifford
Nationality USA
Birth 7 december 1919 at Long Beach (USA)
Death 15 january 1994 (at 74 years) at Pasadena (USA)

Mary Frances Gifford (December 7, 1920 - January 22, 1994) was an American actress who played leads and supporting roles in many 1930s and 1940s movies.

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Filmography of Frances Gifford (36 films)

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Sky Commando
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Dan Duryea, Frances Gifford, Mike Connors, Michael Fox, William Bryant, Selmer Jackson
Roles Jo McWethy
Rating56% 2.830862.830862.830862.830862.83086
During the Korean War, while American Air Force pilots Lt. John Willard (William Bryant) and his brother Frank (Dick Paxton) are flying a routine reconnaissance mission, their commanding officer, Col. Ed Wyatt (Dan Duryea) orders them to bomb an enemy position. Frank's aircraft is shot down, and John returns to confront his commander over the reason for the dangerous mission. Wyatt's executive officer, Maj. Scott (Michael Fox) stops him and relates a story about Wyatt's career during World War II.
Riding High, 1h52
Directed by Frank Capra, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Actors Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, William Demarest, Frances Gifford, James Gleason
Roles Margaret Higgins
Rating61% 3.0975253.0975253.0975253.0975253.097525
Yale grad Dan Brooks is expected to marry wealthy boss J.L. Higgins' daughter Margaret and join the family box-making business. He is far more interested in racing a horse he owns, Broadway Bill.
The Arnelo Affair, 1h26
Directed by Arch Oboler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors John Hodiak, George Murphy, Barbara Billingsley, Frances Gifford, Dean Stockwell, Eve Arden
Roles Anne Parkson
Rating58% 2.901372.901372.901372.901372.90137
A lawyer's wife (Frances Gifford) begins an affair with a nightclub owner Tony Arnelo (John Hodiak). Soon her compact is found near the body of Arnelo's other girlfriend, and she finds herself blackmailed and implicated in murder.
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, 1h45
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead, Morris Carnovsky
Roles Viola Johnson
Rating75% 3.793093.793093.793093.793093.79309
The story is about a Norwegian immigrant farmer in Wisconsin, Martinius Jacobson (Edward G. Robinson), his wife Bruna (Agnes Moorehead) and their seven-year-old daughter Selma (Margaret O'Brien), who is often bedeviled by her playmate and five-year-old cousin, Arnold (Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins). Martinius simply wants to work his land and be a loving husband and father to his family. The one great ambition in the life of Martinius is to build a new barn, but tragedy strikes. How the family copes with that is the core and the charm of the film
Thrill of a Romance, 1h45
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford, Carleton G. Young, Henry Travers, Spring Byington
Roles Maude Bancroft
Rating64% 3.246413.246413.246413.246413.24641
Cynthia Glenn (Esther Williams) is a swimming instructor in Los Angeles, California, where she lives with her scatterbrained aunt and uncle Nona and Hobart (Spring Byington and Henry Travers). While demonstrating a dive to her students, she catches the eye of an interested stranger, Bob Delbar (Carleton G. Young). Cynthia returns home to find that she has received flowers from the stranger. The two court for one month, and then get married.
She Went to the Races, 1h26
Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors James Craig, Frances Gifford, Ava Gardner, Edmund Gwenn, Sig Ruman, Reginald Owen
Roles Dr. Ann Wotters
Rating59% 2.952922.952922.952922.952922.95292
Dr. Ann Wotters, working at the Brockhurst Institute of Research in Los Angeles, is devastated when she learns that her uncle, Dr. Homer Pecke, will be let off because the institute can't afford to keep him on staff and his research project running. The institute would need another $20,000 to afford Pecke's services.
Marriage Is a Private Affair, 1h56
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Hugh Marlowe, Keenan Wynn, Frances Gifford
Roles Sissy Mortimer
Rating59% 2.951962.951962.951962.951962.95196
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, which causes Theo to fear commitment. Without much thought, Theo accepts a proposal of marriage from Tom West, an Air Corps lieutenant. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom accepts a job in the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to return to being a party girl. However, Tom is working constantly and Theo turns to her friends who are having their own problems, including her old flame, Captain Lancing. To decide what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must learn to grow up.
Cry 'Havoc', 1h37
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ella Raines
Roles Helen
Rating68% 3.4442053.4442053.4442053.4442053.444205
The film tells the story of a mixed group of Army nurses stationed in Bataan during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the head nurse, Lt. Mary Smith (Margaret Sullavan) begs her superior, Capt. Alice Marsh (Fay Bainter) for more nurses to help deal with the excessive workload, but instead of professional nurses, she is assigned a group of civilians from various backgrounds. They lack experience and require training and find it difficult to settle in. Pat Conlin (Ann Sothern) rebels against Lt. Smith's strict nature, but the group begin to reveal stories from their past and become better acquainted. They also meet a male officer, Lt. Holt (Allan Byron), and Pat becomes infatuated with him, leading to jealousy between her and Lt. Smith who refuses to explain why she is offended by Pat's attention to him. During an air-raid one of the volunteers, Sue West (Dorothy Morris), is separated from the group, and some of the women, including her sister Andra (Heather Angel) search for her. After three days she is found alive, having spent the time trapped in a hut with the corpses of several soldiers who were killed during the attack.
Tarzan Triumphs, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres War, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Frances Gifford, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Philip Van Zandt
Roles Zandra
Rating61% 3.0995553.0995553.0995553.0995553.099555
Tarzan and Boy are living on the Great Escarpment, though Jane has returned to England. A small force of German paratroopers lands and takes over the lost city of "Palandrya" as an advance base for the conquest of Sub Saharan Africa. Tarzan continually ignores the requests for help from the helpless and enslaved Palandrians, saying, "Jungle people fight to live, civilized people live to fight."
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jimmy Lydon, Charles Smith, John Litel, Olive Blakeney, Diana Lynn, Frances Gifford
Roles Hilary Dane
Rating63% 3.1870053.1870053.1870053.1870053.187005
Henry Aldrich becomes the most sought after guy in town when he win a date with movie star.
American Empire, 1h22
Directed by William C. McGann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Richard Dix, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Frances Gifford, Richard Webb, Robert Barrat
Roles Abigail 'Abby' Taylor, Dan's Sister
Rating57% 2.8539452.8539452.8539452.8539452.853945
Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, and battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.