Frances Williams

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Frances Williams was a versatile stage and screen performer best known for her work in the 1930s. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1901, she left home while a teenager and began her performing career as an acrobat. Her singing and dancing skills brought her to New York, where she appeared in George M. Cohan’s show “Mary.” Her best known films include “Hollywood Party,” “Broadway Through a Keyhole” and “Shoes With Rhythm.” On Broadway, she appeared in George White’s “Scandals of 1928” and “Scandals of 1929,” “Artists and Models,” “Life Begins at 8:40,” and the Marx Brothers’ “The Cocoanuts.” She died in 1959. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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The Classic Roaring '20s

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100 Roaring '20s Classics

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The Big Broadcast, Volume 5: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s

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Divas of the 1920's

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Bring On The Girls 1926-1934

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Let's Face the Music and Dance (Songs of the Thirties)

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Old Time Charleston

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The First Torch Singers, Vol. I: The Twenties

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That's Entertainment! [Digital Version]

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Somebody Loves Me (Original Recordings, 1929)

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That's Entertainment Ultimate Anthology of MGM Musicals (disc 5)

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The Big Broadcast Vol. 5

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