Birthday
1906/08/31
Day of death
1959/10/30 (53 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Temple, Texas, USA
Also know as
Noel Frances Sweeney, Noel Frances
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...Read more
(1932) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Linda
(1931) Blonde Crazy
as Helen Wilson
(1931) Smart Money
as Marie
(1937) Sudden Bill Dorn
as Lorna Kent
(1931) Bachelor Apartment
as Janet
(1932) The Mouthpiece
as Miss DeVere
(1932) Manhattan Tower
as Marge Lyon
(1931) Smart Woman
as Peggy Preston
(1934) Good Dame
as Puff Warner
(1935) The White Cockatoo
as Elise
(1930) New Movietone Follies of 1930
as Gloria de Witt
(1933) The Important Witness
as Ellen Kelly
(1930) Rough Romance
as Flossie
(1932) Guilty as Hell
as Julia Reed
(1932) So Big!
as Mabel
(1934) Fifteen Wives
as Ruby Cotton
(1933) Only Yesterday
as Letitia
(1931) Ladies of the Big House
as Thelma
(1932) My Pal, the King
as Princess Elsa
(1933) Havana Widows
as Gladys Gable (uncredited)
(1932) The Expert
as Daisy
(1932) Night Court
as Lil Baker
(1932) Under-Cover Man
as Connie
(1935) Stone of Silver Creek
as Lola
(1933) Son of a Sailor
as Queenie
(1933) Blood Money
as Red's Girlfriend (uncredited)
(1934) The Loudspeaker
as Dolly
(1933) Bureau of Missing Persons
as Alice Crane
(1937) Left-Handed Law
as Betty Golden
(1935) Mutiny Ahead
as Mimi
(1934) Imitation of Life
as Mrs. Eden (uncredited)
(1930) Up the River
as Sophie
(1933) Reform Girl
as Lydia Johnson
(1934) Strictly Dynamite
as Lady Waiting in Georgie's Lobby (uncredited)
(1932) Flames
as Pat
(1933) Hold Me Tight
as Trudie Holmes