* als  Frances Octavia Smith

* 31.10.1912 Uvalde, TX

A former stenographer, she broke into show business as a radio and nightclub vocalist and reached Hollywood in the early 40s. In 1947 she married one of her leading men, cowboy star Roy Rogers, with whom she continued to team in films and in his TV series, "The Roy Rogers Show," riding her horse, Buttermilk.

Filmografie van deze filmactrice

1942   GIRL TROUBLE         

1943   HERE COMES ELMER 

1943   HOOSIER HOLIDAY   

1943   SWING YOUR PARTNER       

1943   WAR OF THE WILDCATS/IN OLD OKLAHOMA       

1943   THE WEST SIDE KID                   

1944   THE BIG SHOW-OFF 

1944   CASANOVA IN BURLESQUE  

1944   THE COWBOY AND THE SENORITA 

1944   LIGHTS OF OLD SANTA FE  

1944   SAN FERNANDO VALLEY     

1944   SONG OF NEVADA    

1944   THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS       

1945   ALONG THE NAVAJO TRAIL  

1945   BELLS OF ROSARITA

1945   DON'T FENCE ME IN 

1945   HITCHHIKE TO HAPPINESS  

1945   THE MAN FROM OKLAHOMA 

1945   SUNSET IN ELDORADO       

1945   UTAH 

1946   HELDORADO  

samen met Roy Rogers

1946   HOME IN OKLAHOMA

1946   MY PAL TRIGGER     

1946   OUT CALIFORNIA WAY       

1946   RAINBOW OVER TEXAS      

1946   ROLL ON TEXAS MOON       

1946   SONG OF ARIZONA  

1946   UNDER NEVADA SKIES        

1947   APACHE ROSE

1947   BELLS OF SAN ANGELO      

1947   THE TRESPASSER    

1948   SLIPPY MCGEE           

1949   DOWN DAKOTA WAY

1949   THE GOLDEN STALLION      

1949   SUSANNA PASS       

1950   BELLS OF CORONADO        

1950   TRIGGER, JR. 

1950   TWILIGHT IN THE SIERRAS 

1951   PALS OF THE GOLDEN WEST        

1951   SOUTH OF CALIENTE

1992   ROY ROGERS: KING OF THE COWBOYS     

1993   SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE      song performer