American leading lady of musical westerns of the 1940s. Born Frances Octavia Smith in Uvalde, Texas. She was raised in Texas and Arkansas. Married at 14 and a mother at 15, she was divorced at 17 (some sources say widowed). Intent on a singing career, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee, and worked in an insurance company while taking occasional radio singing jobs...See full bio »
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Western Hit Parade
(1962)
(writer: "Happy Trails" - uncredited / performer: "Skip to My Lou" excerpt - uncredited, "Wagon Wheels" - uncredited, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" - uncredited, "A Rusty Old Halo" - uncredited, "Buttons and Bows" - uncredited, "The Place Where I Worship" - uncredited, "Happy Trails" - uncredited)
[speaking in 1992 of husband Roy Rogers] We hit it off together because he's so much like my brother. I mean, Roy's like I am, and that's it.
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