Anne Francis dies at 80; costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic 'Forbidden Planet'

[The Straight Story]

Anne Francis dies at 80; costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic 'Forbidden Planet'

Anne Francis, who costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later played the title role in "Honey West," the mid-1960s TV series about a sexy female private detective with a pet ocelot, died Sunday. She was 80.

Francis, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007 and underwent surgery and chemotherapy, died of complications of pancreatic cancer at a retirement home in Santa Barbara, said Jane Uemura, her daughter. Friends and family members were with her, said a family spokeswoman, Melissa Fitch.

A shapely blond with a signature beauty mark next to her lower lip, Francis was a former child model and radio actress when she first came to notice on the big screen in the early 1950s.

She had leading or supporting roles in more than 30 movies, including "Bad Day at Black Rock," "Battle Cry," "Blackboard Jungle," "The Hired Gun," "Don't Go Near the Water," "Brainstorm," "Funny Girl" and "Hook, Line and Sinker."'



http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-anne-francis-20110103,0,1225404.story

[no_hypocrisy]

1. She had a bit part in "Funny Girl" but she shined in it.

[Speck Tater]

2. ALTA: Where have you been? I've beamed and beamed.

ROBBY: Sorry, miss. I was giving myself an oil job. And what is it you require this time, Miss Alta?

[Alexander]

3. Wow, just over a month after her co-star Leslie Nielsen died.

[MurrayDelph]

4. TCM ran Forbidden Planet yesterday

I don't know if that was a coincidence or if they rescheduled after hearing that she died yesterday.