Anne Francis Biography (1932?-)

Full name, Anne Lloyd Francis; born September 16, 1932 (some sources cite 1930), in Ossining, NY.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: September 16, 1932?; Ossining, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Appeared as the young Gertrude Lawrence in Lady in the Dark, Broadway production.
Film Appearances
Bobbysoxer, This Time for Keeps, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
Elsie Rand, Summer Holiday, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
Teenager, Portrait of Jennie (also known as Jennie and Tidal Wave), Selznick, 1948
Loretta, So Young, So Bad, United Artists, 1950
Jake Osborne, Elopement, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951
Jean, Whistle at Eaton Falls (also known as Richer than the Earth), Columbia, 1951
Carol Sayre, Dreamboat, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952
Title role, Lydia Bailey, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952
Flamingo, A Lion Is in the Streets, Warner Bros., 1953
Isabella, Susan Slept Here, RKO Radio Pictures, 1954
June Brown, The Rocket Man, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1954
Nancy Corlane, Rogue Cop, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1954
Anne Dadier, Blackboard Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
Liz Wirth, Bad Day at Black Rock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
Rae, Battle Cry, Warner Bros., 1955
Sally Cameron, The Scarlet Coat, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1955
Aggie Hall, The Rack, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
Altaira Morbius, Forbidden Planet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
Betty Hallerton, The Great American Pastime, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1956
Ellen Beldon, The Hired Gun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
Lieutenant Alice Tomlen, Don't Go Near the Water, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1957
Bobbie, Girl of the Night, Warner Bros., 1960
Kitty Foster, The Crowded Sky, Warner Bros., 1960
The Woman Who Wouldn't Die, Warner Bros., 1964
Ann Williams, The Satan Bug, United Artists, 1965
Lorrie Benson, Brainstorm, Warner Bros., 1965
Georgia James, Funny Girl, Columbia, 1968
Monica Alton, More Dead Than Alive, United Artists, 1968
Bobby Jones, Impasse (also known as Golden Bullet), UnitedArtists, 1969
Lisa LaMonica, The Love God?, Universal, 1969
Nancy Ingersoll, Hook, Line, and Sinker, Columbia, 1969
Death Dance at Madelia, 1970
Flo, Pancho Villa (also known as El desafio de Pancho Villa), Scotia, 1975
Anne, Survival, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Patty Colson, Born Again, Avco-Embassy, 1978
Jane, Agatha, 1979
Eileen Sedgely, Return (also known as Return: A Case of Possession), Silver, 1986
Martha Branstein, Little Vegas, IRS Releasing, 1992
Mrs. Lomax, The Double O Kid, Prism Pictures, 1993
Marion Hunter, Lover's Knot, Astra Cinema/Cabin Fever Entertainment, 1996
Also appeared in The High Fashion Murders.
Film Work
Director and producer of Gemini Rising (short film), theatrical release followed by broadcast on PBS.
Television Appearances
Series
Bonny maid (host), Versatile Varieties (also known as Bonny Maid Versatile Varieties and The Bonny Maid Versatile Variety Show),NBC, 1949-1950
Title role, Honey West, ABC, 1965-1966
Terri Dowling, My Three Sons, CBS, 1971-1972
Arliss Cooper, Dallas, CBS, 1981
Mama Jo, Riptide, NBC, 1984
Miniseries
Adele Jones, "Gallagher," Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color,NBC, 1965
Adele Jones, "The Further Adventures of Gallagher," Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, NBC, 1965
Adele Jones, "Gallagher Goes West," Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, NBC, 1967
Zipporah, "The Story of Moses in Egypt," Greatest Heroes of the Bible, NBC, 1978
Mrs. Harris, The Rebels (also known as The Kent Family Chronicles, Part 2), syndicated, 1979
Teresa Kraler, Beggarman, Thief, NBC, 1979
Marjorie M. Post, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story,NBC, 1987
Movies
Jean Marshek, Wild Women, ABC, 1970
Leora Garrison, The Intruders, NBC, 1970
Angel, Mongo's Back in Town, CBS, 1971
Marie Hardy Forrest, The Forgotten Man, ABC, 1971
Annette Larrier, Haunts of the Very Rich, ABC, 1972
Helen Sawyer, Fireball Forward, ABC, 1972
Colette, The F.B.I. Story: The F.B.I. versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (also known as Alvin Karpis: Public Enemy No. 1 and The F.B.I. Story--Alvin Karpis), CBS, 1974
Julie, Cry Panic, ABC, 1974
Helen Dixon, The Last Survivors, NBC, 1975
Selma Goss, A Girl Named Sooner, NBC, 1975
Sophie Fisher, Little Mo, NBC, 1978
Sheila, Detour to Terror, NBC, 1980
Ellie, Rona Jaffe's "Mazes and Monsters" (also known as Mazes and Monsters), CBS, 1982
Ruth Beekman, A Masterpiece of Murder, NBC, 1986
Helene Long, Laguna Heat, HBO, 1987
Terry, My First Love (also known as One More Time and Second Chance), CBS, 1988
Maggie O'Brien, Love Can Be Murder (also known as Kindred Spirits), NBC, 1992
Have You Seen My Son?, ABC, 1996
Specials
Chant of Silence, ABC, 1973
"Abide with Me," Great Performances, PBS, 1977
Dona Lucia D'Alvadorez, Charley's Aunt, The Entertainment Channel,1983
Episodic
"In Love with Love," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1949
"The Rival Dummy," Studio One, CBS, 1949
"Black Sheep," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1950

"The Faithful Heart," Lights Out, NBC, 1950
"Good Housekeeping," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1950
"The Green Pack," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1950
"I Like It Here," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1950
"Kelly," Kraft Television Theater, NBC, 1950
"The Man without a Country," Believe It or Not, NBC, 1950
"The Tryst," Ford Theater Hour (also known as Ford Television Theater and Ford Theater), NBC, 1954
"Deadly Tattoo," Climax, CBS, 1958
"Presence of the Enemy," Studio One, CBS, 1958
"Sermon in Silence," Climax, CBS, 1958
"The Bamboo Curtain," Adventures in Paradise, ABC, 1959
"Incident of the Shambling Man," Rawhide, CBS, 1959
"The Third Commandment," Kaleidoscope, NBC, 1959
"The Twist of the Key," David Niven Show, NBC, 1959
Doreen Maney, "The Doreen Maney Story," The Untouchables, ABC, 1960
Marsha White, "The After Hours," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1960
Nyla Foster, "Hooked," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, CBS, 1960
"Autocrat and Son," Our American Heritage, NBC, 1960
"Jeff McCleod, the Last Rebel," Ford Startime, NBC, 1960
"Queen of the Orange Bowl," The United States Steel Hour, CBS, 1960
"The Yum Yum Girl," The United States Steel Hour, CBS, 1960
Arline Simms, "A Month of Sundays," Route 66, CBS, 1961
Julia Reddy, "Keep Me Company," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1961
Kathy Steffins, "A Million Dollar Property," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1961
"Lady Killer," The New Breed, ABC, 1961
"Play It Glisando," Route 66, CBS, 1961
"With Deadly Sorrow," Hong Kong, ABC, 1961
"A Man for Mary," Going My Way, ABC, 1962
Title role, "Jess-Belle," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1963
"Blood Bargain," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1963
"The Glass Palace," Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1963
"Hang by One Hand," Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1963
"The Machine That Played God," Kraft Suspense Theater, NBC, 1963
"What Really Happened?" Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1963
"Who Killed Wade Walker?" Burke's Law, ABC, 1963
"With the Rich and Mighty, Always a Little Patience," Ben Casey, ABC, 1963
"The Witnesses," Arrest and Trial, ABC, 1963
Gervaise Ravel, "The Guioco Piano Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1964
Gervaise Ravel, "The Quadripartite Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1964
Kate Fitzpatrick, "Ten Rounds for Baby," Temple Houston, NBC, 1964
"All Nice and Legal," The Virginian, NBC, 1964
"A Bird in the Solitude Singing," Ben Casey, ABC, 1964
"Hideout," The Reporter, CBS, 1964
"The Last Stagecoach Robbery," Death Valley Days, syndicated, 1964
"The Trap," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, NBC, 1965
Annie Rhodes, "The Saucer," The Invaders, ABC, 1967
Felice Greer, "The One That Got Away," The Fugitive, ABC, 1967
"Incident in Berlin," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1968
Gillian Colbee, "The Double Circle," Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1969
Myra, "Gun Quest," The Men from Shiloh (also known as The Virginian), NBC, 1970
"Bourbon in Suburbia," Insight, syndicated, 1970
"Deadfall," The F.B.I., ABC, 1970
"The Garden," The Name of the Game, NBC, 1970
"Love and the Visitor," Love, American Style, ABC, 1970
"Murder by Proxy," Dan August, ABC, 1970
Title role, "Sarah," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1972
"A Man Named Arno," Ironside, NBC, 1972
"Queen's Gambit," Assignment: Vienna, ABC, 1972
"Short Fuse," Columbo, NBC, 1972
Miriam Woodridge, "Murder in the Doll's House," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1973
Peggy Angel, "Murder by Proxy," Cannon, CBS, 1973
"Countdown to Panic," Search, NBC, 1973
"Happy Birthday Marvin," Insight, syndicated, 1973
"Night Life," Wide World of Mystery, ABC, 1973
"Ransom," The F.B.I., ABC, 1973
Nurse Sharon Martin, "A Stitch in Crime," Columbo, NBC, 1973
Ida Quinlan, "Night of the Owls, Day of the Doves," Kung Fu, ABC,1974
Katherine Wells, "Horse of a Slightly Different Color," Banacek, NBC, 1974
"Class of '40," Ironside, NBC, 1974
Doris Wainwright Bristol, "Death Score," S.W.A.T., ABC, 1975
Nurse Evelyn Chandler, "The Adventure of the Lover's Leap," Ellery Queen, NBC, 1975
Shirley Evans, "Theater of Fear," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1975
"Terror by the Book," Petrocelli, NBC, 1975
"The Vanished Man," Archer, NBC, 1975
Lola Flynn, "Beauty on Parade," The New, Original Wonder Woman (also known as Wonder Woman), ABC, 1976
"Broken Angels," Police Woman, NBC, 1976
"The Deadliest Enemy of All: Parts 1 & 2," Black Sheep Squadron (also known as Baa Baa Black Sheep), NBC, 1976
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar, NBC, 1976
Alicia Wade, "When Does a War End?" Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 1978
Drusilla "Rowdy" Roberts, "Queen of the Boston Bruisers," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1978
Margo, "Pom Pom Angels," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1978
"Fear of Cheesecake," Flying High, CBS, 1978
"The Girl Who Always Said No," What Really Happened to the Class of '65?, NBC, 1978
"How Do I Kill Thee?" Eddie Capra Mysteries, NBC, 1978
"Mother Mishkin," Vega$, ABC, 1978
"Murder with Pretty People," Police Woman, NBC, 1978
Mrs. Shafer, "Physician, Heal Thy Self," Quincy, M.E. (also knownas Quincy), NBC, 1979
Cindy Lee, "Angels of the Deep," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1980
Mrs. Penelope Conrad, "Romiet and Julio," The Littlest Hobo, syndicated, 1980
"Slim Chance," Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1980
Fantasy Island, ABC, 1980
Susan Wright, "In the Best of Families," CHiPs, NBC, 1982
Angel Barkley, "The Shadow of Sam Penny," Simon and Simon, CBS, 1983
"Fat Chance," Trapper John, M.D., CBS, 1983
(As Anne Lloyd Francis) Louise McCallum, "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes,"Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1984
"Christmas Cruise," The Love Boat, ABC, 1984
"Diamonds Are for Never," Riptide, NBC, 1984
"Getting in Shape," Partners in Crime, NBC, 1984
"Noel's Christmas Carol," The Love Boat, ABC, 1984
(As Anne Lloyd Francis) Ruth Cunningham, "Connections," Finder of LostLoves, ABC, 1985
"The Long Ago Girl," Hardcastle and McCormick, ABC, 1985
"Premium for Murder," Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1985
(As Anne Lloyd Francis) Margo Perry, "Keep the Home Fires Burning," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1986
"The Decision," True Confessions, syndicated, 1986
"Fatal Attraction," Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1987
Janet Masters, "The Starlet," Matlock, NBC, 1989
Trudy McMann, "Till Death Do We Volley," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1989
Lee Haley, "The Big Show of 1965," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
"Who Killed Nick Hazard?" Burke's Law, CBS, 1994
Vera, "The Lady Vanishes," Wings, NBC, 1996
Liddy Talbot, "A Funny Valentine," Home Improvement, ABC, 1997
Charlene Fifer, "Nicki's Parents," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1998
Charlene Fifer, "Nicki's Wedding," The Drew Carey Show, ABC, 1998
Julia Ann Porter, "Sacraments," Nash Bridges, CBS, 1998
"Heroes," Fantasy Island, ABC, 1999
Also appeared in episodes of other series, including Playhouse 90,CBS.
Pilots
Clara Munday, The Third Commandment, NBC, 1959
Honey West, "Honey West: Who Killed the Jackpot?" Burke's Law, ABC, 1965
Flora Dobbs, Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free (also known as Banjo Hackett), NBC, 1976
Amanda O'Malley, O'Malley, NBC, 1983
Mama Jo, Riptide, NBC, 1984
Other
Gina Talbot, Lost Flight, 1969
The Weekend Nun (also known as Matter of the Heart), 1972
Marian Lockhart, "The Young Runaways," World of Disney, NBC, 1978
Radio Appearances
Appeared as Kathy Cameron in the serial When a Girl Marries; alsoappeared in the series Aunt Jenny, Coast to Coast, NBC, Let's Pretend, CBS, Portia Faces Life, and Rosemary.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Author of Gemini Rising (short film), theatrical release followedby broadcast on PBS.
Nonfiction
Voices from Home: An Inner Journey, drawings by Chris Nickens, Celestial Arts (Millbrae, CA), 1982

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Weaver, Tom, They Fought in the Creature Features, McFarland and Company (Jefferson, NC), 1995

Periodicals

Starlog, January, 1993

Electronic

Official Anne Francis Web Site, http://www. nnefrancis.net, August22, 2001

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