Losing Anne Francis
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Anne Francis
wizboy418 — 15 years ago(January 05, 2011 04:49 PM)
I've been a huge fan of Anne Francis since the 1950's. She was not only beautiful (the perfect face, the mole, the gorgeous eyes and the distinctive voice), but she was also a very good and vastly underrated actress. She never got enough credit for her talent. From what I have read she was also a very warm and lovable person. She left a huge body of work, because she managed to keep busy well into her golden years. She is not only a loss to the Hollywood community, but also to me. There are some actors who have been around for so long that we take for granted that they will always be a part of our lives and when they go we feel like we've lost a close relative. That's how I feel about Anne Francis. May she rest in peace.
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hobnob53 — 15 years ago(January 06, 2011 12:57 PM)
Very well said.
Sadder still that her passing comes just weeks after that of her
Forbidden Planet
co-star Leslie Nielsen. And, lest we forget, just over two months since the death of another former co-star, Joe Mantell, from
The Crowded Sky
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A beautiful, talented woman, indeed. Thanks for the memories, Anne. -
cnicknz — 12 years ago(August 14, 2013 08:02 AM)
Ms. Babs as you so snidely put it, had nothing to do with Anne's scenes being cut from Funny Girl. As if anyone could have stolen attention from Streisand in that role. Anne was a friend of mine and she told me personally that the problem was with the director, William Wyler, who didn't like the character Anne was playing and didn't think she added anything to the film. He trimmed her part down to nothingand considering the length of the movie, I don't think there was much choice anyway. Barbra, of course, was blamed for Anne's troubles on the film, but late in life Anne wrote her an open letter apologizing for that impression in the press at the time.
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cnicknz — 12 years ago(November 13, 2013 01:29 PM)
You are ignorant. Yeah, says me. The open letter Anne wrote to Barbra was published on Anne's website. Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean it didn't exist. You've probably never seen the inside of a library either, but I bet you know they exist. If you check on Voices From Home, A book of Memoirs by Anne Francis, you will note that I did the illustrations for the book. I knew her personally from 1965 'til her death. And by the way the column items you remember so well from 1967 were explained by Anne in the letter. And, if you want to be taken seriously, try not writing expressing yourself like Leo Gorcey, it's an insult to his memory.