Fran Jeffries
Biography
Fran Jeffries was a singer, dancer, actress, and model from the United States. Born in Palo Alto, California, she sang with Bob Scobey's orchestra and made her film debut in The Buccaneer (1958). In The Pink Panther (1963), she performed the song Meglio Stasera, also known as It Had Better Be Tonight, during a line dance that also featured Peter Sellers and David Niven. In Sex and the Single Girl (1964), she took a supporting part as an entertainer and got to sing and dance. Her final screen part came in A Talent for Loving. In 1969 she appeared on The Tom Jones Show, where she and the host sang You've Got What it Takes as a duet. She also appeared on The Smokey Robinson Show, doing solo numbers and a duet with Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. In December 1972 she took part in Bob Hope's final USO tour of Vietnam.
79years old at death
- Born Palo Alto
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Frances Ann Markis (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 7 years1958 to 1965
Every film, newest first
- 1965Harum ScarumIMDb rating 4.6
- 1964Sex and the Single GirlIMDb rating 6.4
- 1963The Pink PantherIMDb rating 7.0
- 1958The BuccaneerIMDb rating 6.4
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A change of course
Jeffries performed on Bob Hope's final USO tour of Vietnam in December 1972, taking part in that tour and entertaining the troops.
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