Frances Bergen

Frances Bergen was an American actress and fashion model. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, she moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and started as a top fashion model at a Los Angeles store before moving to New York City, where she modeled under the name Frances Wescott for the John Robert Powers agency. Her film debut came in Titanic (1953), credited under that stage name, followed by supporting parts in Her Twelve Men (1954) and Douglas Sirk's Interlude (1957); she also played Madame Francine on the western Yancy Derringer during the 1958 to 1959 season. She also debuted a singing act in New Orleans in 1955 and recorded The Beguiling Frances Bergen. She later had guest roles on shows such as The Millionaire and Barnaby Jones, and in the 1980s appeared in American Gigolo (1980), The Sting II (1983), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) and The Morning After (1986), along with a major part in Henry Jaglom's Eating.