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

[Dennis Donovan]

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-anne-francis-20110103,0,2031697.story



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."'

She also achieved cult status as one of the stars of "Forbidden Planet," the 1956 MGM movie costarring Walter Pidgeon and Leslie Nielsen and featuring a helpful robot named Robby.
</snip>

[xchrom]

1. loved her. nt

[Hannah Bell]

2. me too.

[Raine]

3. I remember her from Honey West

I loved that show. It was so different for it's time with a tough yet glamourous female dectective.

[hlthe2b]

4. Yes,,,I remember her in that. I always liked her...

RIP, Ms. Francis.

[Skittles]

5. Marsha the Mannequin

yes INDEED

[Hannah Bell]

6. what's that from?

on edit: oh, i see.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_After_Hours.

[Skittles]

7. TWIGHLIGHT ZONE

CLASSIC episode - she was lovely and chilling at the same time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_After_Hours

[AnneD]

8. I just saw that episode....

this weekend. Got the entire boxed set of the Twilight Zone for Christmas and have been savoring it. So many great actors were in that series. And the writing was top notch

[Skittles]

9. oh, absolutely

I NEVER tire of Twilight Zone marathons :)

[AnneD]

10. The latest litmus test....

When someone says twilight, you think of Rod and not Vampires.

[Hissyspit]

11. "Forbidden Planet" was just on last night on TCM!

[Tesha]

12. Leslie Nielson and now Anne Francis!

Is Robbie the Robot still around?

Tesha