Trivia

Mother of actress Candice Bergen and actor Kris Bergen.

Once desired to become a chanteuse and had several engagements in major supper clubs but gave it up because she felt family came first.

One of her best film roles came at age 68 as the matriarch in writer-director Henry Jaglom's drama Eating - Le dernier secret des femmes (1990).

Moved to Los Angeles with her mother at the age of 10 after her father died.

As a Powers model she was known as Frances Westcott

She was the daughter of Lillie Mae (Howell) and William A. Westerman. Her father's family were German immigrants.