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Frances Heflin(1920-1994)

  • Actress
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Spent her later years portraying Susan Lucci's much-beleaguered mother on the long-running daytime soap opera, All My Children. Susan Lucci loved her in real life and consequently portrayed the grief-stricken daughter quite convincingly when Frances Heflin's character died (upon the actual death of Ms. Heflin). Although she bore a slight resemblance to her more-famous brother Van, one would not realize this resemblance without knowing her last name.
BornSeptember 20, 1920
DiedJune 1, 1994(73)
BornSeptember 20, 1920
DiedJune 1, 1994(73)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in La force du destin (1970)
La force du destin
6.8
TV Series
  • Mona Tyler
  • Mona Kane
Leben des Galilei
7.5
Short
  • Virginia Galilei
  • 1947
Susan Damante, Brooke Mills, and Brenda Sutton in The Student Teachers (1973)
The Student Teachers
4.5
  • Mrs. Updegrove
  • 1973
On m'appelle Dollars (1977)
On m'appelle Dollars
5.4
  • Mrs. Apple Pie
  • 1977

Credits

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Actress



  • Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Rebecca Budig, Cameron Mathison, and Darnell Williams in La force du destin (1970)
    La force du destin
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Mona Tyler
    • Mona Kane
    • 1970–1994
  • On m'appelle Dollars (1977)
    On m'appelle Dollars
    5.4
    • Mrs. Apple Pie
    • 1977
  • Susan Damante, Brooke Mills, and Brenda Sutton in The Student Teachers (1973)
    The Student Teachers
    4.5
    • Mrs. Updegrove
    • 1973
  • Sean Connery, Richard Harris, and Samantha Eggar in Traître sur commande (1970)
    Traître sur commande
    6.8
    • Mrs. Frazier
    • 1970
  • Robert Reed and E.G. Marshall in Les accusés (1961)
    Les accusés
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Kraft
    • 1965
  • The Patty Duke Show (1963)
    The Patty Duke Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Cissy Lane
    • Miss Harvey
    • 1964–1965
  • Naked City (1958)
    Naked City
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Josephine Hendon
    • 1963
  • Tallahassee 7000 (1961)
    Tallahassee 7000
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Jane Rogers (as Fran Heflin)
    • 1961
  • Kraft Television Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Grace Ward
    • Emily
    • 1955–1958
  • Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
    Kraft Television Theatre
    7.6
    TV Series
    • 1954
  • The Mask
    7.3
    TV Series
    • 1954
  • Leben des Galilei
    7.5
    Short
    • Virginia Galilei
    • 1947

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Clark Gable, Cary Grant, June Allyson, and Lucille Ball in Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)
    Hollywood Without Make-Up
    7.2
    • second unit director
    • 1963

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Fran Heflin
  • Born
    • September 20, 1920
    • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
  • Died
    • June 1, 1994
    • New York City, New York, USA(lung cancer)
  • Spouses
      Sol KaplanDecember 28, 1945 - November 14, 1990 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Jonathan Kaplan
  • Relatives
      Kate Heflin(Niece or Nephew)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

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  • Trivia
    Sister of Van Heflin
  • Nickname
    • Fra

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