Curiosidades

Did two nude layouts in Playboy magazine. One, at age 40, was titled "Frantastic!" The other, when she was 45, was titled "Still Frantastic!".

Popular, sexy, highly glamorous supper club entertainer and recording artist who was a steady fixture for decades on the Las Vegas circuit.

Fran's second husband, actor-turned-director Richard Quine, featured her in a couple of his films: Médica, Bonita e Solteira (1964) and Talento Por Amor (1973). Quine's first wife was actress Susan Peters, who was shot and paralyzed after her gun accidentally discharged and a bullet lodged in her spine while she and Quine were on a hunting trip in San Diego. Quine committed suicide in 1989 after years of poor health.

In the late 1960s and early '70s toured Europe with Sammy Davis Jr.,and Southeast Asia with Bob Hope.

Before she became a solo act, she partnered in clubs with then-husband crooner Dick Haymes. They separated in 1961, but did not divorce until 1965.

Her father was a Greek immigrant who moved to San Jose to set up a restaurant.

Former stepmother of Dick Haymes Jr..

Ex-mother-in-law of Bernie Taupin and Bill Oakes.

Daughter, with Dick Haymes: Stephanie Haymes-Roven (Taupin) Roven was born in 1959.

Granddaughters: Zoë Oakes and Hayley Oakes.

Mother-in-law of Charles Roven.