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After attending Finch College, Francis began a varied career as an entertainer based in New York City. [7] She became an accomplished stage actress, performing in many local theatre and off-Broadway plays and in 25 Broadway plays through 1975. [8]
Arlene spent her last years living in San Francisco. Arlene died of cancer on Thursday, May 31, 2001, in a San Francisco hospital, at age 93. Her many fans will miss her, Arlene was truly one of the greats.
- October 20, 1907
- May 31, 2001
A long-time friend and colleague of Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis figured into the multi-faceted life of the journalist-television-radio personality as a co-panelist on What's My Line? But her story begins far from twinkling New York City studios, in Turkey, under the Ottoman Empire.
Arlene spent her last years living in San Francisco. Arlene died of cancer on Thursday, May 31, 2001, in a San Francisco hospital, at age 93. Her many fans will miss her, Arlene was truly one of the greats.
- January 1, 1
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- January 1, 1
- San Francisco, California, USA
A popular television personality of the 1950s, Arlene Francis might have inherited her flare for performing from her maternal grandfather, a Shakespearean actor who taught her to recite. After displaying a talent for dramatics in school plays, she attended the Theater Guild School for a year.
After 24 erratic years in show business, ambitious, Massachusetts-born Arlene Francis, now a taffy blonde, is still playing the all-purpose professional lady.
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Jun 2, 2001 · Arlene Francis, the actress and television personality who was perhaps best known as a regular panelist on the long-running quiz show “What’s My Line?”, has died. She was 93. Francis died of...
