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Fran Jeffries (born Frances Ann Makris; May 18, 1937 – December 15, 2016) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model.

Fran Jeffries
Jeffries in "The Pink Panther" (1963)
Born	Frances Ann Makris (1937-05-18)May 18, 1937 Palo Alto, California U.S.
Died	December 15, 2016(2016-12-15) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Years active	1958–2000
Spouses	Edward E. Belasco ​ ​ (m. 1955, divorced)​ Dick Haymes ​ ​ (m. 1958; div. 1965)​ Richard Quine ​ ​ (m. 1965; div. 1970)​ Steven Schaeffer ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1973)​
Children	1

Early life

Jeffries was born Frances Ann Makris on May 18, 1937, in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of Esther A. (née Gautier) and Steven G. Makris, a Greek-immigrant barbershop owner.[1]

Career

Jeffries's film debut came in the 1958 film The Buccaneer.[2] She appeared in the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which she sang "Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)" while leading a line-dance with Peter Sellers, David Niven, and others.[3] Her supporting role as a professional entertainer in Sex and the Single Girl featured her as a singer-dancer.

She sang on The Tom Jones Show in 1969 with the host, doing a duet of "You've Got What it Takes,"[4] as well as The Smokey Robinson Show the following year, in which she did solo numbers as well as a duet with Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder and the rest of the cast.[5]

For a year, Jeffries sang with Bob Scobey's orchestra,[6] and while she was married to Dick Haymes, they had a nightclub act together.[7]

She was featured in Playboy in the February 1971 issue (Volume 18 Number 2) at the age of 33 in a pictorial titled "Fran-tastic!"[8] In September 1982 she posed a second time for Playboy, this time at the age of 45. This second pictorial (Volume 29 Number 9) was titled "Still Fran-tastic!"[9]

Personal life

Jeffries was in (at least) four marriages. Jeffries married the pianist Ed Belasco in 1955; they were divorced in 1957. She and the singer Dick Haymes married in 1958 and divorced in 1964.^{[citation needed]} The couple had a daughter, Stephanie (b. 1959).[1] She was also married to the director Richard Quine (1965-1970) and Steven Schaeffer (1971-1973).[2]

Death

Jeffries died from multiple myeloma on December 15, 2016, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 79.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1958	The Buccaneer	Cariba – Mawbee Girl
1963	The Pink Panther	Greek "cousin"
1964	Sex and the Single Girl	Gretchen
1965	Harum Scarum	Aishah
1969	A Talent for Loving	Maria

Discography

"Sex and the Single Girl" was released on MGM in 1964 as a single and an LP. She also sang the songs "Meglio Stasera" and "The Anniversary Song" in films. In 1966, Jeffries recorded an album for Monument Records entitled This Is Fran Jeffries, which was a collection of standards and popular songs, produced by Fred Foster with arrangements by Dick Grove and Bill Justis, including a rendition of Lennon–McCartney's "Yesterday". In 2000, she released a recording All the Love, again a collection of standards.[1]

Albums

Recorded	Title	Label	Catalogue No.	Format
1960	Fran Can Really Hang You Up the Most	Warwick	W2020	LP/CD
1964	Fran Jeffries Sings of Sex and the Single Girl	MGM Records	SE-4268	LP/CD
1966	This Is Fran Jeffries	Monument Records	SLP-18069	LP/CD
2000	All the Love	Varèse Sarabande	302 066 187 2	CD

Singles

Recorded	Title	Label	Catalogue No.	Format
1964	Sex and the Single Girl?	MGM Records		45 r.p.m.
1966	Take Me (Tutta La Gente Del Mondo)/Honey and Wine	Monument	45-1036
1967	Life Goes On/My Lonely Corner		45-1015
1968	Gone Now/I've Been Wrong Before		45-1089

References

External links

• Fran Jeffries at IMDb
• Timeline
• Fran Jeffries at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[ru] Джеффрис, Фрэн

Фрэн Дже́ффрис (англ. Fran Jeffries; 18 мая 1937, Сан-Хосе — 15 декабря 2016, Лос-Анджелес[1]) — американская певица, актриса и модель, популярная в 1960-е — начале 1970-х годов.

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