Anne Hollingshead Francine (August 8, 1917 â€" December 3, 1999) was
an American actress and cabaret singer.She is perhaps best known for
her role as villain Flora Simpson Reilly in the American television
series Harper Valley PTA.The Main Line, Philadelphia-reared Francine
began performing as a cabaret singer in the 1930s at the Coq Rouge.
Other notable engagements included the Copacabana and the Algonquin.
She sang abroad in London and Paris in the 1940s.She made her Broadway
debut in 1954 with Shirley Booth in By the Beautiful Sea. She stepped
in for Bea Arthur as Vera Charles in the 1966 Broadway production of
Mame, starring Angela Lansbury. She and Lansbury reprised their
characters in the 1983 revival. She last appeared on Broadway in 1987
as Mrs. Harcourt in the Lincoln Center revival of Anything Goes,
starring Patti LuPone.
an American actress and cabaret singer.She is perhaps best known for
her role as villain Flora Simpson Reilly in the American television
series Harper Valley PTA.The Main Line, Philadelphia-reared Francine
began performing as a cabaret singer in the 1930s at the Coq Rouge.
Other notable engagements included the Copacabana and the Algonquin.
She sang abroad in London and Paris in the 1940s.She made her Broadway
debut in 1954 with Shirley Booth in By the Beautiful Sea. She stepped
in for Bea Arthur as Vera Charles in the 1966 Broadway production of
Mame, starring Angela Lansbury. She and Lansbury reprised their
characters in the 1983 revival. She last appeared on Broadway in 1987
as Mrs. Harcourt in the Lincoln Center revival of Anything Goes,
starring Patti LuPone.
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