Short Biography

Actress who, at the height of her fame under contract to Warner Brothers, was on par with Bette Davis.

In 1966 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy, but the cancer had spread and proved fatal.

Having no immediate survivors, Francis left over $1,000,000 to a company, Seeing Eye, Inc., which trained guide dogs for the blind

Miscellaneous Information

Distinctive Features

She had a slight speech impediment

Friends and Family

James Cagney [Friend]

Humphrey Bogart [Friend]

Errol Flynn [Friend]

Cary Grant [Friend]

Claudette Colbert [Friend]

Red Skelton [Friend]

Kitty Miller [Friend]

Noel Coward [Friend]

Grace Moore [Friend]

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Friend]

Van Johnson [Friend]

Constance Bennett [Friend]

Elsa Maxwell [Friend]

Jessica Barthelmess [Friend]

Ruth Chatterton [Friend]

Clifton Webb [Friend]

Marsha Hunt [Friend]

Reginald Gardiner [Friend]

Jean Howard [Friend]

Miriam Hopkins [Friend]

Lilyan Tashman [Friend]

Carole Landis [Friend]

Katharine Clinton Franks [Mother]

Joseph Sprague Gibbs [Father]

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