Fran Jeffries
| Fran Jeffries | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Frances Ann Makris May 18, 1937 Mayfield, California, U.S. |
| Died | December 15, 2016 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1958–2000 |
| Spouse(s) |
Ed Blasco (divorced) Dick Haymes (1958-1965; divorced); 1 child Richard Quine (1965-1969; divorced) Steven Schaeffer (1971-1973; divorced) |
| Children | Stephanie Haymes Roven (b. 1959) |
| Parent(s) | Esther A. Gautier and Steven G. Makris |
Frances Makris "Fran" Jeffries (May 18, 1937 – December 15, 2016) was an American singer, dancer, actress, and model.
Jeffries' film debut came in The Buccaneer (1958 film) (1950) She appeared in the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which she sang "Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)" while dancing provocatively around a fireplace. Her figure was highlighted, albeit briefly, in a minor role in Sex and the Single Girl.
She sang on The Tom Jones Show in 1969 with the host, doing a duet of "You've Got What it Takes" as well as "The Smokey Robinson Show" from 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.
While she was married to Dick Haymes, they had a nightclub act together.
She was featured in Playboy several years later in 1971 at the age of 33 in a pictorial entitled "Frantastic!" In 1982 she posed a second time for Playboy at the age of 45. This second pictorial was titled "Still Frantastic!".
Fran Jeffries was born Frances Ann Makris to Esther A. (née Gautier) and Steven G. Makris, a Greek-immigrant barbershop owner.
In the 1950s, Jeffries married pianist Ed Belasco. They were divorced in that same decade. She and singer Dick Haymes married in 1958 and divorced in 1965. She was also married to director Richard Quine (1965-1969) and Steven Schaeffer (1971-1973).
Jeffries died on December 15, 2016 in Los Angeles at age 79 from multiple myeloma.
"Sex and the Single Girl" was released on MGM in 1964 as a single and an LP. 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". Other recordings include an LP on Warwick (Fran: Can Really Hang You Up The Most). In 2000, she released a recording All the Love, again a collection of standards.
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