| Fran Jeffries | |
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| Born | Frances Makris May 18, 1937 San Jose, California, United States |
| Years active | 1958-2000 |
| Spouse | Dick Haymes (1958-1965) (divorced) 1 child Richard Quine (1965-1969) (divorced) Steven Schaeffer (1971-1973) (divorced) |
Fran Jeffries (born May 18, 1937) is an American singer, actress, and model.
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She had a cameo in the 1963 film The Pink Panther, in which she sang a song called "Meglio Stasera (It Had Better Be Tonight)" while she danced provocatively around a fireplace.[1] She also sang a number in the first sequel, A Shot in the Dark. 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". She was featured in Playboy Magazine a couple years later, in 1971 at the age of 35, in a pictorial entitled "Frantastic!". Ten years later she posed a second time for Playboy at the age of 45. This second pictorial was titled "Still Frantastic!".[2] Photos reveal that, at some point in her career, she appeared onstage with Bob Hope.
Jeffries has been married three times:
Has 1 daughter, Stephanie Haymes (Taupin) Roven.[3]
"Sex and the Single Girl" was released on MGM in 1964 as a single and an LP. In 1966, Fran Jeffries recorded an album for Monument Records, This Is Fran Jeffries; 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, Jeffries released a recording All the Love, again a collection of standards.
Accumalative song recordings:
Accumalative songs for movies: