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Francis was involuntarily committed to mental institutions 17 times from 1982 to 1991 after she says she was misdiagnosed with manic-depressive disorder. She was raped in 1974. Her brother was murdered seven years later — reportedly gunned down by the mob in front of his New Jersey home.
Sep 8, 1984 · On the Road Back. Connie Francis Sings Again, After the Hardest of Times. By Carla Hall. September 7, 1984 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. SEVEN MONTHS AGO, Connie Francis tried to kill herself. She came...
Jan 26, 2018 · The 80-year-old has chosen to come forward with a tell-all titled “Among My Souvenirs,” where she candidly opens up about one of her greatest tragedies. The Washington Post previously reported that...
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Connie Francis won television's Startime Talent Scouts at age 12 and signed with MGM Records. She performed "Who's Sorry Now" on American Bandstand, and it became an immediate hit. In 1974, Francis was the victim of a brutal rape in her hotel room. Her lawsuit led to improved security measures throughout the hotel industry. For years after she was ...
Singer and actress Connie Francis was born Concetta Franconero, on December 12, 1938 (some sources say 1937), in Newark, New Jersey. The daughter of George and Ida Franconero, Connie won first prize on Arthur Godfrey's Startime Talent Scoutstelevision show at age 12, and performed on the show for four years. Godfrey convinced her to change her real...
Francis signed with MGM Records in 1955 after she was rejected by nearly every major recording label. MGM released her first recording, "Freddy" because the president of MGM had a son named by the same name. During the next two years, she recorded a number of mediocre songs. Francis was all set to quit music and study pre-med at NYU on scholarship ...
Francis is primarily known for her singing career, but she played the lead in a number of films created for teenagers in the early 1960s. She starred in four motion pictures, Where the Boys Are (1960), Follow The Boys (1963),Looking For Love (1964) and When The Boys Meet The Girls(1965).
In the late 1960s, Francis went to Vietnam to sing for the troops. Through the years, she has performed charity work for organizations such as UNICEF, the USO and CARE. Following a November 1974 performance at the Westbury Music Fair in Westbury, New York, Francis was the victim of a brutal rape and robbery after an intruder broke into her hotel ro...
She was married to first husband Dick Kanellis for just three months (1964-65) and to Joseph Garzilli from 1973 to 1978. She and Garzilli adopted one son.
Connie Francis (born Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero; December 12, 1937) is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. She is estimated to have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
At present, she is collaborating with Emmy award-winning writer of the series 24, Stephen Kronish, on the playbook of her upcoming Broadway musical, the Connie Francis Story scheduled to premiere in 2014.
Dec 14, 2017 · The pop singer who rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 60s has decided to unveil all of her life's dirty secrets in a memoir titled "Among My Souvenirs: The Real Story."
