Connie Francis
Known For
Acting
Born
1937-12-12 in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died
2025-07-16
Biography
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (/ˌfræŋkoʊˈnɪəroʊ/ FRANG-koh-NEER-oh; December 12, 1937 – July 16, 2025), known professionally as Connie Francis, was an American singer and actress. One of the top-charting female vocalists of the late 1950s and early 1960s, she amassed over 100 million records sold, placing her among the best-selling music artists in history. After a string of unsuccessful releases, Francis rose to fame in 1958 with her cover of the 1923 song "Who's Sorry Now?", which was followed by various other top-10 hits. She became the first woman to reach No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart when "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" topped the chart in 1960. She was also the first woman to achieve three No. 1 hits on the chart, among her 53 career entries. Before the advent of the British Invasion, Francis was the most popular female vocalist in the United States between 1958 and 1964. Francis recorded music in multiple languages, including English, Italian, French, German, Greek, Yiddish, and Japanese, making her a best-selling artist in international markets as well as in American immigrant communities. Between 1974 and 1988, a series of traumatic personal experiences, including a rape attack at knifepoint, led Francis to suffer years of psychological and physical difficulties that sidelined her career. She resumed performing from 1989 until her retirement in 2018. She regained prominence in 2025, shortly before her death, when her 1962 recording "Pretty Little Baby" went viral on social media platforms. Description above from the Wikipedia article Connie Francis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
as Mrs. Stephen Foster
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
This Is Your Life
as Self
American Bandstand
as Self
Die Feste mit Florian Silbereisen
as Self
Legends
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
The Dick Clark Show
as Self
Flitterabend
as Self - Singer
Starparade
as Self
Jamboree!
as Connie Francis
Where the Boys Are
as Angie
Soeben eingetroffen
as self
Looking for Love
as Libby Caruso