Actress Anne Francis talks with Director John A. Gallagher 1983

[@THE-HammerMan]

How she can speak so candidly with honest insight and detail with very little time needed to reply to the excellent questions speaks volumes about her integrity and knowledge. Her speaking and her feelings about filming a live show are well thought out and brilliantly stated so all can easily understand the reasons behind her answer. A most excellent interview of a most charming and smart lady!

[@gli7utubeo]

Anne Francis and Diana Rigg were the ultimate fantasy to a kid back in the mid 60s. My heart still skips a beat. Love to both.

[@ruskinyruskiny1611]

Do not forget Elizabeth Montgomery.

[@rocroc]

Anne was a truly beautiful women with an unmistakable voice. I saw an IMDB list of the top 100 Science Fiction movies of all time and Forbidden Planet wasn't even on the list. Gravity, Interstellar, Cloverfield, Signs were on the list but none of the old wonderful movies were included. The original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Them, This Planet Earth and The Day The Earth Stood Still were all left off. Disgusting. Forbidden Planet still does get played on TV throughout the year and I look forward to it. When Anne makes her entrance after lunch you know right where you are. When the planet blows up at the end of the movie you can see the loss in her eyes and her shaken body. I'm thankful it is being safely stored away so an appreciative audience can see it in the future. R.I.P.

[@lostinmyspace4910]

I really admire Anne Faancis, and thought I'd see her in some KZbin viseos, and I am not disappointed. As a side note, a month ago I know a lady who caught pneumonia. She had lung cancer diagnosed over a year ago. She was a heavy smoker. Her doctor warned her, and she had prescriptions costing several thousand dollars MONTHLY. A couple months ago she was admitted for this pneumonia, and stayed in the hospital and a rehab convalescent home to gain her strength. She was later released, and 4 days of beng in her own home, she had a stroke. She was on oxygen, and CONTINUED to smoke. Dr said her oxygen levels dropped. I visited her at the hospital, and her face is terribly swollen due to medications. She didn't open her eyes, or even knew my wife and I were there. Ann Francis was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer, and had surgery for lung cancer and also chemotherapy. She died ofn pancreatic cancer. But kow that smoking is never worth it. Look how quickly Miss Francis was eager to smoke. Nothing good comes from it. So sad.

[@motormouthalmighty5526]

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THAT STUNNING YOUNG BEAUTY FROM "FORBIDDEN PLANET" WAS ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AGO.. SHE STILL LOOKS JUST AS FRESH, COLOURFUL AND NEW WHEN I WATCHED IT LAST WEEK. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I FIRST SAW HER ON THE BBC IN 1984 DURING THEIR SCIENCE FICTION SEASON. WHAT AN ETERNAL IMAGE OF FEMALE BEAUTY1

[@jeffg1524]

To me Forbidden Planet has surpassed being just a cult classic. It's simply a CLASSIC Sci-Fi film, period (which means it can be compared to the best in any other movie genre).

[@larrywprice2]

Acting & writing are terrible, compare to Day the Earth Stood Still.

[@jessfrankel5212]

Forbidden Planet had some amazing special effects, but the acting was very generic, if not downright poor in most cases save Walter Pidgeon as Morbius, and the direction lagged. Their director--Fred Sears--was no match for any of his contemporaries. I enjoyed the movie, but it really isn't a classic at all. Fun, yes, but nowhere near a classic. If you want to compare it to the other great films of that era, go ahead. The Day The Earth Stood Still--that's a classic. It Came From Outer Space--far better. There are others, but those two could be considered classics. Not Forbidden Planet, not by a longshot.

[@thomasingersoll2574]

she was sooooooo FOXY when she was young.......I remember the first time I saw "Forbidden Planet " as a 10 year old kid in 1965....and I think I fell in LOVE with her...LOL... Rest in Peace pretty Lady......

[@fenech97]

Sad news indeed for the loss of a really great actress. I saw her for the first time on the t.v. series Honey West. This was way back in 1964. She was very beautiful. R.I.P. Anne Francis.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

So intelligent and so beautiful. A classically wonderful actress whom I adored. Glad to hear she had a family, so she lives on in them.

[@cliffordkinnear9705]

Great interview, she's very smart and introspective. And a fantastic actress.

[@timd7782]

Anne Francis - a total class act. So beautiful and 100% dedicated to her craft. And a great sense of humor too. RIP to a talented, sophisticated, intelligent lovely woman.

[@joelhulsey2800]

Loved her on the episode of Columbo where she played a nurse. Simply gorgeous!

[@musicalme27]

Rest in Peace. Such a lovely person. I loved Honey West.

[@keithflournoy5730]

She is Beautiful!

[@DevilDoghz]

12:40 - Anne Frances is pretty much spot on about the current modern media and its effect on our society.

[@carpecervisiam9366]

I'll never forget the mini skirt when she first appears - best legs ever

[@KCOliver1960]

I was playing Star Trek Online when I got promoted alone with a new starship. At that moment I got word of Miss Francis' passing. So I named my new ship the USS Francis in her honor and memory.

[@PeteM-yo8oe]

Always one of my favourite actresses from that era. Such an intelligent, and classy and natural lady.

[@karenelisu]

When I was little I WANTED TO BE A DETECTIVE WITH A PET OCELOT! Anne Francis was the coolest human on Earth in her show "Honey West" and one of the most beautiful women on the planet. I also thought she must have been the inspiration for the face of the original Barbie Doll; an uncanny resemblance between Miss Francis and the doll even if she wasn't.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

You really hit on something!...she played a mannequin in an episode of Twilite Zone named "After Hours"...She did indeed, in that last shot, look a lot like Barbie!...Anne was, IMO, just as beautiful as MM, Sophia, etc. Absolutely a "perfect" female!

[@leonelquintanilla479]

I miss anne Francis her twilight zone episodes are classic she did several,

[@curbozerboomer1773]

She only did two episodes...but of course, she guest-starred on many other popular series during her career on TV, which she embraced totally. Hollywood seemed to pass her by in the very early 1960s, so she worked for many years in "guest star" roles. She died from lung cancer/pancreatic cancer at age 80. She may have been a "spiritual" person, but she still must have suffered horribly from the ravages of that disease. She was a heavy smoker for most of her life.

[@Ratsonic]

I love her.

[@robertanthony8227]

Ann is dead now this must be over 30 years old

[@theeartofseduction]

I loved her in The After Hours. Gorgeous!

[@brookehanley3659]

+Elise K Agree. She did some Alfred Hitchcocks where she looked wonderful too.

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

If that wasn't a creepy, skincrawler of a Twilight Zone, I don't know what was.

[@garyroy3503]

Easily in the Top 5 "Most Beautiful Woman" ever to grace this planet, probably in the Top 3. She is right up there with Hedy Lamarr, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor and Gene Tierney. It's my opinion but check out her photos from the early 1960's and I doubt any will disagree.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I am absolutely in agreement with you ! Why she did not become as famous as those other ladies, is a mystery to me! Nobody sexier than Anne was, in her 20's and 30's...and she aged better than the others, retained her fetching beauty well into her 50s.

[@fredloeper8579]

Elizabeth Montgomery and Anne Francis were the two predominant TV actresses of the day. My tastes in TV leaned toward Miss Francis. Let's not forget her performance in "Jezebel." And, of course, maybe we can forgive her for "Honey West."

[@curbozerboomer1773]

That series was mostly "eye candy" because of the insanely beautiful Anne!...But it also did present her as being a smart, aggressive, liberated woman...something unusual for those times.

[@eddyedwards6273]

A wonderful person , great intelligence and spirit

[@edumars7066]

i just watched the twilight zone , i got in love with her

[@EfecanKabak]

+Edu “edudigital” Mars I even took screenshots while I'm watching the show :)

[@pdavpidcantpeloos4834]

Edu Mars .

[@ThePiratemachine]

Always loved her. Bright too.

[@avjake]

She was a very wise woman, with great insight into human nature. And, it seems, a good mind for business.

[@fromthesidelines]

What's even more ironic is that "Forbidden Planet" was on Turner Classic Movies two nights ago- the very night of her death. R.I.P., Anne.

[@charlottebarratt1762]

Forbidden planet my no 1 film off all next this island earth . Because of what they achieved with the technology they had at the time . I watched it yesterday for the millionth time . Awesome thank you .

[@tapthatt2012]

@fromthesidelines read about it this morning in the dail news. i was watching forbiden planet. and just last week i was looking at some old tv promos of honey west. one beautiful lady. RIP ANNE FRANCIS

[@motormouthalmighty5526]

FORBIDDEN PLANET 1956! AW IT WILL NEVER DIMINISH. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH FOREVER REMAINS ETERNALLY YOUNG AND NEW. WALTER PIGEON AS MORBIUS!

[@zoom0011]

Her Alfred Hitchcock TV appearances were the best

[@1122DLAN]

RIP Anne Francis!

[@manuelwatts1864]

Fav line from FP ... "Where have you been? I've beamed and beamed!"

[@MrTonyVision]

gud film...so much of her perceptions is valid hindsight.

[@glenntubbs7089]

I had a huge crush on Honey West, and was stunned when it was not renewed the following season.

[@KutWrite]

When was this produced?

[@stevenpilling5318]

That same engaging, slightly roguish, but always warm personality. I miss her and the other actresses of her stamp. Hollywood is much poorer by their absence.

[@denmerc3505]

beautiful lady .

[@RovnoMagic]

Did not know Ms. Francis has died. Rest in Peace.

[@robertanthony8227]

smokeing had z hand in her death ism shure

[@curbozer5006]

2011....age 80, first lung cancer, then pancreatic cancer, she survived 7 years after being first diagnosed, had surgery and radiation...well, I guess 80 is a fair enough run for most of us, but cancer is a painful way to die...she did not deserve such a fate.

[@Rocky-xx2zg]

She was the Best!

[@bigbob1699]

Several years ago I met the son of the designer who made Robbie the Robot on the Long Island RR . He promised me a signed photo , never got it .

[@free..to..air..]

Sad to say...you can sometimes hear the cough that eventually killed her...

[@darinattard3244]

Beautiful

[@wmbrown6]

Interesting that her death followed within a month of her "Forbidden Planet" co-star Leslie Nielsen.

[@ricov1039]

She was dropping knowledge at 15:25🔥

[@antaresrichard]

I'll miss her.

[@robertanthony8227]

yes 1980s this was filmed iam shure

[@iowa_don]

Robby was the most expensive movie prop ever made at the time Forbiden Planet was filmed. You bet they ran to catch him. That guy was replaced for the rest of the film.

[@zoom0011]

Tuesday weld was the ultimate

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Not a bad alternate choice!...How about Yvette Mimieux?

[@panzermarche]

She's so hot!!

[@davidzdziarek-zl8cu]

Marsha.....Marsha.....Who do you think you're fooling, Marsha? Climb off it. Come on, dear. We KNOW who you ARE! Anne Francis in the Twilight Zone!

[@silvereagle2061]

Anyone know when this was filmed?

[@progx8679]

+Robert Dambeck I would say this is the 80s.

[@WillScarlet1991]

Prog X I doubt it. Looks more like 70s.

[@albertofrancalanci9980]

Good bye wonderful Jesse Bell of Twilight Zone...

[@littlecasino60]

'Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet"

[@Audiogeek-kf2ez]

There is no other film made until Star Wars that was even close to the quality of special effects,yes even 2001 ASO was not quite the quality. The music of 2001 made it a better film than it actually was.

[@ratuadilFF]

😊

[@katmandoism]

You can tell she smokes, smoke a lot. Most people did back then.

[@RovnoMagic]

Oh no so sad that such a talent smokes! We lost Walt Disney to soon and now Leonard Nimoy. Please take care of yourself Anne and stop hurting your lungs.

[@TheOneTrueKaliban]

Michael Rovno Yes. It's ironic, too, because there's another clip in which she laments the loss of Rod Serling to smoking.

[@lastmanonearth71]

TheOneTrueKaliban ............I am certain that there are a number of habits and personal mannerisms, that you have, that not everyone would approve of. You would do better by not judging others for any reason based on their habits. Because she was a smoker, doesn't diminish who she was in anyway.......

[@BrazilianGaucho]

Last man on earth It diminished her breathing capacity though.

[@13gladius28]

The body can tolerate some toxicity to some degree. We don't know how much she was smoking. The body needs needs the ability to cleanse itself. When it's younger n healthier it's better able. She seems not a heavy smoker here; one puff does not a heavy smoker make. Smoke is simply an irritant which many other things are too; dusts, powders, aerosoles etc

[@THE-HammerMan]

Michael Rovno She died 4 years before your comment there, dum-dum. And don't tell other adults what to do- it's their choice, and you ain't their mama!

[@SteveCarras]

She's best known as Honey West. May you find ocelots ou[ there in heaven..

[@jpr3665]

Shame she smoked, gave her a terrible cough

[@tcollingscollings9299]

Sadly....it killed her in the end

[@cabininthewoods7326]

Cigarettes are what did her in

[@tomasinacovell4293]

Yeah, but when?

[@hawkmaster381]

This woman had a set of legs that wouldn’t quit!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

She was a stunning female beauty, from head to toe! Some of her outfits she wore in Honey West had me thinking impure thoughts, for sure!

[@sybermen]

En Venezuela fue conocida como la Rubia Peligrosa.

[@zoraidagarcia625]

Sybermen-En Puerto Rico también se conoció a Anne Francis como "La rubia peligrosa", título del programa en español, y la frase se usa hasta hoy para referirse a las niñas rubias, aun cuando no sepan cómo surgió, después de tantas décadas. Anne Francis, "The Dangerous Blonde". Saludos.

[@rickrowell8465]

Honey West!

[@uacmarine3378]

yep, she's a honey, Honey West.

[@2209009pm]

What is up with all this, Forbidden Planet stuff on KZbin lately?

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Time is not good to women.

[@JimColyer]

Too much smoking

[@nissanaltima6187]

When di Ann die. I can guess from.somkeing resulted cancer or somthing

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Anne smokes?! Tisk tisk tisk!

[@howisyourpeterbilt754]

She and Tina Louise didn't Age well...

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Wrong!...She held her looks very well, into her 50's at least.

[@alexvaliansky7707]

Smoking always hurts looks. Look at what it did to Bette Davis.

[@mikes.4136]

I love her too.