CONNIE FRANCIS (Autographed Photo) Film historian Leonard Maltin has

Film historian Leonard Maltin has defined the character actors who appeared in films of the 30s and 40s as “Hollywood’s Real Stars

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who directed nearly all of the Sherlock Holmes mystery-adventures of the 1940s that starred Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce

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The actress attended a convention in Baltimore more than two decades ago and signed this note with her autograph

CONNIE FRANCIS (Autographed Photo) Film historian Leonard Maltin hasAutographed photo from Connie Francis. She was not only the first female rock n roll singer but the first American artist to record in no less than twelve different languages. She also scored hits with upbeat rock and roll numbers such as Stupid Cupid (1958)she was one of the first female performers in that genreand with twangy expressions of heartbreak such as My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own (1960). In 1959 Francis released Connie Francis Sings