Connie Francis Net Worth
Connie Francis Net Worth is
$25 Million
Connie Francis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Connie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw. Despite several severe interruptions in... | Full Name | Connie Francis |
| Net Worth | $25 Million |
| Date Of Birth | December 12, 1938 |
| Place Of Birth | Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (1.56 m) |
| Profession | Singer, Actor |
| Education | Newark Arts High School, Belleville High School, New York University, Where the Boys Are, Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on Your Collar |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | Bob Parkinson (m. 1985–1986) |
| Children | Joseph Garzilli Jr. |
| Parents | George Franconero, Sr., Ida Franconero, Where the Boys Are, Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on Your Collar |
| Siblings | George Franconero, Jr. |
| Nicknames | Conni Francis , Conny Francis , Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero , Concetta Rosemarie Franconero , connie_francis , Francis, Connie , Queenie , The Queen of Song , Concetta Franconero , Connie Franconero |
| Awards | Golden Globe Special Achievement Award, NME Award for World Female Singer, NME Award for Favourite US Female Singer, Where the Boys Are, Stupid Cupid, Lipstick on Your Collar |
| Nominations | Echo Award for Best National Rock/Pop Female Artist |
| Movies | Where the Boys Are, Looking for Love |
| TV Shows | The Big Beat |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on her hit singles] They were the least-artistic endeavor of my career. They were bubblegum songs. They were teenybopper songs. But I enjoy seeing the reaction of people when I do them. [The Arizona Republic, Feb. 9, 2006] |
| 2 | On truth: Don't confuse me with the facts! |
| 3 | [regarding Dick Clark playing "Who's Sorry Now" on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952)] He continued playing it until it sold a million. Without Dick Clark I wouldn't have stayed in show business. I was ready to go back to school to study medicine. |
| 4 | [on Elvis Presley's inner-circle crew] Well, they were yes men. They overlooked his excesses and the chemicals he was taking. For a Cadillac, they would say the right thing. I said, "God forbid that day comes that you die, Elvis. Red West is gonna write a bad book about you," and I was absolutely right. |
| 5 | [on her late brother George] He had the greatest sense of humor in the world. When he heard that I was getting married for the third time, he said, "Let me ask you a question", he said. "Don't you think it would be a good idea if you bought a drip-dry wedding dress?" I said, "Don't get cute, Georgie". Then he said, "Is Anita going to be my best friend? Is Anita going to be your Matron of Honor again?" I said, "Yes". He said, "It is a nice thing you keep doing for Anita. Everybody needs a steady job." |
| 6 | In an interview published in the September 1991 issue of DISCoveries Magazine, Connie tells Jerry Osborne: One day in 1960 I was going through my collection of Al Jolson and Judy Garland records, and I played Al's "Are You Lonesome Tonight". I said, "Daddy, come listen to this. I could make it a No. 1 song". He agreed and I called Don Costa in to do the arrangement. I said, "I'm more excited about recording this song than anything I've ever cut." We were in the car on our way to New York when the radio played [Elvis Presley's] "new" single, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?". Can you believe that? I was literally on my way to the studio to record it. How do you like that? Elvis even did the recitation part just like Al Jolson did. |
| 7 | [regarding her version of "God Bless America"] In an interview published in the September 1991 issue of DISCoveries Magazine, Connie tells 'Jerry Osborne': Irving Berlin had a fit when he found out I was doing it. He called my manager and said, "If that teenybopper louses up my beautiful 'God Bless America' the way she did poor Harry Ruby's 'Who's Sorry Now', I'm going to have a stroke". My manager said, "Please, Irving, relax. You'll be the first to hear it." "I just don't want it loused up with any of that 'Stupid Cupid' crap!", said Irving. Then when the record came out, my manager sent it directly to him and he said, "She did it just the way I thought she'd do it. It stinks! It's worse than that." I can't even tell you what he said. So, when it made the Top 10 in Variety, Irving called my manager and says, "George, do you think she can do 'God Bless America' on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948). |
| 8 | Overseas, especially in England, I was an adult star before I was an adult star in America. But here, they didn't take me seriously until that night on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948). I remember it was a Wednesday night, and I had a concert at Carnegie Hall the following Sunday and only 200 seats had been sold. Within 24 hours after doing "The Perry Como Show" they were scalping tickets to get into my show at Carnegie Hall. |
| 9 | [on her MGM record contract] I never paid for anything. There was never any recoupment for all the sessions I did. Not one penny. I had four people I hired to work for me on letters and on foreign releases. They paid for every photograph and I kept the photos. Travel, everything, was paid for. Even if it wasn't on MGM business, it was paid for. Gowns-bills were sent to MGM because I needed them for album covers. I bought them, and wore them. I could record where I wanted, however many songs I wanted, in whatever country, in whatever language, with whatever arranger, and then the bottom line was, if I didn't like any of it, I didn't have to release it. I didn't abuse it. I tried to release even the garbage so that I wouldn't just be recording and not releasing stuff. |
| 10 | [speaking about Hollywood trying to get her thin] I didn't know anything about speed or diet pills, but they gave me these little red pills, like Benzedrine, that you can only buy in Mexico now. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | She was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Performance Arts category. |
| 2 | She was nominated for the 2012 New Jersey Hall of Fame for her contributions to Arts and Entertainment. |
| 3 | Close friend of Kaye Stevens and Neil Sedaka. |
| 4 | She and ex-husband Joseph Garzilli adopted a son, Joseph Garzilli Jr.(born 1974). |
| 5 | One of the guests shown on the episode of This Is Your Life (1952) spotlighting Connie was her fourth-grade teacher. Connie said that she always appreciated her support over the years, as the teacher she had the year previous told her that she'd never make it. |
| 6 | 1961: Singer Allan Chase released a vinyl 45 record titled "I'm In Love With Miss Connie Francis", backed with the song "Lonely Heart". The song gushes over her, often using titles of her songs in the lyrics. |
| 7 | Stated that the two highlights of her career, thus far, were her performance of the song "Never on Sunday" at the 1961 Academy Awards Ceremony, and her performance for troops in Vietnam in 1968 in which she ended with the song "God Bless America" and the entire army of soldiers present stood and sang along, most of whom were in tears. |
| 8 | Singer Gloria Estefan has been very vocal since the mid-1990s that she is interested in playing Connie in a movie about her life. |
| 9 | She was originally supposed to be born in Brooklyn, where her family lived at the time. However, her mother was visiting relatives in Newark, NJ, and attended an all-night dance when she went into labor. |
| 10 | Was the editor of her high school yearbook. |
| 11 | Received a scholarship to New York University to study medicine after high school. |
| 12 | Was advertised in magazines to appear in an MGM movie titled "The Girl with a Definite Maybe" in 1965 but the film was never made. |
| 13 | Her first national appearance was on Talent Scouts (1948). |
| 14 | 1958: She earned her first million dollars, topped polls for Favorite Female Singer and received 5,000 fan letters a week. |
| 15 | 7/3/63: She played a Command Performance before Queen Elizabeth II at the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. |
| 16 | She was not allowed to attend her high school prom by her parents but was permitted to attend her school's weekly chaperoned "Beehive" dances. |
| 17 | 1967" She was voted Best Female Singer in Las Vegas. |
| 18 | The news of President John F. Kennedy's assassination reached her on the set of her third MGM film, Looking for Love (1964). She recorded the single "In The Summer of His Years" in honor of the fallen president and packaged it in a conservative gold sleeve with no photos. All proceeds from the song were donated to the family of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippitt, who had been shot and killed by alleged Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 19 | When she was first making demos, a New Jersey mobster approached her father and offered to place Connie's songs in every jukebox along the East Coast. Mr. Franconero protested, stating that if his daughter was going to make it he wanted to see her do it on her own. |
| 20 | When her first hit, "Who's Sorry Now", first aired on New American Bandstand 1965 (1952), host Dick Clark stated, "There's no doubt about it. This girl's headed straight for the #1 spot.". |
| 21 | According to a broadcast on the A&E Biography channel, singer Elvis Presley attended one of her concerts and had to leave for emotional reasons once he heard her sing the song "Mama" as his mother had just recently died. The next day Elvis sent Connie two dozen yellow roses with a note apologizing for his abrupt exit. |
| 22 | She has appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) (aka "The Ed Sullivan Show") a total of 26 times. |
| 23 | She has been trying to promote a possible follow-up movie to her 1960s hit Where the Boys Are (1960) since the early 1980s titled "Where The Men Are". |
| 24 | She did not learn to drive until she was in her 20s. |
| 25 | Singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka was originally hesitant to offer her the song "Stupid Cupid", as he thought it was much too juvenile for her. |
| 26 | When she first appeared on the scene she was written up in several magazines as being the new Judy Garland. |
| 27 | When show host Perry Como wanted her to sing the Italian song "Mama" on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948), she was very hesitant as she didn't want to be labeled an ethnic singer. The performance gained such a positive response that she released several records in Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese and a number of other languages. |
| 28 | She originally did not want to sing her first smash hit, "Who's Sorry Now", since it was originally written in the 1930s. Her father convinced her otherwise. |
| 29 | She previously dated singer Bobby Darin, who quickly ended the relationship once her father ran him off from one of her shows with a pistol. |
| 30 | As a child she was asked by her father if she would rather have piano or accordion lessons. Since her father was an accordion player and often played to her, she chose the accordion, a decision she said she has come to regret. |
| 31 | 11/6/74: After an appearance at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, she was raped at knifepoint at the Howard Johnson Motel where she was staying. She subsequently sued the hotel chain for failing to provide adequate security when she learned that a year after the rape occurred, the broken lock to her former room had never been repaired. She was awarded a reported $3 million. |
| 32 | Dubbed Jayne Mansfield's singing in The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958). |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brooklyn Banker | 2016 | performer: "Chitarra Romana" | |
| 11.22.63 | 2016 | TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Call the Midwife | 2014-2016 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Gotham | 2015 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Starved | 2014 | Short performer: "Where the Boys Are" | |
| From the Future with Love | 2013 | Short performer: "I Will Wait for You" | |
| Moeder, ik wil bij de revue | 2012 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Midnight's Children | 2012 | performer: "Who's Sorry Now" | |
| Jess + Moss | 2011 | performer: "Tammy" | |
| You Again | 2010 | performer: "Who's Sorry Now" 1923 | |
| So You Think You Can Dance Canada | 2009 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites | 2008 | TV Movie performer: "Mama" - uncredited | |
| Dancing with the Stars | 2008 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Banished | 2007 | performer: "WHERE THE BOYS ARE" | |
| 11er Haus | 2005 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Romance & Cigarettes | 2005 | performer: "Scapricciatiello Do You Love Me Like You Kiss Me" | |
| The Island | 2005 | performer: "Siboney" | |
| Veronica Mars | 2005 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Wire | 2004 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| 2046 | 2004 | performer: "Siboney" | |
| Evil | 2003 | performer: "Stupid Cupid" | |
| Mambo Italiano | 2003 | performer: "Mama" | |
| Futurama | 2002 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Sopranos | 1999 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Jawbreaker | 1999 | performer: "Lollipop Lips" | |
| Lewis & Clark & George | 1997 | performer: "Where The Boys Are" | |
| Tohuwabohu | 1992-1997 | TV Series performer - 7 episodes | |
| The Craft | 1996 | performer: "Fallin'" | |
| Takin' Over the Asylum | 1994 | TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Postcards from America | 1994 | performer: "Among My Souvenirs", "Don't Break The Heart That Loves You" | |
| Brat Pack | 1994 | performer: "Follow The Boys" | |
| Household Saints | 1993 | performer: "Who's Sorry Now" | |
| Lipstick on Your Collar | 1993 | TV Mini-Series performer: "Lipstick On Your Collar" | |
| My Cousin Vinny | 1992 | performer: "Second Hand Love" | |
| Roger & Me | 1989 | Documentary performer: "Lucky, Lucky Me" | |
| Designing Women | 1989 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| In a Year with 13 Moons | 1978 | performer: "Schöner fremder Mann" | |
| Animal House | 1978 | performer: "Who's Sorry Now" | |
| Es funkeln die Sterne - Eine musikalische Silvesterreise um die Welt | 1966 | TV Movie performer: "Lullaby of Broadway" - uncredited | |
| Melissa | 1966 | TV Mini-Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Flight of the Phoenix | 1965 | performer: "The Phoenix Love Theme "Senza Fine" | |
| When the Boys Meet the Girls | 1965 | performer: "But Not For Me", "I Got Rhythm", "Mail Call", "When The Boys Meet The Girls" | |
| Biblioteca di Studio Uno | 1964 | TV Mini-Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1963-1964 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| Follow the Boys | 1963 | performer: "Italian Lullabye", "Follow the Boys", "Waiting for Billy", "Tonight's My Night", "Sleepyland", "Intrigue" / writer: "Italian Lullabye" | |
| The 33rd Annual Academy Awards | 1961 | TV Special performer: "Never on Sunday" | |
| Where the Boys Are | 1960 | performer: "Where the Boys Are", "Turn On the Sunshine" | |
| The Dick Clark Show | 1958-1959 | TV Series performer - 2 episodes | |
| The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | 1958 | performer: "In the Valley of Love", "If the San Francisco Hills Could Only Talk", "Strolling Down the Lane with Bill" - uncredited | |
| Rock Rock Rock! | 1956 | performer: "I Never Had A Sweetheart", "Little Blue Wren" | |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1948 | TV Series performer: "Mama" |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schlager International | 1967 | TV Movie | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1966 | TV Series | Sister Mary Clare |
| When the Boys Meet the Girls | 1965 | Ginger Gray | |
| Looking for Love | 1964 | Libby Caruso | |
| Follow the Boys | 1963 | Bonnie Pulaski | |
| Where the Boys Are | 1960 | Angie | |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1959 | TV Series | |
| Jamboree! | 1957 | Connie Francis | |
| Rock Rock Rock! | 1956 | Dori's Songs (singing voice) |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laverne & Shirley | 1976-1977 | TV Series musician - 3 episodes | |
| Biblioteca di Studio Uno | 1964 | TV Mini-Series playback singer - 1 episode | |
| The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw | 1958 | singer: title music | |
| Jamboree! | 1957 | singing voice: Freda Holloway | |
| Rock Rock Rock! | 1956 | singing voice: Tuesday Weld |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laverne & Shirley | 1977 | TV Series contributor - 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Sedaka: King of Song | 2014 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Homeward Bound Telethon | 2013 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Hava Nagila: The Movie | 2012 | Documentary | Herself |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Legends | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Wages of Spin | 2008 | Documentary | Herself |
| Showbiz Tonight | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Original Amateur Hour | 2005 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Feste der Volksmusik | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| American Soundtrack: Red, White & Rock | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Larry King Live | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Songmakers Collection | 2001 | Video | Herself |
| Bobby Darin: Beyond the Song | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Biography | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Connie Francis Scrapbook | 1992 | Video short | Herself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| Connie Francis: A Legend in Concert | 1989 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Today | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| Win, Lose or Draw | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hour Magazine | 1981-1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| On Stage America | 1984 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| American Bandstand's 30th Anniversary Special | 1981 | TV Movie | Herself |
| New American Bandstand 1965 | 1958-1980 | TV Series | Herself |
| Live Wednesday | 1978 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1970-1973 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Vocalist |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1963-1971 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Singer |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1970-1971 | TV Series | Guest Appearance |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1958-1970 | TV Series | Herself - Singer / Herself |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jonathan Winters Show | 1968 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| Es funkeln die Sterne - Eine musikalische Silvesterreise um die Welt | 1966 | TV Movie | |
| Melodien, die die Welt eroberten | 1966 | TV Movie | Herself - Musician |
| Soeben eingetroffen | 1966 | TV Series | Herself - Musician |
| The Andy Williams Show | 1966 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Steve Lawrence Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| Five O'Clock Club | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Eamonn Andrews Show | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ready, Steady, Go! | 1965 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jack Benny Program | 1963-1964 | TV Series | Herself / Em Skinner / Mrs. Stephen Foster |
| I've Got a Secret | 1964 | TV Series | Herself - Celebrity Guest |
| The Bell Telephone Hour | 1960-1964 | TV Series | Herself - Singer |
| Celebrity Party | 1963 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Lawrence Welk Show | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1963 | TV Series | Herself |
| Password All-Stars | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| At This Very Moment | 1962 | TV Special | Herself |
| The New Steve Allen Show | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Top of the Bill |
| What's My Line? | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest |
| Person to Person | 1961 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 33rd Annual Academy Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Herself - Performer |
| Big Night Out | 1961 | TV Series | Herself - Performer |
| This Is Your Life | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Singer |
| Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Herself / Herself - Guest |
| Here's Hollywood | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| Spectacular | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Herself - Host / Herself |
| Parade | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dick Clark Show | 1958-1960 | TV Series | Herself / Themselves |
| The Revlon Revue | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| Herzlichst Ihr Peter Kraus | 1960 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Jimmie Rodgers Show | 1959 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Arthur Murray Party | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Big Record | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stage Show | 1955 | TV Series | Herself - Vocalist |
| Battle of the Ages | 1952 | TV Series | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Yearbook 1960-1963 | 2015 | TV Movie | Herself |
| That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites | 2008 | TV Movie | Herself |
| A Classic Christmas from the Ed Sullivan Show | 2005 | Video | Herself |
| American Bandstand's 50th Anniversary Celebration | 2002 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Pop 2000: 50 Jahre Popmusik und Jugendkultur in Deutschland | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
| American Bandstand's Teen Idol | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
| The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars | 1987 | Video short | Herself |
| The Rock 'n' Roll Years | 1985 | TV Series | Herself |
| Soeben eingetroffen | 1967 | TV Series | Herself - Musician |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Special Award | Golden Globes, USA | For international contribution to the recording world. |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Musical Performance, Female | When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) |
| 1965 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Musical Performance, Female | Looking for Love (1964) |
| 1963 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Female Musical Performance | Follow the Boys (1963) |
| 1961 | Golden Laurel | Laurel Awards | Top Female New Personality | 4th place. |
Known for movies
The Island (2005)
as Soundtrack
Animal House (1978)
as Soundtrack
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
as Soundtrack
2046 (2004)
as Soundtrack