Life is still sweet for sexy
'60's TV star Anne Francis

Anne Francis - who rocketed to fame as TV's sexy Honey West - is still leading the sweet life ... admired by countless fans who say they modeled their lives on her.

"I'm constantly amazed at people I run into who adored the show. I didn't realize when I was doing it how much it was influencing young women," the 68-year-old star told The ENQUIRER in an interview.

"I get baby boomer career women who come up to me and say, 'If it weren't for Honey, I don't think I would have realized I could do something else in my life.'

"Back in the 1960s, they didn't have role models for single career women—and women didn't have many choices. They could maybe be school teachers or nurses or housewives. Honey West showed them they could be independent and have a career."

Anne, who starred in the pioneering detective series on ABC-TV in 1965 and 1966, still enjoys working. She appeared recently on a couple of Drew Carey shows as the mother of Drew's fiancée Nicki.

Alluring Anne—who resides in Palm Desert, Calif.— is writing a book about her experiences as Honey West. She's also just put together a calendar of photographs she had taken when she was a Hollywood starlet. It will be out later this year.

The talented performer has been in 30 movies, including "A Lion in the Streets," with James Cagney, "The Rack," with Paul Newman, "Bad Day at Black Rock," with Spencer Tracy and "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand.

"Barbra was extremely professional," said Anne. "She wasn't difficult for me to work with. Spencer Tracy was delightful. Paul was very quiet and retiring. James Cagney really stands out in my mind because he was such a strong, yet gentle, man" she said Anne had two short-lived marriages and enjoys her two grown daughters. She also tries and has seen some pretty remarkable things—including UFOs.

"I've seen things that are unexplainable," she said. "One time I saw triangles of flames in the sky. They were shooting off in all directions. It was strange.

"Another time I was having dinner at a friend's house in the hills and I looked out the window and this silver disk hovering in the sky. It was just hanging there. I said 'Oh, my, look at that'—and then it was gone."

Lovely Anne had a special message for ENQUIRER readers. "Tell them to keep on keeping on," she said. "You've got to do the best you can with your time on this planet, so try to live life to the fullest and with as much good cheer as possible."

- Philip Smith

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Article from the August 3rd 1999 issue of the National Enquirer.
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