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==Work== ===Musical genres=== While her singles were mostly kept in the then-current sounds of the day such as rock 'n' roll, [[novelty song]]s, the [[Twist (dance)|twist]], [[Torch song|torch ballads]], or the [[Girl group|girl group sound]] created by [[Brill Building]] alumni [[Ellie Greenwich]] and [[Jeff Barry]], Francis' albums represented her in a variety of styles, ranging from R&B, [[vocal jazz]], and [[Country music|country]] to Broadway [[Standard (music)|standards]], children's music, waltzes, spiritual music, [[schlager music]], [[Traditional#Musicology and ethnomusicology|traditionals]] from various ethnic groups represented in the US, and select songs from popular songwriters of the day, such as [[Burt Bacharach]] and [[Hal David]], or [[Les Reed (songwriter)|Les Reed]]. ===Discography=== {{main|Connie Francis discography}} ===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable" ! Movie Title ! Year ! Role ! Co-actors ! Director ! Producer ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | ''[[Rock, Rock, Rock! (film)|Rock, Rock, Rock!]]'' | [[1956 in film|1956]] | Dori Graham<br /><small>(Singing voice only)</small> | [[Tuesday Weld]], [[Valerie Harper]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Lavern Baker]] | Will Price | [[Max Rosenberg]], Milton Subotsky | Connie Francis provided the singing voice for [[Tuesday Weld]] as "Dori Graham" |<ref name="BB12167">"[https://books.google.com/books?id=JikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA21 Connie Francis: Something for Everybody]", ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. January 21, 1967. p. MGM-24. Retrieved July 11, 2020.</ref> |- | ''[[Jamboree (1957 film)|Jamboree]]'' | [[1957 in film|1957]] | Honey Winn<br /><small>(Singing voice only)</small> | Freda Holloway, [[Paul Carr (actor)|Paul Carr]], [[Dick Clark]] | Roy Lockwood | Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky | Connie Francis provided the singing voice for Freda Holloway as Honey Winn |<ref name="BB12167"/><ref>[[Colin Larkin|Larkin, Colin]] (2011). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA1245 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]''. [[Omnibus Press]]. Retrieved July 11, 2020.</ref> |- | ''[[The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw]]'' | [[1958 in film|1958]] | Miss Kate<br /><small>(Singing voice only)</small> | [[Jayne Mansfield]], [[Kenneth More]], [[Bruce Cabot]], [[Sid James]] | [[Raoul Walsh]] | David M. Angel | Connie Francis provided the singing voice for Jayne Mansfield as Miss Kate |<ref>Troyan, Michael; Thompson, Jeffrey Paul; Sylvester, Stephen X. (2017). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=JLCzDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 Twentieth Century Fox: A Century of Entertainment]''. [[Rowman & Littlefield]]. p. 124. Retrieved July 11, 2020.</ref> |- | ''[[Where the Boys Are]]'' | [[1960 in film|1960]] | Angie | [[Paula Prentiss]], [[Yvette Mimieux]], [[Dolores Hart]], [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], [[Jim Hutton]] | [[Henry Levin (film director)|Henry Levin]] | [[Joe Pasternak]] | |<ref name="NotSorry"/> |- | ''[[Follow the Boys (1963 film)|Follow the Boys]]'' | [[1963 in film|1963]] | Bonnie Pulaski | Paula Prentiss, [[Janis Paige]], [[Russ Tamblyn]] | [[Richard Thorpe]] | Lawrence P. Bachmann | - |<ref name="NotSorry"/> |- | ''[[Looking for Love (film)|Looking for Love]]'' | [[1964 in film|1964]] | Libby Caruso | [[Jim Hutton]], [[Joby Baker]], [[Susan Oliver]] | [[Don Weis]] | Joe Pasternak | |<ref name="NotSorry"/> |- | ''[[When the Boys Meet the Girls (film)|When the Boys Meet the Girls]]'' | [[1965 in film|1965]] | Ginger Gray | [[Harve Presnell]], [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Herman's Hermits]], [[Liberace]] | [[Alvin Ganzer]] | Sam Katzman | - |<ref name="NotSorry"/> |} ===Filmography (television)=== {| class="wikitable" ! Movie Title ! Year ! Role ! Co-actors ! Director ! Producer ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | ''The Sister and the Savage''<br />(episode of ''[[Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre]]'') | [[1966 in television|1966]] | Sister Mary Clare | [[James Farentino]], Steve Carlson | Gerald Mayer | unknown |<ref>Neibaur, James L. (2004). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=vgGhAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 The Bob Hope Films]''. [[McFarland & Company]]. p. 181. Retrieved July 10, 2020.</ref> |} ===Bibliography=== {| class="wikitable" ! Book title ! Publishing year ! Publisher ! ISBN |- | ''For Every Young Heart'' | 1963 | [[Prentice Hall]] | None |- | ''Who's Sorry Now?'' | 1984 | [[St. Martin's Press]] | {{ISBNT|0-312-87088-4}} |- |''Among My Souvenirs'' |2017 |Concetta Literary Corporation / Baker & Taylor Publisher Services |978-0999238905 (paperback) and 978-0999238912 (hardcover) |}
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