Death was attributed to carcinoma, a form of cancer. Hardly an ideal feminist heroine, she often urged women to stop dominating men and declared that a woman’s main role in life was to cater to and serve her husband. “Almost always when there’s a successful man, there’s a very interesting and able woman behind him,” Francis said, before calling “Mrs. Neil's third marriage was to Henrietta Videux on February 12, 1949 in Southbury, Connecticut and were married until his passing at Massachusetts General Hospital. Files looks at history through a contemporary lens to see what the honorific “Mrs.” means to women and their identity. Your password must be at least 8 characters, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. More than once Dorothy Kilgallen rhetorically asked Arlene Francis, “Why can’t I be the adorable one?” “What’s My Line?” audiences tended to cast the columnist in the villain’s role, awarding Francis that of bonne femme. But the name, like the chair, wasn’t his alone. And Ray, who died 10 years to the day after her husband, left behind few public statements about how she felt, say, in 1985 when she appeared at the World Design Conference to accept his posthumous award as the world’s most influential designer, for work they did together. 1st husband of Arlene Francis (Nee-Kazanjian) Gable and they were married November 27, 1935 in Manhattan, New York City, New York and were divorced July 1945. Born in Kingston, she was the daughter of the late Frank For Edits select Suggest Edits on the memorial page. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. She married Roger Hinkle on September 14, 1962 in Lewisburg, WVA and including Roger she is survived by her daughters, Dianna Staley (Dave) of Piqua, OH, Dolores … Arlene retired from Pat King/Home Life Insurance in the mid 90’s. (Rodecker's wife noted the last thing her husband said was what a wonderful time he was having.) Francis was also in a number of films. He has been a mediator in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's Appellate Mediation Program since … Dorothy and her husband Richard Kollmar had three children, Jill, Richard, and Kerry. His parents were both natives of Ontario, Canada. She studied acting in college and was only 20 when she made her Broadway debut in La Gringa with Claudette Colbart and Clara Blandick (who would go on to play Aunt Em in The Wizard of Oz ). “We must see each other soon,” he wrote to her in March 1941. Fran­cis was mar­ried twice. On October 6, 1953, she married her love, Stephen Lensing at St. Lucas Catholic Church in St. Lucas, Iowa. Verify and try again. was Bennet Cerf, ... At the top of their agenda was the upcoming assassination of her husband. It’s not exactly right to say that Ray was sidelined, let alone invisible, in the intensely masculine world of midcentury design. The most frequent guest panelist was Arlene Francis's husband Martin Gabel, who appeared 112 times over the years. His first wife was Helen (or Ellen) Johnson, and they were married October 18, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. Oops, we were unable to send the email. Arlene Frances (Dunne) Martineau, passed away peacefully at home with her loving husband, Jim and daughter, Elizabeth by her side on Saturday, November 23rd, 2019, after a brave and long struggle with ). Born in Boston on October 20, 1907, Francis wanted nothing more than to be an actress, even from an early age. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and include a link to the page and details about the problem. The caption on the photo states that the Marine has just returned from fighting at Eniwetok Atoll. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. We have set your language to Her 10-year marriage to her first husband, Neil Agnew, ended in divorce in 1945. Eames” to the stage to say a few halting words. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? If she ever seethed at her husband’s higher profile or felt marginalized (as some colleagues in the Eames studio have suggested), she did not show it. While there was clearly no criminal guilt here, lawsuits certainly did follow. In 1940, she enrolled at the Cranbrook Academy of Art outside Detroit, where she met Charles, at the time the head of the department of industrial design. There is a problem with your email/password. Frizzell (Seager), Arlene Francis, age 76, of Lake Loon passed away on August 24, 2018. Thanks for your help! The designer Ray Eames around 1950. The cou­ple, who often ex­changed en­dear­ments on the show, had a son, Peter Gabel, born Jan­u­ary 28, 1947, a legal scholar as­so­ci­ated with New Col­leg… GREAT NEWS! Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. If you have questions, please contact support@findagrave.com. Second, Arlene Francis is an uncomfortable person to examine. Make sure that the file is a photo. Arlene met her husband at a dance at the Lawler Ballroom in Lawler, Iowa. Her first marriage, from 1935 to 1945, was to Neil Agnew, an executive of Paramount Pictures; they divorced in 1945. We’ve updated the security on the site. Failed to remove flower. The son of Angus James Agnew and Amelia Mildred "Millie" Sullivan. The steady stream of imagery of the couple — sometimes riding on a motorcycle, sometimes frolicking in homemade animal masks, sometimes posing in matched clothing — was as much a part of their work as their chairs, their dozens of experimental movies, or their famous house on the Pacific Ocean, whose light-filled space filled with exquisitely curated assemblages of colorful objects has become a beau ideal of humanized modernism. But the style symbolized by their shared name was a joint creation. When the long run on CBS (1950-1967) finally came to an end, the show went into syndication until 1975, and the only cast member to stay with the show was Ms. Francis. Funeral Services were held privately under the direction of Shook-Farmer Funeral Home, Roseland, NJ, shookfarmer.com. A suit was filed by Mrs. Rodecker in the New York State Supreme Court on January 11th of 1962 against Arlene Francis, her husband Martin Gabel, and the Ritz Towers Hotel for $500,000. The designer Ray Eames around 1950. Francis thus seems to have willingly and willfully fulfilled the … Martin J. Harty is a retired administrative judge who currently provides commercial mediation and arbitration services. American Personality Arlene Francis was born Arline Francis Kazanjian on 20th October, 1907 in Boston, Massachusett, USA and passed away on 31st May 2001 San Francisco, California, USA aged 93. After a semester, Ray left, but they exchanged smitten letters. You need a Find a Grave account to add things to this site. She is survived by : her husband Roger Hinkle; her daughters, Dianna Staley (Dave) of Piqua, OH, Dolores Hinkle of Sidney, OH and Regina Hinkle of Rock Hill; and her sisters, Loretta Hinkle of Rock Hill, Barbara Dobbs of Sidney, OH and Ollie Trent of Raymond, Washington. This account has been disabled. Her 10-year marriage to her first husband, Neil Agnew, ended in divorce in 1945. He was tall and angular, a charismatic former track star and football captain whose looks would later draw comparison to Henry Fonda. Charles and Ray, then newlyweds, in their first home — the Richard Neutra-designed Strathmore Apartments in Los Angeles — in December 1941. NEW YORK (AP) _ A diamond heart-shaped pendant and necklace that Arlene Francis has worn for more than 40 years was snatched from her neck by a thief as she walked down a midtown Manhattan avenue. On June 20th, 1962 it was announced that an out-of-court settlement was reached. Later in life, Kazan­jian painted can­vases of d… We do not have any photo volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Arlene was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother and friend and will be missed by all who knew her. GREAT NEWS! Neil was a film producer and executive who worked for Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Neil Francis Agnew I found on Findagrave.com. Neil was a film producer and executive who worked for Paramount and Twentieth Century Fox. Articles and documentaries about the Eameses lean on Charles’s gnomic statements of design philosophy: “The best for the most for the least.” “Never delegate understanding.” “Never let the blood show.” And then there was this one: “Whatever I can do, Ray can do better.”. Neil Francis Agnew.