Pouring through the “In Memoriam” tributes to Connie Francis following her July 16 death, aged 87, I was a little surprised to find how few mentioned her brief but highly successful foray into film — ...

Connie Francis, the iconic pop singer and actress whose sugary-sweet hits soundtracked the 1950s and ’60s, has died at the age of 87. Her death was confirmed on Thursday by her publicist and close ...