Jane Elizabeth Abeloff is the daughter of Anne Francis. Jane Abeloff was an award-winning American actress known for her groundbreaking roles in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet and the television action drama series Honey West. Forbidden Planet marked a first in color, big-budget, science-fiction-themed motion pictures.
Jane Elizabeth Abeloff: Bio Summary
Name | Jane Elizabeth Abeloff |
Famous as | daughter of Anne Francis |
Date of Birth | March 21, 1962 |
Birthplace | Los Angeles, United States of America |
Age | 62 years old as of 2024 |
Ethnicity | White |
Nationality | American |
Zodiac Sign | ARIES |
Parents | Mother-Anne Francis, Father- Robert Abeloff |
Siblings | Margaret Francis West |
Who is Anne Francis’ daughter?
Born on March 21, 1962, Jane Elizabeth Abeloff is the daughter of Anne Francis and her ex-husband, Robert Abeloff. She was born in Los Angeles, United States of America. As of 2024, she is 62 years old. Jane Elizabeth Abeloff is not the only daughter of her parents, she has a sibling, Margaret Francis West.
Jane Elizabeth’s mother, Francis was married to the United States Air Force pilot Bamlet Lawrence Price, Jr. from May 1952 through April 1955, and to her father, Robert Abeloff from 1960 through 1964; she never remarried after divorcing Abeloff. Jane Elizabeth Abeloff’s mother was a Democrat and supported Adlai Stevenson‘s campaign during the 1952 presidential election.
Her mother later adopted her sibling Margaret “Maggie” West in 1970, one of the first adoptions granted to an unmarried person in California.
Jane Elizabeth Abeloff’s mother studied flying toward the end of the 1960s, eventually earning her pilot’s license.
In 1982, Francis published an autobiography, Voices from Home, subtitled An Inner Journey. On its cover, she wrote that the book “is my spiritual exposé. It is about our essence of being, the inner workings of mind and spirit which contribute to the growth of the invisible and most important part of us.
A moderate-to-heavy smoker for much of her adult life, Jane Elizabeth Abeloff’s mother, Francis said that she quit the habit in the mid-1980s. Concerned about appetite and weight loss in early 2006, friends implored her to take a medical examination that summer. Blood tests and a CAT scan revealed non-small lung cancer a short time later.
“I am scared – I’m not out of the woods yet,” Francis confided to Globe Magazine in an early 2007 interview. “I’m doing all I can to make this the year for full healing.”
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Immediately Francis began grueling chemotherapy treatments. In September, the tumor shrunk to the point that allowed for the removal of the upper lobe of her right lung. She resumed chemotherapy in December, only to encounter a setback. Despite her weakened condition, Francis continued to make appearances at TV nostalgia fan events. Jane Elizabeth Abeloff’s mother also kept a legion of followers abreast of activities via her annefrancis.net website. But no sooner had the lung cancer subsided than it gradually spread to her pancreas.
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“It has been an emotional and spiritual roller coaster,” Francis described her ordeal. “It’s hard not knowing the outcome, but I thank everyone for keeping me in their thoughts and prayers.”
What happened to Anne Francis’ daughter, Jane Elizabeth Abeloff?
The 80-year-old Jane Elizabeth Abeloff’s mother died due to complications from pancreatic cancer on January 2, 2011, at a retirement home in Santa Barbara, California. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Not much has been heard from Jane Abeloff. She has been totally out of the limelight.
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