As a Powers model she was known as Frances Westcott
Mother of actress Candice Bergen and actor Kris Bergen.
Moved to Los Angeles with her mother at the age of 10 after her father died.
Once desire to become a chanteuse and had several engagements in major supper clubs but gave it up because she felt family came first.
One of her best film roles came at age 68 as the matriarch in writer-director Henry Jaglom's drama Eating (1990).