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