Francine York

AKA:

Francine Yerick, Francine Jane York

Birth Name:

Francine Yerich

Birth Date:

August 26, 1936

Birth Place:

Aurora, Minnesota

Death Date:

January 6, 2017

Place of Death:

Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Cancer

Cemetery Name:

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Francine York was an American actress and model. York worked as a showgirl in her early career at Bimbo's nightclub in San Francisco. York's first screen role was in Robert Clarke's Hollywood exploitation film Secret File Hollywood shot in 1960 but not distributed until 1962. Her big break came when Jerry Lewis cast her in It's Only Money, in which she played a tantalizing sexpot, a role which brought her much publicity. York's television roles included portraying Amanda Agnew on It Takes a Thief, Wendy Wendkoski in Slattery's People, and Kate Landis in The Courtship of Eddie's Father. York was memorable as the willowy Lydia Limpet, the henchwoman of The Bookworm (Roddy McDowall), in a first-season installment of ABC’s Batman in 1966. She uses a boring book to lure Robin to sleep and gets to ride in the Batmobile.

Fun Fact

York never married. She once said, “Like Cinderella, I always wanted to marry the handsome prince…but they don’t make glass slippers in size ten!”

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6000 Santa Monica Blvd.

Los Angeles, California, 90038

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California

Grave Location:

COLM, UWW 3/3

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery take an immediate right and park. Walk to your right and beneath the dome of the cemetery’s main chapel lies the Hollywood Columbarium, where columns of glass-front niches surrounding a murmuring fountain rise up to meet the cupola on the third floor. Francine’s decorative niche can be found on the 3nd floor along the west wing, 3rd row from the bottom on the left as you come out of the stairs.