Anne Francis, 1930-2011
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?A little after a month after her Forbidden Planet co-star Leslie Nielsen died, Anne Francis has died of complications from pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. Francis co-starred in hundreds of TV series — some as nerdy as Wonder Woman and Conan — but will always be best remembered by nerds as Alta in the ’50s sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet.
Hey, 2011 — first Postlethwaite, now Anne Francis? Is this how it’s gonna be? Really?
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.