Still missing you my dear friend

Dear Vanya, I think about you often. Sometimes I see somebody who reminds me of you, their haircut or posture, their lithe silhouette. I miss you still, a lot, my dear friend.

There are so many things to talk with you about! The coming elections, Brexit, events in the news. I want to sit with you in your marvelously decorated living room, that you painted all by yourself and hear you talk about the time you went to university and studied with Maslow, just be with you again.

Looking you up online tonight I see you were in Alfie with Terence Stamp in 1964

Vanya Franck and Terence Stamp in the stage production Alfie!

And in Conduct Unbecoming in 1970

On the IMDB also in 

Improper ChannelsNurse on Telephone

1981

Five Days from HomeNurse

1978

You played Margaret Lord in

Alaska Repertory Theatre

Anchorage/Fairbanks, Alaska

The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry

Third Production of the Eighth Season  Dec. 22, 1983 to Jan. 13, 1984  ©David Predeger  You were listed on the Tony Awards site as one of the people who died in 2012/2013 in good company with actors and actresses you would have been pleased to be listed among.  Richard Adler Paul Ainsley John Aman Christine Anderson Patty Andrews Allan Arbus R.G. Armstrong Victor Arnold David Atkinson Conrad Bain Shirley Ballard Billy Barnes Daniel Barton Ralph Beaumont David Berk Eddie Bert Lois Bewley Herbert Blau Ernest Borgnine Louis Botto Beverley Bozeman Richard Briers Jacqueline Brookes Brian Brownlee Betty Ann Busch Helena Carroll Janet Carroll Dorothy Carter Rudy Challenger Marianne Challis William Chapman Shirley Chester Sybil Christopher David Connell Harold "Stumpy" Cromer Sam Crothers Edward Crotty Leslie B. Cutler Hal David Audrey Dearden Henry Denker Phyllis Diller Jacquelyn Dubois Victor Duntiere Charles Durning Burt Edwards Nora Ephron Patrick Farrelly Doris Faye Peter Flint Steve Forrset Manheim Fox Vanya Franck Bonnie Franklin Frederick Franklin Robin Gibb Virginia Gibson Ben Gillespie Kevin Gray Michael Gray Martha Greenhouse Andy Griffith Richard Griffiths James Grout Larry Hagman Marvin Hamlisch Arthur Hammer William Hanley Paul Harris Al Freeman Jr. Sherman Hemsley Susan Hight Celeste Holm Howard Honig Edgar "Buddy" Freitag Jonathan Frid Luigi Gasparinetti John Horn Scott Hunter George Ives Charles Jaffe Barney Johnston Fay Kanin John Kerr Jerome Kilty Marketa Kimbrell Archer King Larry L. King Jack Klugman Garrett Lewis Karl Light George Lindsey Mort Lindsey Ralph Linn Susan Luckey Morgan MacKay Lori March Albert Marre Sid Marshall Joel Marston Matt Mattox James McGill Patricia Medina Roy Miller Kathi Moss Leonard A. Mulhern Lou Myers Michael O'Hare Lupe Ontiveros George Ormiston Milo O'Shea Martin Pakledinaz Larry Payton John R. Powers Phil Ramone Martin Richards Jack Richardson Fred Ridgeway Joan Roberts Steve Roland Marty Ross Frederick Neumann Frank Savino Barbara Newman John Newton Melva Niles Patricia Northrop William Nuss Jeremy Nussbaum Ravi Shankar Gloria Hope Sher Lee Silver Frank O'Brien Mike O'Carroll Mark O'Donnell Gretchen Oehler Carrie Smith Victor Spinetti Joan Stein Arthur Storch Ian Stuart Anne Sullivan Donna Summer Willy Switkes Maria Tallchief Beatrice Terry Phyllis Thaxter Susan Tyrrell Porter Van Zandt Gore Vidal Simon Ward Evelyn Ward Fran Warren Andy Williams William Windom Eugene V. Wolsk Jean Sincere Zambello

Your official obit in the Toronto Star

Vanya FRANCK

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• "Vanya, my memories of our dear friendship will last as long..."
  - Judith Roberts

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FRANCK, Vanya - Died April 28, 2012; born Montreal 1928. Actor, writer, director, teacher, designer, counsellor. Performed at the Crest Theatre and at Stratford in the 1960s. Broadway credits include Alfie, Conduct Unbecoming : other notable theatre roles Alma Summer and Smoke, Masha The Seagull, Margaret A Man for All Seasons : movies include The Other Side of Midnight, Consensus . She was a member of Jean Erdman's Theater of the Open Eye Company and Artist in Residence at Brandeis University for 3 years. She wrote a play, Spectrum of One, and an epic poem To Kill a Tiger (2011 Pathways Publishing). Formerly married to Charles Jarrott, she was predeceased by her brother Kerle Palin: survived by her sister Esther; nieces Elaine, Vivian, Jennifer; nephews Ted, Wood; special friends Dora, Dan, Savannah, John, Yusef and Elizabeth Shepherd. Her credo: "Creating beauty is never a waste of time"

Published in the Toronto Star on May 5, 2012

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