Anne Francis, best known for her role in the science fiction film classic Forbidden Planet (1956), and as the female private detective in the television series Honey West (1965–66) for which she was nominated for an Emmy and won a Golden Globe. Died Sunday January 2, 2011. She was 80.

  Ms. Francis with blond hair and a prominent beauty mark near one corner of her mouth, appeared in some of the most popular films of the 1950s. But “Forbidden Planet” and “Honey West” made her reputation. She was working as a model by the time she was 5 and appearing on daytime radio serials by age 11. She also had some small roles on Broadway. She began her movie career at MGM in 1947 and went on to act opposite some of the biggest male stars of the day. In “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), she played the pregnant wife of an idealistic teacher (Glenn Ford). Among her other films were “Bad Day at Black Rock” (1955) with Spencer Tracy and Robert Ryan, “A Lion Is in the Streets” (1953) with James Cagney, and “Hook, Line and Sinker” (1969) with Jerry Lewis. When her movie career declined, Ms. Francis became active in television. She appeared in dozens of series, including “Mission: Impossible,” “Gunsmoke,” “The Twilight Zone,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “The Golden Girls.”