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Frances Yarborough is a former actress who now works as an executive secretary in the United States. Frances Yarborough rose to fame and received worldwide attention after her marriage to late TV star Don Knotts. She is the third wife of her husband.
Frances Yarborough: Profile summary
Full Name | Frances Yarborough |
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Gender | Female |
Profession | Celebrity Wife, Executive Secretary, Actress |
Country | USA |
Marital Status | widow |
Husband | Don Knotts |
Eye Color | Brown |
Hair Color | White |
Birth Place | Oconee County, Georgia |
Nationality | American |
Net worth | $1 million |
Father | Cecil Yarborough |
Mother | Emmie Tippet Yarborough |
Siblings | One sister (Jean Yarborough) |
IMDB | Frances Yarborough IMDB |
Frances Yarborough: Biography
Frances Yarborough was born to father Donald Howard Yarborough and mother Charity O’Connell Yarborough. She was born in the 1960s and is in her late 70s.
Donald Howard Yarborough, her father, was a liberal Texas Democrat who ran for governor in 1962 and supported John F. Kennedy.
Furthermore, her father was a Marine Corps officer who served as a company commander in China at the end of WWII. In September 2009, Francey’s father died of Parkinson’s disease. In addition, Yarborough’s father was a lawyer who advocated for the rights of Mexican immigrants and blacks. He was the owner of his own law firm.
Donald, Francey’s father, was born in New Orleans on December 15, 1925. Similarly, her paternal grandfather was the president of a bank that failed during the Great Depression. When Donald was 12, his family relocated to Houston.
Frances Yarborough: Siblings
Frances Yarborough is her sister. Francey is the sister-in-law of Daniel de Visé, a writer and journalist who has worked for The Washington Post, the Miami Herald, and three other newspapers over the course of his 23-year career. De Vise also wrote Yarborough’s late husband’s biography.
Inez Vanderburg of Austin, Texas, Leverett Yarborough of Bend, Oregon, Danny Yarborough of Los Angeles, Donald Arthur Yarborough, and Mollie O’Connell Yarborough are some of Yarborough’s siblings from her father’s other relationships.
Frances Yarborough: Profession & Career
Frances Yarborough was a member of the Executive Committee. She was also a part-time actress. However, she made her one and only appearance in 1976’s “The Electric Chair.” In addition to this, Yarborough was a member of the Walhalla First Baptist Church. Other details about her professional life and work are yet to be published in the media. There isn’t much detail available about her professional life. And it was through her marriage to Don Knotts that Frances became well-known.
Jesse Donald Knotts, her husband, was a well-known American actor and comedian. He was well-known for his appearance on The Andy Griffith Show as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife. It’s a comedy from the 1960s for which he won five Emmy Awards. Similarly, from 1979 to 1984, Don Knotts starred as Ralph Furley on the famous sitcom Three’s Company. He also appeared in several comedy films, including The Ghost and Mr. Chicken and The Incredible Mr. Limpet, in which he played the lead. In 1979, he was ranked #27 on TV Guide’s list of the 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Frances Yarborough: Boyfriend, Marriage & Relationship
Who is Frances Yarborough’s Boyfriend? Frances Yarborough was a married woman at the time of her death. Don Knotts, the late actor, was her husband. Similarly, her late husband and her marital partnership drew a lot of media coverage. The pair married in a private ceremony in the year 2002. Similarly, Frances was Don’s third wife. They were together until February 24, 2006, when he died. At the time of his death, Don Knotts was 81 years old.
Don’s previous marriages included Kathryn Metz, whom he married in 1947 and divorced in 1964. Thomas Knotts, a son, and Karen Knotts, an actress, were their other children. Don later married Loralee Czuchna, his second wife, in 1974. After nine years of marriage, their relationship ended in divorce.
Frances Yarborough: Last Days With Don Knotts
Don Knotts and Francey were living in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Century City at the time of his death. During this time, Don was diagnosed with cancer, as well as severe hypochondria and a degenerative eye disease known as macular degeneration.
Don urged Francey not to tell anyone about his illness, let alone the tabloids. The reason, according to reports, was that the West Virginia-born actor still wanted to work, and a sick actor could not find work. Francey and Don decided not to tell Don’s children that he was dying. They even didn’t tell Knotts’ best friend, Andy Griffith.
Frances Yarborough: The Death Of Don Knotts
Don had stated in his will that he did not want to be kept alive by artificial means. As a result, doctors unplugged the machines. Francey’s husband, Don Knotts, died on February 24, 2006, a Friday, at 11:00 p.m., with her, Karen, and Tom embracing him.
The pneumonia-related complications from lung cancer were the primary cause of death for the former ventriloquist. The interment was held at Westwood Memorial Park, near the graves of Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin, and Truman Capote. He recognized the poignancy in people’s pride and pain and transformed it into something hilarious and endearing. Widow Francey Yarborough Knotts wrote the inscription.
Yarborough stated after Knotts’ death that her late husband “saw poignancy in people’s pride and pain” and found a way to turn it into endearing humour. Don Knotts’ final performance was as Mayor Turkey Lurkey in the 2005 film Chicken Little.
Frances Yarborough: Following Her Husband’s Death
Following her husband’s death, Knotts’ last wife, Francey, gradually turned into a has-been. As a result, it remains a mystery as to what else she is up to now. Given that she never pursued acting professionally, few headings define Francey on her own. Furthermore, Yarborough’s aversion to modern-day communication platforms complicates the situation.
Frances Yarborough: Net worth, Did She Inherit Don Knotts’ Fortune?
There has been no full disclosure of the veteran comedian’s fortune’s distribution since his death, nor will it ever be made public.
While he had a net worth of around $20 million at the time of his death, members of the Knotts’ family did not reveal where the money went. In any case, Francey is likely to have inherited a sizable fortune following the death of her millionaire husband.