in the movie “Where the Boys Are.” I too was saddled with big thick glasses, but the movie gave me hope.

I thought she was very pretty.

In 1974 Francis mounted a comeback at the Westbury Music Fair in New York, but after the performance she was beaten and raped at knife point in her motel. Traumatised, she became a recluse and spent several spells in psychiatric hospitals (she later said she had been admitted against her will by her father).

from the BBC

Thanks for reminding me.