Birth Name: Mary Frances Luecke<\/p>\n
Date of Birth: February 27, 1943<\/p>\n
Place of Birth:\u00a0St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.<\/p>\n
Date of Death: September 23, 1998<\/p>\n
Place of Death: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.<\/p>\n
Ethnicity: Mary Frann was an American actress. Her roles included the shows The Wild Wild West<\/em>, My Friend Tony<\/em>, Return to Peyton Place<\/em>, Days of Our Lives<\/em>, The Rockford Files<\/em>, WKRP in Cincinnati<\/em>, King’s Crossing<\/em>, Newhart<\/em>, and Hotel<\/em>; the mini-series Lucky\/Chances<\/em>; the films Nashville Rebel<\/em> and Fatal Charm<\/em>; and the made-for-tv movies Gidget’s Summer Reunion<\/em>, Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion<\/em>, Dance ’til Dawn<\/em>, and I’m Dangerous Tonight<\/em>. She was also known as Jennifer Douglas and Mary Fran.<\/p>\n She was the daughter of Adele Katherine and Harry Joseph Luecke. Mary was voted Missouri’s “Junior Miss” at eighteen.<\/p>\n Mary’s paternal grandfather was Harry Joseph Luecke (the son of Maj. Joseph Franz Luecke and Mary Whittler). Harry was born in Missouri, to German parents. Maj. Joseph was from H\u00f6xter, North Rhine-Westphalia. Mary’s great-grandmother Mary was from Westphalia, the daughter of Heinrich Witteler and Gertrud Kleinschmidt.<\/p>\n Mary’s paternal grandmother was Frances Matilda Hain (the daughter of George Hain and Frances Fiedeler). Mary’s grandmother Frances was born in Missouri. George was the son of German emigrants, Paul Hain, from Bavaria; and Katharina Kiefer, from Baden. Mary’s great-grandmother Frances was also the daughter of German parents, Anton Fiedeler and Elizabeth Sprengmeier, who was from Hanover, Lower Saxony.<\/p>\n Mary’s maternal grandfather was John Francis McQuade, Jr. (the son of John Francis McQuade and Katherine Bree). Mary’s grandfather John was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Mary’s great-grandfather John was born in St. Louis, the son of Irish immigrants, John McQuade and Mary Lynch. Katherine was born in Missouri, also to Irish immigrants, her father being John Bree.<\/p>\n Mary’s maternal grandmother was Adele Elizabeth “Della” Knox (the daughter of Thomas A. Knox and Harriet \u201cHattie\u201d Elizabeth Kelly). Adele was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Thomas was the son of James Joseph Knox, whose parents were Irish; and of Mary E. Sachs, whose father was German, from Hessen, and whose mother was English, from Heversham, Westmorland. Mary’s great-grandmother Harriet was the daughter of Thomas Kelly, who was born in England, to Irish parents; and of Margaret Tysus, whose parents were from Virgiania and Missouri, respectively.<\/p>\n
\n*53.125% German
\n*37.5% Irish
\n*9.375% English<\/strong><\/p>\n