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Melissa Francis discusses her acting history including her time on 'Little House on the Prairie'
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After the show shows just Melissa Francis and lost.
My how that's -- ringing endorsement.
What I tell me with your -- car and off.
I like to give -- a hard time yeah.
Get out yesterday we -- that we had to gestured me after the show show.
And had we not gonna guess I want to talk about sure.
Your history -- -- people does know the greatness ahead of time you're damn right we didn't.
Melissa Francis works for the Fox Business Network -- -- -- that you work to across the street at NBC.
That's right.
If that other financial network that's -- it worked -- -- other financial network for nine years I think you're talking about something else.
Now talking about no.
That you were perhaps.
Michael and ends daughter.
On Little House on the Prairie look ever -- Little House on the Prairie is a big deal at my house really did you -- watch it all the time this year.
It was very funny.
No idea I was Cassandra -- when they ran out of little -- my goodness.
When they ran out of little kids -- the show is almost over -- they had this sort of revive it.
They added two -- a little -- parents were killed -- -- tragic wagon accident because you know that -- all the time action what happened man the -- somewhere down on the side of -- hill is very dramatic so Michael -- -- you as my phone has is -- along with Jason -- Yeah really yeah he's got to rest not -- -- to reduce support yes that was that was few movies ago and now as of.
A big star and I'm here to just feel this great I -- Little studio on the prairie very ago thank you for embarrassing me -- -- continue this so after you did that you you also did a number of commercials.
I did I -- -- the whole time I was growing up I did my first -- when I was about six months all the what's yeah -- Johnson & Johnson champ -- commercial.
Yeah.
-- and I think TO.
And we knew we need Julie in the bee bee champ Johnson & Johnson -- Tampa.
-- champ Phil okay F six months old how much acting really able to do I don't remember snow I I think this probably isn't playing.
Are there I look -- got me in a -- up and put bubbles on me and maybe it did or didn't cry out and I haven't seen you -- -- -- -- -- -- and I think that's pretty much written and I was done I got my sag card not hitting union member ever cents Nokia and banner.
And I read on Wikipedia which we know my diary reliable I I changed -- profiled by thank you yeah.
You debt you -- a hundred commercials I something like that I mean you -- I lost track along the way and some agents somewhere we know that but yeah I decreased -- stirring up until I was in high school and then.
An exciting collapsed to college and all of us aren't yet but -- -- also in some movies.
I didn't I had no idea we are doing this but -- Just like I think it's really comfortable because you're so good at what you do and you know -- didn't have a the kind in childhood did.
A lot of people that you actually were working you know it actually raises sort of -- series for which is that I.
Did act and -- tennis -- up and the thing that I didn't like about it when I got a little bit all of there was that you know -- what you're saying.
So I felt it instantly being out there pretending to be someone else -- when you feel silly you know you don't.
Great job but just became sort of awkward for me and you know I went off to college to sort of figure out what I really wanted to do I thought I was doing something totally different in television.
And it's you know it is different because obviously you know we're out here flying by the seat of our pants we don't have a lot of control.
Not at all what we had to -- -- -- doing what we're sick thing.
But you know that's not scripted like right now when they're just embarrassingly -- economy was and -- I do not mean to embarrass you because I'm empathetic because my wife and I you student was also a child actress.
It was chatty Cathy remember the -- really.
And that she talks -- in -- As she lived in Encino and her whole family did commercials.
At the did the same thing now commercials they were movies -- -- -- on you know you live there you eventually stumble onto -- set somewhere and somebody puts you on TV so.
Now you said you than you -- to college.
Did you go to a prominent college.
I went to Harvard yet nice -- easy.
I have heard -- -- I have been Hartman.
The NASCAR I was at the bookstore they asked -- believe -- The signing your own book you wrote there you go I was actually -- somebody else's book and a charged with vandalism from.
And is it also true that you were on the on -- Team.
We unit team on my couch I was I'm very thorough -- are very thorough and this is -- this gunman killed my image I was on the polo team.
-- -- -- -- -- We learned didn't.
The Harvard in New Orleans team got up at 6 o'clock in the morning and they went to practice the -- team was -- -- -- lot of -- -- a lot more funds -- decided to get it's a fantastic.
I like about it until that tries to make it seem like mr.
Ed was a -- testimony.
This is not going on the Internet or something right kids I don't was this rehearsals pretty much -- -- It right now people -- write it down while.
That I have a book coming out the fall that's intense yet yet to be titled November 15 and it kind of details you at all.
How you got to the curvy -- exactly.
For -- this is the culmination of my life and career in other words perhaps these questions have had -- your thunder for the book now.
-- not making any sort of interest warm best they're getting used to talking about these things that are really embarrassing that I may have gotten tired -- -- -- do it again it's part of your history be proud of who you haven't embraced it.
Is Melissa Francis your real name is that it doesn't really -- -- -- that now now that's -- that's real name and it obviously was something else before.
My relatives came in through Ellis Island I'm Italian lightly you don't have to but -- There ego but no that's.
And it and it home you're married you have a couple of kids I have two little boys that are one and five and they're adorable.
You know and and -- fantastic as well.
That so they now.
-- -- that I'm the only woman in the house it's like being queen castle Spaniards.
News.
I agree I was not that I was the only boy now and are now -- -- up but I grew up in Little House on the Prairie to -- him for bringing it full circle well done pretty much.
Around we go in six minutes and 42 seconds with Melissa -- -- secure.
-- having sleep at greatest comeback and I'm not sure yet.
