- Franceschi was only 16 when she was cast in Grease (1978). She remembers that the choreographer, Patricia Birch, had just singled her out for attention at the audition when an assistant director announced: "Anyone under 18, leave now." Franceschi recalls that she "just kept dancing." She ultimately got the part, but had to obtain a fake birth certificate in order to fool the studio's legal department.
- Graduated from the High School of Perfoming Arts in New York City.
- Her son, Michael Thomas Rodenburg Franceschi, was born on July 4th, 2003, in London.
- Her father, Gilbert Franceschi, was an art director.
- A dancer off-screen, she is currently a London-based choreographer and expecting her first child. (June 2002)
- London, England. (January 2009)
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