- She once said that because of her red hair and freckles, fans have a hard time believing that she is Jewish.
- Remained friends with her former co-stars from One Day at a Time (1975), until the time of her death.
- One year after her own death, her mother, Claire Franklin, who lived to be 102, died on 7 June 2014.
- Her TV daughter Mackenzie Phillips named her pug dog Franklin after her TV mother.
- She attended Beverly Hills High School, whose famous alumni included Michael Lembeck, Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Corbin Bernsen, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman and Richard Dreyfuss.
- Appears in "Grace & Glorie" as Gloria, Ogunquit Playhouse, Ogunquit, Maine, USA. (through 19 July); Cape Cod Playhouse, Dennis, Massachusetts, USA. (21 July to 3 August). (July 1997)
- Her series, One Day at a Time (1975), was canceled at the end of the ninth season, because of low ratings and Franklin decided to leave the show.
- Was the understudy for Sandy Duncan in the 1968 off-Broadway show, "Your Own Thing". She was often mistaken for Duncan at the time.
- Is buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California beside her husband.
- Performing in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", at the Public Theater, Pittsburgh, PA. (March 1999)
- Appeared in "Double Act", with Keir Dullea, at American State Festival, Milford, CT. (July 1998)
- She was one of the two stars to have appeared in every episode of One Day at a Time (1975), with the exception of 1 in the last season.
- Has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer [September 24, 2012].
- Her Acting Mentor was Actor Donald O'Connor.
- She graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1961, and was admitted into the Hall of Fame in 2008.
- Performing the role of "Gloria" in "Grace and Glorie", at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Nyack, NY. (March 1998)
- Maternal Aunt of Shoshana Bush, Joshua Bush, Adam Bush, Kupetz, Dan, and Rabbi Jonathan Kupetz,.
- Began acting as a child.
- In 2001, she and her sister, Judy Franklin Bush, founded the nonprofit "Classic and Contemporary American Plays", an organization that introduces great American plays to inner-city schools' curriculum.
- Second wife and widow of Marvin Minoff.
- Step-mother of Jef Minoff and Julie Minoff.
- She won a Theatre World Award and a Tony Award nomination in 1970 for the Broadway musical, "Applause".
- Stepmother of Jed Minoff and Julie Minoff.
- Her agent, for 15 years, was Robert Malcolm.
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