About Francine Bell

Brooklyn, New York-born and raised, Francine Bell started singing at the age of 5. Significantly influenced by years of singing in church, she later joined the High School of Music and Art (part of New York’s School of Performing Arts, the inspiration for the film, stage production, and television series “Fame”) where she studied voice. To sharpen her skills, she joined the Actors’ Music Workshop in New York. In 1980, with $52 dollars and a one-way airline ticket in hand, she set out to discover a new life, language and culture: destination, Paris, France.