▁G lob es . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁film ing ▁the ▁series ▁finale , ▁Fran n ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁" C lement ine ▁Duke " ▁in ▁the ▁min is eries ▁L ucky / Ch ances . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁two ▁of ▁Jack ie ▁Collins ' ▁nov els , ▁L ucky ▁and ▁Ch ances . ▁The ▁role ▁was ▁a ▁dram atic ▁departure ▁from ▁Fran n ' s ▁work ▁on ▁New hart ▁and ▁surprised ▁aud ien ces . ▁She ▁later ▁told ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times , ▁" I ▁thought ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁out rage ous , ▁fl am boy ant , ▁gl am orous . ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁rem ind ▁people ▁that ▁I ▁was ▁capable ▁of ▁playing ▁many ▁different ▁roles ." ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁run ▁of ▁New hart , ▁Fran n ▁continued ▁acting ▁in ▁various ▁projects . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁she ▁co - star red ▁in ▁the ▁TV ▁movie ▁G idget ' s ▁Summer ▁Re union , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁she ▁appeared ▁in ▁Dance ▁' til ▁Da wn ▁with ▁A ly ss a ▁Milano , ▁Christ ina ▁App legate ▁and ▁K else y ▁Gram mer . ▁Fran n ▁also ▁co - host ed ▁the ▁Miss ▁USA ▁and ▁Miss ▁Un iverse ▁page ants ▁of ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁and ▁acted ▁as ▁host ess ▁for ▁the ▁M acy ' s ▁Thanks g iving ▁Day ▁Par ade ▁and ▁the ▁Rose ▁Par ade . ▁ ▁Her ▁last ▁acting ▁role ▁came ▁in