Francesca James (born January 23, 1949) is an American actress, writer, singer, composer, director and producer.
[1] James made an impression playing the character of Marcy Wade on One Life to Live from 1970 to 1972, and was afterward asked to join the cast of All My Children as Kitty Shea, a dancer searching for her birth mother.
She was given a chance to sing and even composed the song "Colored Lights" when another character, Tad Martin, was suffering from addiction.
She then moved to Los Angeles as a producer, where she worked on General Hospital, Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives.
[4] In 1998, James left the production team of All My Children, but stayed with ABC Daytime in a consulting position and as the head of its writer development program for the next year.