Frances Jennifer "Frannie" Hughes (formerly Crawford) is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns played by several actresses from 1973 to 1992.
When Frannie returned to Oakdale, her old boyfriend, Kevin Gibson, followed her, hoping to repair their relationship.
As Doug was about to rape an unconscious Frannie, he was murdered; her former boyfriend Kevin helped come to the rescue and died in the fight.
Back in Oakdale and now a psychologist, Frannie dated Dr. Larry McDermott before eventually marrying businessman Darryl Crawford.
When Darryl became the prime suspect in the murder of Carolyn Crawford, his first wife, the evidence mounted against him and Frannie became terribly frightened of her new husband.
Several years later, Frannie and her sister decided to go to Haiti to aid in the relief efforts following that country's devastating earthquake.