Biography

Didi Conn was born Edith Bernstein, July 13, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, she is memorable for her role as "Frenchy" in Grease. With over 40 film and television credits, we should acknowledge Didi's work in The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980), Grease 2 (1982), Benson, Shining Time Station (1989), and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Since her son Daniel had been diagnosed with the disorder, on November 13, 2008, she was named "national celebrity spokesperson" for Autism Speaks. She has made several appearances, educating the masses on the disorder.

Actress

Best Medicine(2026)as Geneva

Elsbeth(2024)as Bev Corman

Overcompensating(2025)as Janet

Étoile(2025)as Diane

Park Avenue(2025)as Mrs. Harris

Producer

Didi Lightful(2012)

Thanks

Endless Sea(2022)

The Fabulous Allan Carr(2017)

The Time, the Place, the Motion: Remembering Grease(2006)

Oz(1997)

Soundtrack

MsMojo(2016)

Grease Day USA(1978)

Grease(1978)

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure(1977)

Self

You Might Know Her From(2019)as Self - Guest

Daily Blast Live(2015)as Self

7News Spotlight(2020)as Self

Loose Women(1999)as Self

Inside Edition(1988)as Self

Archive Footage

ABC News Breakfast(2008)as Self - Actor, Grease

Weekend Breakfast(2012)as Self - Actor, Grease

Celebrity Page(2013)as Self

The Best of Hollywood(1999)as Self - Interviewee

Most Shocking Moments in Pop 2(2015)as Self, Frenchy, Speaking in 1998

Known for

Grease1978 · Actress Grease 21982 · Actress Benson1979 · Actress Frida2002 · Actress

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Rhonda Bates, Didi Conn, Charles Fleischer, Marion Ramsey, Gailard Sartain, and Fred Travalena in Keep on Truckin' (1975)

Kathrine Baumann, Didi Conn, Charles Fleischer, Marion Ramsey, and Fred Travalena in Keep on Truckin' (1975)

Rhonda Bates, Didi Conn, Wayland Flowers, Marion Ramsey, and Gailard Sartain in Keep on Truckin' (1975)

Franklyn Ajaye, Kathrine Baumann, Jeannine Burnier, Didi Conn, Rhilo Fahir, Wayland Flowers, Richard Lee-Sung, Jack Riley, Gailard Sartain, and Fred Travalena in Keep on Truckin' (1975)

Didi Conn and Charles Fleischer in Keep on Truckin' (1975)

Credit Score: Didi Conn

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Benson

Denise Florence Stevens

Sun Sep 13 1981 – Sat Apr 19 1986

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	Benson	15.00	1979	•	7.1	2	17	4690
2	Shining Time Station	13.00	1989	•	8.2	0	1	825
3	Frida	7.50	2002	•	7.3	2	6	101506
4	You Light Up My Life	5.20	1977	•	4.8	1	1	910
5	Grease	4.50	1978	•	7.2	0	1	325979
6	Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure	3.25	1977	•	6.8	0	0	1302
7	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	2.00	2000	•	4.3	0	0	5247
8	Grease 2	2.00	1982	•	4.6	0	0	41324
9	Overcompensating	2.00	2025		7.7	0	0	15815