Some people have just lived a bigger life than the rest of us, but that also means they have encountered more challenges too and Francesca Emerson has definitely lived a life of experiences.
She was born and raised in New York City. The mother of three children and five grandchildren.
She was one of the first Black Bunnies at the New York Playboy Club, the first Black woman to be initiated into the Film Editors Guild 776, the first Black Real Estate Broker to open an office in Selma, Alabama, and also the first Black American woman to be invited to speak at the Rotary Club in the Blue Mountains of Australia.
She faced hardships from a young age and experienced abuse, racism and threats to her life
Her friends there gave her the tribal name “Senedu,” which means “woman of adventure. ” Well, that is definitely her—a woman ready for everything.
In this episode she shares:
- What it was like when her mum passed when she was 5
- The abuse she experienced form her step mother
- Her experience getting married at 18 to a man who tried to kill her
- The moment her husband tried to kill her and how she escaped
- How she became a playboy bunny and how that changed things
- Her experience in Hollywood at universal studios
- The ways people tried to make her fail in Hollywood
- The people she is grateful for in her life
- The other wild experiences and adventures she has had
- Her opinion of Hugh Hefner
Key Quotes
“I always felt, not loved, I always felt a stranger.”
“I got married when I was 18. I stepped out of the frying pan into the fire.”
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