Frances Segelman

{{Short description|English sculptor}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949}}

| birth_place = Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

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| field = Sculpture

| training = Leeds

| movement = Bronze Sculpture

| works = Bronze statues and busts

| spouse = {{marriage|Sir Jack Petchey|2016|2024|reason=his death}}

| website = {{URL|http://www.segelman.com}}

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Frances Segelman, Lady Petchey (born 1949){{cite web |title=Frances Segelman, Lady Petchey - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp89813/frances-segelman-lady-petchey |website=www.npg.org.uk |access-date=17 December 2022 |language=en}} is an English sculptor.{{cite news|title=Right royal career for sculptor-to-the-stars Frances|url=http://www.jewishtelegraph.com/prof_95.html|accessdate=27 January 2012|newspaper=www.jewishtelegraph.com}}{{cite news|title=Meet the sculptor behind Leeds United's Billy Bremner statue|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/news-features/consumer/meet_the_sculptor_behind_leeds_united_s_billy_bremner_statue_1_3101574|accessdate=24 January 2012|newspaper=yorkshirepost.co.uk|date=21 February 2011}}

Born in Leeds, Segelman is an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and is known for her busts of royalty and celebrity personalities.{{Cite web |title=Frances Segelman MRSS |url=https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/frances-segelman |access-date=28 August 2024 |website=sculptors.org.uk |language=en}} Amongst others she has sculpted busts of Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh, Joan Collins, Joanna Lumley, Bruce Forsyth, Eamonn Holmes,{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikonlondonmagazine.com/weeks-party-pictures-13102017|title=Week's Party Celebrity Pictures 13 October 2017|date=13 October 2017}} David Frost, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Jack Rosenthal, Cherie Blair, and John Profumo. In 1999, her statue of Leeds United legend Billy Bremner was unveiled at Elland Road.

Marriage

In February 2016, she married 90 year old philanthropist and businessman, Sir Jack Petchey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.propertyweek.com/news/sir-jack-petchey-marries-long-term-partner-frances/5079220.article|title = Sir Jack Petchey marries long-term partner Frances|website=propertyweek.com| date=12 February 2016 |accessdate=24 November 2022}} On 27 June 2024 Petchey died aged 98.{{cite web |last1=Carter |first1=Olivia |title=Sir Jack Petchey: East London businessman dies ages 98 |url=https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/24416754.sir-jack-petchey-east-london-businessman-dies-ages-98/ |website=Romford Recorder |access-date=27 June 2024 |date=27 June 2024}}

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