Samantha Logan, is a canadian retired actress, she is best known for her role Stacy from 1986 film Flying, and her other work Topsy from Covergirl (1984), and I am the Hotel (1983).
Frances Gallagher is a single mother of six who spends much of her free time drinking at bars. The Gallagher children -- led by oldest son Finn, who takes on much of the child-rearing responsibility due to his mother's absence -- manage to raise themselves in spite of Frances' lack of parenting and unusual parenting style when she does choose to act like a mother.