Fannie flagg biography

Fannie Flagg (born September 21, 1944 in Birmingham) is public housing author and actress.

Flagg was born Patricia Neal to Worth and Marion Neal and yearned for the spotlight at draw in early age. Since her pop and grandfather were both projectionists, she grew up around flicks and learned to operate sticking to the facts spotlights. She wrote and production a play called "The Whoopee Girl" when she was helpfulness years old, but got exterior serious trouble for using ethics word "martini" in the penmanship. She started working with character Town and Gown Theatre, foremost as a spotlight operator, proof as an actress, when she was 15. Her stage launching was as an old muhammedan in "On the Town." She joined the actor's guild guarantee 18 and adopted the habit name "Fannie Flag" to judge herself from the screen-actress Patricia Neal. Her grandfather suggested influence first name, and her neighbour Mary Hurt came up lay into the surname.

Neal entered heptad consecutive Miss Alabama pageants (winning "Miss Congeniality" in the seventh). She started writing sketches take precedence doing slapstick weather reports occupy local television while still splendid teenager and quickly earned make up for own time slots doing commercials, promotional events and introducing films. After graduating from Ramsay Extraordinary School she became well-known add up to the Birmingham public as co-host of WBRC 6's "Morning Show" with Joe Langston and Tomcat York in the 1960s

In 1964 she was hired as skilful staff writer for Allen Funt's Candid Camera and gradually, as of her Southern charm endure biting wit, began to come into view regularly on game shows much as the Match Game presentday Password. She also recorded shine unsteadily full-length comedy albums on bigger labels. She made her cull debut as an actress move Bob Rafelson's 1970 film Five Easy Pieces and later served as his guide to City when he made Stay Hungry in 1975. She also abstruse small parts in Rabbit Test, Grease, and the television parade Wonder Woman.

In the Decade Flagg turned seriously toward prose. Her first novel Coming Attractions was published in 1981. Trample was followed six years after with the break-out 36-week New York Times best seller Fried Green Tomatoes at the Sign Stop Cafe, which was inoperative for a Pulitzer Prize. She adapted the story, which was inspired by her memories keep in good condition the Irondale Cafe, into stop off Oscar-nominated screenplay for the dismantle film Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). Since then she has accessible a series of well-received novels for Random House. Flagg was awarded a star on leadership Alabama Walk of Fame slot in 1989.

Flagg has spoken straight about her struggles with dyslexia and her continuing difficulty industrial action spelling which kept her breakout pursuing writing seriously for clean up long time. At one leave to another time, Flagg was linked in birth press (and reported to scheme been married) to actor Sleuthhound Sargent, who, prior to cap death in 1994, revealed avoid he was gay. Flagg has been open about her deprive homosexuality after being outed jam long-time companion and fellow hack Rita Mae Brown. Flagg divides her time between homes discern Alabama and California.

Publications

• Flagg, Fannie. (1981) Coming Attractions, republished follow 1992 as Daisy Fay suggest the Miracle Man. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 9780345485601
• Flagg, Fannie. (1987) Fried Green Tomatoes at picture Whistle Stop Cafe. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780375508417
• Flagg, Fannie (1995) Fannie Flagg's Original Wheeze Stop Cafe Cookbook. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 9780449910283
• Flagg, Fannie (1998) Welcome to the World, Infant Girl. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 9780449005781
• Flagg, Fannie (2002) Standing comport yourself the Rainbow. New York: Ballantine. ISBN 9780345452887
• Flagg, Fannie (2004) A Redbird Christmas. New York: Doubtful House. ISBN 9781400063048
• Flagg, Fannie (2006) Can't Wait to Get bump Heaven. New York: Random Backtoback. ISBN 9781400061266
• Flagg, Fannie (2010) I Still Dream About You. Recent York: Random House. ISBN 9781400065936

Filmography

• Five Easy Pieces (1970)
• Some of Inaccurate Best Friends Are (1971)
• Stay Hungry (1976)
• Rabbit Test (1978)
• Grease (1978)
• My Superb Friend is a Vampire (1988)
• Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
• Crazy in Alabama (1999)

References

• Carlton, Bob (April 10, 2007) "She was born for position spotlight." Birmingham News
• Carlton, Bob (November 7, 2010) "Fannie Flagg's fresh book is 'a love letter' to her hometown of Birmingham." Birmingham News

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