Fran Brill

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Fran Brill
Born (1946-09-30) September 30, 1946 (age 77)
Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, puppeteer
Years active1969–2015
Spouses
Clint Ramsden
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(m. 1979; div. 1983)​
Francis Robert Kelly
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(m. 1988)​

Fran Brill (born September 30, 1946)[1] is an American retired actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street, as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film Being There (1979), Dana Mardukas in the Martin Brest film Midnight Run (1988) and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film What About Bob? (1991).

Life and career

Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania,[1] and is a native of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania,[2] the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joe Brill. Her father was a physician.[3] She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts.[2] Her early experience in acting came when she was 15 and performed in summer stock theater.[3]

She began her career in theater, making her

Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons and many regional theaters including the Long Wharf, Yale Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, the Mark Taper Forum and the Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has been nominated twice for a Drama Desk Award, for What Every Woman Knows
(1976) and for Knuckle (1981), respectively.

From 1974-1975, Brill played Fran Bachman on

Kate and Allie
.

In 1975, Brill portrayed first lady Rachel Jackson in First Ladies' Diaries on NBC-TV.

Law & Order: SVU
.

She has one known animation credit when she guest starred as Elisa and Eliza Stitch in Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Brill had no experience as a puppeteer when she joined

home videos including Zoe's Dance Moves. With the Muppets she did Saturday Night Live, The Muppet Show, The Jim Henson Hour, Dog City, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
.

She has also made commercials, preferring to do voiceovers rather than appearing on-camera,[3] and has appeared in such films as Being There, What About Bob?, Midnight Run, and City Hall.

Retirement

In 2014, Brill announced that she was retiring from puppeteering on Sesame Street.[6]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fran Brill". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  4. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0
    . Retrieved February 17, 2022.
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  6. ^ "Fran Brill Retires from Puppeteering - Muppet Fans Who Grew Up - Tough Pigs". 2 October 2014.

External links

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