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Fannie Flagg is an American actress, comedian and author. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–82 versions of the game show Match Game and for the 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which was adapted into the 1991 motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation. Flagg lives in California and Alabama.
Birth Name
Patricia Neal
Born
Thursday, 21 September 1944
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
Mister Candid Camera | Self | 2021 |
Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
Smile... This Was Candid Camera | Self | 2010 |
Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles | Self | 2005 |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
Crazy in Alabama | Sally | 1999 |
Fried Green Tomatoes | Teacher | 1991 |
My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Mrs. Capello | 1988 |
Harper Valley P.T.A. | Cassie Bowman | 1981 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Game Show Show | Self | 2023 |
Mister Candid Camera | Self | 2021 |
Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
Smile... This Was Candid Camera | Self | 2010 |
Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles | Self | 2005 |
Game Show Moments Gone Bananas | Self | 2005 |
Crazy in Alabama | Sally | 1999 |
Fried Green Tomatoes | Teacher | 1991 |
My Best Friend Is a Vampire | Mrs. Capello | 1988 |
Harper Valley P.T.A. | Cassie Bowman | 1981 |
Grease | Nurse Wilkins | 1978 |
Rabbit Test | The President's Wife | 1978 |
Fernwood Tonight | Sylvia Miller / Mrs. Sylvia Miller | 1977 |
The Love Boat | Alicia Finch / Laurie Ryan / Liz Merritt | 1977 |
Liar's Club | Self - Panelist / Herself | 1976 |
Stay Hungry | Amy | 1976 |
Break the Bank | Self | 1976 |
Wonder Woman | Amazon Doctor | 1975 |
Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Tattletales | Self | 1974 |
Match Game | Herself - Panelist / Self - Panelist / Herself - Penelist / Himself - Panelist | 1973 |
The $10,000 Pyramid | Herself - Celebrity Contestant | 1973 |
Some of My Best Friends Are... | Helen / Helen (Mildred Pierce) | 1971 |
The New Dick Van Dyke Show | 'Mike' Preston | 1971 |
Five Easy Pieces | Stoney | 1970 |
Love, American Style | Sally (segment "Love and the Bachelor Party") | 1969 |
It's Your Bet | Self | 1969 |
The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
The Johnny Cash Show | Self | 1969 |
The Dick Cavett Show | Self | 1968 |
Operation: Entertainment | Self | 1968 |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Guest Performer | 1967 |
The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
The Jackie Gleason Show | Herself | 1966 |
Gypsy | Self - comedic actress / Self | 1965 |
The Match Game | Self - Team Captain / Herself - Team Captain | 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Self / Herself | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself / Herself - Comedienne / Self | 1961 |
Candid Camera | Self | 1960 |
The Kraft Music Hall | Self | 1958 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1992 | Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published | Nominated |