Fannie Flagg
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Born on September 21, 1941, in Birmingham, Alabama, and named Patricia Neal, Fannie Flagg attended the University of Alabama, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, and the Town and Gown Theatre. Although she is best known as a novelist and screenwriter, she began her career in Birmingham, in 1964. She was an mostrar más actress, comedienne, producer, and writer, first in Birmingham in 1964, when she was the producer of The Morning Show (WBRC-TV) and later when she was associated with such shows as Candid Camera and Harper Valley. Other works include Coming Attractions: A Wonderful Novel (1981) and the recording My Husband Doesn't Know I'm Making This Phone Call (1971). However, Flagg's greatest claim to fame came when the screenplay for the film Fried Green Tomatoes, which she, together with Jon Avnet, adapted from her novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, won an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay in 1991. She is the author several other works of fiction, including; Standing in the Rainbow, A Redbird Christmas, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, I Still Dream about You, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, and The Whole Town's Talking. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Suze Lanier
Series
Obras de Fannie Flagg
Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook: Featuring : Fried Green Tomatoes, Southern Barbecue, Banana Split… (1993) 236 copias
Fried Green Tomatoes, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You: Three Bestselling Novels (2013) 4 copias
[unidentified works] 2 copias
Livros Condensados: Perigo Biológico | O Verão da Minha Ousadia | O Pianista | Que Natal! (2005) — Autor — 2 copias
Three Novels by Fannie Flagg (in slipcase): Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe / Daisy Fay and the Miracle… (2005) 1 copia
Some Of My Best Friends Are 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop (2012) — Contribuidor — 558 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Neal, Patricia (birth name)
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1944-09-21
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Montecito, California, USA - Ocupaciones
- actor
novelist
comedian - Premios y honores
- Harper Lee Award (2012)
- Agente
- Jennifer Rudolph Walsh (WME)
- Biografía breve
- See Flagg's biography in the online Encyclopedia of Alabama.
Miembros
Debates
August 2015: Fannie Flagg en Monthly Author Reads (octubre 2018)
Fried Green Tomatoes en Magic City LT Group (Febrero 2011)
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Overdue Podcast (1)
Five star books (2)
Epistolary Books (1)
Carole's List (8)
Unread books (1)
Female Author (1)
Summer Books (1)
Put a Bird On It (1)
5 Best 5 Years (1)
1980s (1)
Read in 2014 (1)
A Novel Cure (2)
Southern Fiction (4)
Christmas Books (1)
Food Fiction (1)
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- Obras
- 22
- También por
- 19
- Miembros
- 23,906
- Popularidad
- #878
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 814
- ISBNs
- 348
- Idiomas
- 17
- Favorito
- 93
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