Where is Fannie Flagg

Name: Fannie Flagg

Birth Name: Patricia Neal

Nickname: Patsy

Born:  September 21, 1944, Birmingham, Alabama

Claim to Fame:  As mentioned for me, I really only knew Fannie for her appearances on 'The Match Game', and when I asked most that's the first that came out. The only other popular
answer was... 'wasn't she in Grease?'

Family Life: Husband: Dick Sargent (this is not really a fact, can't find any definitive info on it. There were rumors on this... both Dick and Fannie were/are gay so could it have been a marriage to hide it?)

Former Girlfriend: Rita Mae Brown (novelist)

Info:  Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater.

Trivia: Staple celebrity guest on many daytime television game shows back in the 70s, including "Liar's Club" and "Password", among others.

Holds an honorary doctorate from Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire, where her book "Fried Green Tomatoes" is part of the freshman curriculum.

She was born Patricia Neal, a name she could not professionally use, as there was already a well-known Oscar-winning actress named Patricia Neal.

Show business career began when she entered a Miss Alabama pageant and won a scholarship to the Pittsburgh Playhouse

Fannie is openly gay, and was, at one time, the partner of author Rita Mae Brown, who outed her. Despite her openness regarding her personal life, Flagg removed a substantial portion of the lesbian content in the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe in order to make the film Fried Green Tomatoes more commercially viable.

At one time, Flagg was linked in the press (and in some reports, said to be married) to actor Dick Sargent. The two appeared as a couple on the 1970s game show Tattletales, which featured celebrities and their spouses, though at no time were they presented as a true couple. Host Bert Convy would introduce them as "Dick Sargent and his lady, Fannie Flagg." Sargent was himself gay and eventually came out prior to his death in 1994.

Suffers of Dyslexia

Her script for Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for both the Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the
highly regarded Scripters Award.

Where Is She Now: Fannie is still writing away. Her last novel was Can't Wait To Get To Heaven which was published in 2006.

She divides her time between homes in California and Alabama.

See a video of Fannie taking you on a tour through some of the real locations that inspired her writings: Click Here

CREDITS:
Crazy in Alabama (1999) .... Sally the Waitress
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) (uncredited) .... Teacher
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988) .... Mrs. Capello
"The Love Boat" .... Liz Merritt / ... (2 episodes, 1979-1983)
- Zinging Valentine/Temporary Secretary(1983) .... Liz Merritt
- Decision/ Love My Dog (1979).... Mrs. Alicia Finch
"Harper Valley P.T.A." .... Cassie Bowman (1981-1982)
Grease (1978) .... Nurse Wilkins
Rabbit Test (1978) .... The President's Wife
Sex and the Married Woman (1977) (TV) .... Virginia Ladysmith
"Fernwood 2 Night" .... Sylvia Miller (1 episode, 1977)
- Episode #1.28 (1977) TV episode .... Sylvia Miller
Stay Hungry (1976) .... Amy
The New Original Wonder Woman (1975) (TV) .... Amazon Doctor
"Wonder Woman" .... Amazon Doctor (1 episode, 1975)
- The New Original Wonder Woman (1975) TV episode .... Amazon Doctor
Home Cookin' (1975) (TV) .... Adelle
"The New Candid Camera" (1974) TV series
"Match Game 73" .... Herself / ... (1974-1982)
"The New Dick Van Dyke Show" .... 'Mike' Preston (3 episodes)
- After the Ball Is Over (1972) TV episode .... Mike Preston
- A House Is Not a Home, Yet (1971) .... 'Mike' Preston
- Smoke Rings (1971) TV episode .... 'Mike' Preston
"Love, American Style" .... (segment "Love and the Bachelor Party") 1972)
- Bachelor Party/Latin Lover/Test of Manhood (1972)
Some of My Best Friends Are (1971) .... Helen
Five Easy Pieces (1970) .... Stoney

WRITING CREDITS:
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) (novel "Fried Green Tomatoes At
the Whistle Stop Cafe") (screenplay)
"Dolly" (1987) TV series (unknown episodes)
"Candid Camera" (1960/I) TV series (writer)

BOOKS:
Can't Wait to Get to Heaven
A Redbird Christmas
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Standing in the Rainbow
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook

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