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| - Frances Joan "Fran" Brill is widely known for her work as a "Muppeteer" on Sesame Street, until her retirement in 2014. She has appeared in the Law & Order franchise five times the last time was in the 2008 episode "Betrayal".
- Fran Brill (b. September 30, 1946) is an actress and puppeteer who worked on Sesame Street beginning in 1970. She was the first female puppeteer hired by Jim Henson, outside of wife Jane Henson. She is best known for performing Prairie Dawn and Zoe. Brill retired from performing in September 2014.
- Fran Brill (ur. 30 września 1946 roku w amerykańska aktorka, aktorka głosowa i lalkarka, znana przede wszystkim z głosów takich postaci z programu Ulica Sezamkowa jak: Zoe i Pysia Mądrysia (ang. Prairie Dawn). Swoją karierę rozpoczęła w teatrze, potem kilka lat później jej kariera w telewizji i filmie zaczęła nabierać tempa. W latach 1970-2014 pracowała przy produkcjach z Muppetami, m.in. przy Ulicy Sezamkowej.
- Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American actress and puppeteer who worked on Sesame Street from 1970 to 2014, performing such characters as Prairie Dawn and Zoe. She was the first female puppeteer hired by Jim Henson, outside of wife Jane Henson. Outside of Sesame Street, Brill has worked on The Muppet Show pilot The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, two episodes of the actual Muppet Show, Saturday Night Live and Dog City, amongst many other Muppet projects. Brill was also the original performer of Janice.
- A Pennsylvania native, Brill began her performing career in community theater, & in 1968, while in Atlanta, she joined the cast of the play Red, White & Maddox, which ridiculed segregationist governor Lester Maddox. The show proved somewhat controversial due to its political subject matter, but transferred to Broadway in 1969, & Brill moved to New York City to join her fellow cast members, who included a young Christopher Lloyd. The show closed in less than 3 months, after only 41 performances. Out of a job, Brill was seeking work as a voice-over actress & in radio commercials, when she answered an ad from Muppets Inc., auditioning performers for what she initially assumed was a voice-over assignment. As the puppeteer recalled, "In those days, 1970, it was a small operation & if you called
- Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946), is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street. Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician. She is a graduate of Boston University. She has also been seen and heard in hundreds of commercials and appeared in such films as What About Bob?, Midnight Run, City Hall and Being There.
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| - Fran Brill (ur. 30 września 1946 roku w amerykańska aktorka, aktorka głosowa i lalkarka, znana przede wszystkim z głosów takich postaci z programu Ulica Sezamkowa jak: Zoe i Pysia Mądrysia (ang. Prairie Dawn). Swoją karierę rozpoczęła w teatrze, potem kilka lat później jej kariera w telewizji i filmie zaczęła nabierać tempa. W latach 1970-2014 pracowała przy produkcjach z Muppetami, m.in. przy Ulicy Sezamkowej. W 2014 roku aktorka ogłosiła zakończenie swojej kariery i przejście na emeryturę; dwa lata później jej role przejęły dwie inne lalkarki związane z Muppetami: Jennifer Barnhart i Stephanie D'Abruzzo.
- Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American actress and puppeteer who worked on Sesame Street from 1970 to 2014, performing such characters as Prairie Dawn and Zoe. She was the first female puppeteer hired by Jim Henson, outside of wife Jane Henson. Outside of Sesame Street, Brill has worked on The Muppet Show pilot The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, two episodes of the actual Muppet Show, Saturday Night Live and Dog City, amongst many other Muppet projects. Brill was also the original performer of Janice. Brill retired from puppeteering in 2014. She also played Lily Marvin in the 1991 Touchstone Pictures film What About Bob?.
- Frances Joan "Fran" Brill is widely known for her work as a "Muppeteer" on Sesame Street, until her retirement in 2014. She has appeared in the Law & Order franchise five times the last time was in the 2008 episode "Betrayal".
- Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946), is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street. Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician. She is a graduate of Boston University. She began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 1969 play Red, White and Maddox. Her other theatrical roles include leads at the Roundabout Theatre, 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 NBC's daytime drama How to Survive a Marriage. Her character struggled with sudden widowhood, and Brill received over a thousand letters of condolence. Brill was also featured in episodes of The Guiding Light, All My Children, The Edge of Night, Hyde in Hollywood, Lip Service and Kate and Allie. She has also guest-starred on nighttime dramas such as Third Watch, Against the Law, Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU. On Sesame Street, for which she has won an Emmy Award, she has created and puppeteered the Muppets called Zoe, Little Bird, and Prairie Dawn, among others. Playing Zoe, Brill appeared on the TV-series The West Wing as well as many home videos including Zoe's Dance Moves. With the Muppets she also did Saturday Night Live, The Muppet Show, The Jim Henson Hour, Dog City, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. She has also been seen and heard in hundreds of commercials and appeared in such films as What About Bob?, Midnight Run, City Hall and Being There.
- Fran Brill (b. September 30, 1946) is an actress and puppeteer who worked on Sesame Street beginning in 1970. She was the first female puppeteer hired by Jim Henson, outside of wife Jane Henson. She is best known for performing Prairie Dawn and Zoe. Brill retired from performing in September 2014.
- A Pennsylvania native, Brill began her performing career in community theater, & in 1968, while in Atlanta, she joined the cast of the play Red, White & Maddox, which ridiculed segregationist governor Lester Maddox. The show proved somewhat controversial due to its political subject matter, but transferred to Broadway in 1969, & Brill moved to New York City to join her fellow cast members, who included a young Christopher Lloyd. The show closed in less than 3 months, after only 41 performances. Out of a job, Brill was seeking work as a voice-over actress & in radio commercials, when she answered an ad from Muppets Inc., auditioning performers for what she initially assumed was a voice-over assignment. As the puppeteer recalled, "In those days, 1970, it was a small operation & if you called, you could get Jim directly on the phone.... They were training people to do a Christmas special for The Ed Sullivan Show." The special aired as The Great Santa Claus Switch, & after a 2 week puppetry workshop with Henson, she was subsequently asked to join "Sesame Street".
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