Fannie Flagg
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September 21, 1944
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female
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Birmingham, Alabama, The United States
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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. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (which was produced by Universal Pictures as Fried Green Tomatoes), Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Standing in the Rainbow, and A Redbird Christmas. Flagg’s 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. Flagg lives in California and in Alabama.
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"Face it girls. I'm older and I have more insurance."
— Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe)
— Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe)
"Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead."
— Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel)
— Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel)
"I just know there's an albino living in the colored quarters. I can feel it in my bones."
— Fannie Flagg (Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man: A Novel)
— Fannie Flagg (Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man: A Novel)
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