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Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an American actor and puppeteer, best known for her roles on ''Sesame Street'' as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film, ''Being There'' (1979), and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film, ''What About Bob?'' (1991). ==Life and career== Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician.〔(Fran Brill Film Reference biography )〕 She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. 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 condolence letters. 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, Betty Lou, 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 has appeared in such films as ''Being There'', ''What About Bob?'', ''Midnight Run'', and ''City Hall''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fran Brill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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