![]() ![]() Having only an hour to choose a stage name, she selected the first name "Fannie" at the suggestion of her grandfather, who recalled it being used by many comediennes in the vaudeville circuit, and "Flagg" at the suggestion of a friend. After that, Flagg began co-hosting a locally produced "Morning Show" on WBRC-TV in Birmingham, but when she was denied a raise, she quit her job and decided to move to New York City.Īs her acting career began, Flagg could not use her birth name professionally, as there was already a well-known actress named Patricia Neal registered with Actors' Equity. ![]() As a teen, she entered the Miss Alabama pageant, where she won a scholarship to a local acting school for one year. ![]() Įncouraged by her father, Flagg became interested in writing and performing at an early age, writing her first stage play when she was only 10 years old. Aside from a brief period on the Gulf Coast near the town of Point Clear, Flagg spent her childhood in the Birmingham area. Early life īorn Patricia Neal in Birmingham, Alabama, Flagg is the only child of Marion Leona ( née LeGore) and William Hurbert Neal Jr. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation. She is best known as a semi-regular panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show Match Game and for the 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which was adapted into the 1991 motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (book)įannie Flagg (born Patricia Neal September 21, 1944) is an American actress, comedian and author. ![]()
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