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Fran Brill

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Although she started out as a film actress, she has been a puppeteer for "Sesame Street" almost since its inception in 1969. Her best-known Muppet characters are "Zoe" and "Prairie Dawn," although, like the other puppeteers, she has many different characters and also plays "Anything Muppets" as well. See more trivia »

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Frances Joan Brill
in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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2002-2013 Play with Me Sesame (TV series)
Additional Muppets / Prairie Dawn / Zoe
– Chariot/Taiko Drums (2013)
– Bakers/Germany Thatched Roof (2013)
– Rain Forest/Nicaragua Brick Making (2013)
– The Three Duck-keteers/Titere Tito (2013)
– Amazing Frog/Mexican Pottery (2013)
See all 20 episodes »
 
1970-2012 Sesame Street (TV series)
Prairie Dawn / Zoe / Muppet / …
– Elmo and Zoe's Hat Contest (2012) … Zoe (voice)
– Telly the Tiebreaker (2012) … Zoe (voice)
– Afraid of the Bark (2012) … Zoe (voice)
– Brandeis Is Looking for a Job (2012) … June Moon (voice)
– The Letter G Song (2012) … Quinn Fabray Muppet (voice)
See all 83 episodes »
 
2010 When Families Grieve (TV movie)
Mae
 
2009 Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times (TV movie)
Mae
 
2009 Elmo's World: All About Faces (video)
 
1990-2008 Law & Order (TV series)
Maureen Donovan / Mrs. Leah Bartlett / Mrs. Stark / …
– Betrayal (2008) … Maureen Donovan
– Carrier (1998) … Mrs. Stark
– Privileged (1995) … Mrs. Leah Bartlett
– Prisoner of Love (1990) … Sondra More
 
2008 Abby in Wonderland (video)
Zoe as Mousey the Hatter Helper (voice)
 
2007 Elmo's Christmas Countdown (TV movie)
Prairie Dawn/Zoe (voice)
 
2007 Ready for School (video)
 
2007 Sesame Beginnings: Moving Together (video short)
Prairie Dawn
 
2007 Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (video)
 
2006 Sesame Beginnings: Exploring Together (video short)
Prairie Dawn
 
2006 Elmo's Potty Time (video)
Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
2006 Elmo's World: Pets! (video)
 
2006 Sesame Beginnings: Make Music Together (video short)
Prairie Dawn
 
2006 Sesame Beginnings: Beginning Together (video short)
Prairie Dawn
 
2006 Guess That Shape and Color (video short)
 
2006 Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky (video)
 
2005 Elmo Visits the Doctor (video)
 
2005 Sesame Street: All-Star Alphabet (video)
Zoe (voice) / Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
2005 Sesame Street: Friends to the Rescue (video)
 
2004 Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (TV movie)
Zoe (voice) (also archive footage) / Prarie Dawn (voice) (also archive footage)
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Zoe
– Eppur Si Muove (2004) … Zoe
 
2004 Sesame Street: Happy Healthy Monsters (video)
Zoe
 
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
Ilene Maxwell
– The Gift (2003) … Ilene Maxwell
 
2003 Lights, Camera, Imagination! (short)
Zoe
 
2003 Zoe's Dance Moves (video short)
Zoe
 
2002 Courage the Cowardly Dog (TV series)
The Stitch Sisters
– The Quilt Club/Swindlin' Wind (2002) … The Stitch Sisters (voice)
 
2001 Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf (video)
Zoe (voice)
 
1999 Cinderelmo (TV movie)
Zoe (voice)
 
1999 Third Watch (TV series)
Mrs. Simpson
– Welcome to Camelot (1999) … Mrs. Simpson
 
1999 The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Zoe (voice) / Pestie (voice) / Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
1999 Doug's 1st Movie
Mrs. Perigrew (voice)
 
1999 Kids' Favorite Songs (video short)
Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
1998 Big Bird Gets Lost (video short) (voice)
 
1997 Guiding Light (TV series)
Beverly
 
1997 123 Count with Me (video short) (voice)
 
1996 Disney's Doug (TV series)
Mayonnaise / Miss Elaine Perigrew, Ms. Emily Kristal
 
1996 City Hall
Angie
 
1996 Do the Alphabet (video short)
Zoe (voice)
 
1996 Imagine That! (video short)
Zoe (voice)
 
1996 Kids' Guide to Life: Learning to Share (video short)
Zoe (voice) (also archive footage) / Prairie Dawn (voice) (also archive footage)
 
1996 Elmo Saves Christmas (video)
Zoe (voice)
 
1994 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV series)
Mrs. DiFazio
– Same Difference (1994) … Mrs. DiFazio
 
1994 Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (TV movie)
Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
1993-1995 Dog City (TV series)
Colleen Barker
– Taming of the Screw … Colleen Barker (voice)
– The Dog Pound … Colleen Barker (voice)
 
1993 Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (video short)
Flo (voice) / Female Bird (voice)
 
1992 Ghostwriter (TV series)
Mrs. Ferguson
– Ghost Story: Part 5 (1992) … Mrs. Ferguson
 
1992 Doug (TV series)
Miss Elaine Perigrew
– Doug Battles the Rulemeister/Doug's a Genius (1992) … Miss Elaine Perigrew
 
1991 Hyde in Hollywood (TV movie)
Betty Armstrong
 
1991 The Tale of Peter Rabbit (TV movie)
Bluejay/Sparrow (voice)
 
1991 What About Bob?
Lily Marvin
 
1991 Against the Law (TV series)
– Miss Mass (1991)
 
1990 The Cosby Show (TV series)
Patina / Pink Frackle / Tomato
– Cliff's Nightmare (1990) … Pink Frackle/Patina/Tomato (voice)
 
1990 Sesame Songs: Rock & Roll (video short)
The Countess Dahling von Dahling
 
1989-1990 The Jim Henson Hour (TV series)
Vicki / Merlin's Assistant / Zondra / …
– Food (1990) … Vicki/Zondra (voice)
– Garbage (1989) … Vicki (voice)
– Musicians (1989) … Vicki (voice)
– Health and Fitness (1989) … Louise the Upright/Vicki/Merlin's Assistant (voice)
– The Ratings Game - Miss Piggy's Hollywood (1989) … Vicki/Zondra (voice)
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1989 Routed (short)
 
1988 Midnight Run
Dana Mardukas
 
1988 A Year in the Life (TV series)
Katherine
– Glory Days (1988) … Katherine
 
1988 Lip Service (TV movie)
Debbie
 
1987 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)
Joan Cahill
– My Brother's Keeper (1987) … Joan Cahill
 
1987 Learning to Add and Subtract (video short) (voice)
 
1986 Seize the Day
Mother
 
1986 Getting Ready to Read (video short)
Green (voice)
 
1986 Kate & Allie (TV series)
– Too Late the Rebel (1986)
 
1985 Three Sesame Street Stories (video short)
Little Bird/Mrs. Washington/Squirmy (voice) (uncredited)
 
1985 Five Sesame Street Stories (video short)
Prairie Dawn (voice) (uncredited) / Rhonda Subicede (segment "Super Grover and the Speeding Sled") (voice) (uncredited) / Betty Lou (voice) (uncredited) / …
 
1984 Old Enough
Mrs. Sloan
 
1984 The Muppets Take Manhattan
Additional Muppet Performer/News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
 
1984 My Little Pony (TV movie) (voice)
 
1982 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
Kaye
– Oh, Boy! Babies! (1982) … Kaye
 
1982 Nurse (TV series)
Jenny Simmons
– Father (1982) … Jenny Simmons
 
1980 Amber Waves (TV movie)
Suze Winter
 
1980 Look Back in Anger (TV movie)
Helena Charles
 
1979 Being There
Sally Hayes
 
1979 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Pauline Enders
– Master of Deception (1979) … Pauline Enders
 
1979 Family (TV series)
Gwen Ingersoll
– Malicious Mischief (1979) … Gwen Ingersoll
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Mary Louise / Pre-Transformation Singer / Pretty Woman
– Charles Aznavour (1976) … Pretty Woman (voice)
– Peter Ustinov (1976) … Pre-Transformation Singer (voice) (uncredited)
– Paul Williams (1976) … Mary Louise (voice)
 
1975-1976 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Vazh
– Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian (1976) … Vazh (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
– Candice Bergen/Martha Reeves/The Stylistics (1975) … Vazh (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
– Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III (1975) … Vazh (voice) (uncredited)
– Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips (1975) … Vazh (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
 
1975 First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (TV movie)
Rachel D. Jackson
 
1975 The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (TV movie)
Receptionist (voice) / Janice (voice) / Ohreally Bird (voice) / …
 
1975 Muppet Picker Upper (short)
Janice (voice)
 
1974 How to Survive a Marriage (TV series)
Fran Bachman (1974)
 
1970 The Great Santa Claus Switch (TV movie)
Snerf (voice)
 
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2007 Sesame Street (TV series)
– Sleeping Grouchy (2007) (performer: "That's the Way I Read")
 
1993 Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (video short) (performer: "Keep the Park Clean for the Pigeons" 1989 - uncredited)
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short) (performer: "Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart" 1980 - uncredited)
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Charles Aznavour (1976) (performer: "Maria/Tonight/I Feel Pretty Medley")
– Paul Williams (1976) (performer: "I'm In Love With A Big Blue Frog")
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
2005 The Producers (puppeteer: pigeons)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (documentary)
Herself
 
2010 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (TV movie)
Zoe (voice)
 
2009 Infanity (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Sesame Street (2009) … Herself
 
2009 The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself (voice) (also archive footage) (uncredited) / Prairie Deawn (voice) (also archive footage) (uncredited) / Sheep (voice) (also archive footage) (uncredited) / …
 
2008 Today (TV series)
Muppet Meredith Viera
– The Muppets Take Over Today (2008) … Muppet Meredith Viera (voice)
 
2006 When Parents Are Deployed (TV documentary short)
Mae
 
1999 Showbiz Today (TV series)
Prarie Dawn / Zoe
– Episode dated 30 January 1999 (1999) … Zoe (voice) (uncredited) / Prarie Dawn (voice) (uncredited)
 
1998 Elmopalooza! (TV special)
Prairie Dawn (voice) / Zoe (voice) / Penguin (voice)
 
1993 Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (TV special)
Prairie Dawn (voice) / Zoe (voice)
 
1992 The Jim Henson Hour (TV series)
Herself / Vicki
– Secrets of the Muppets (1992) … Herself/Vicki (voice)
 
1990 The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (TV documentary)
Prairie Dawn (voice) (also archive footage)
 
1989 Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting (TV special)
Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
1989 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Herself
– Dive to the Coral Reefs (1989) … Herself (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (9 titles)
2008 Plaza Sésamo: ¡A mi me gusta contar! (video)
Sesame Street muppeteer
 
2008 Plaza Sésamo: Canta, canta, canta más! (video)
Sesame Street muppeteer
 
2006 A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (video)
(voice)
 
2002 Sesame Street: Computer Caper (video)
Prairy Dawn (voice)
 
1995 Sesame Street (TV series)
 
1994 Great Performances (TV series)
 
1990 Sing Yourself Silly! (video short)
Polly Darton (segment "Wavin' Goodbye to You with My Heart") (voice) (uncredited)
 
1986 I'm Glad I'm Me (video)
Prairie Dawn (voice)
 
1984 Henson's Place (TV documentary)
Muppet Performer (uncredited)
 

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Played the role of "Rita" in Catherine Hayes' play, "Skirmishes", presented by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Sharon Ott directed. Ran 12/21/82 to 2/20/83. See more »

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Trivia:

Although she started out as a film actress, she has been a puppeteer for "Sesame Street" almost since its inception in 1969. Her best-known Muppet characters are "Zoe" and "Prairie Dawn," although, like the other puppeteers, she has many different characters and also plays "Anything Muppets" as well. See more »

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