# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fannie-flagg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:49:59.786Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fannie-flagg"
name: "Fannie Flagg"
slug: "fannie-flagg"
description: "Fannie Flagg is an American actress, comedian, and author. She is most notable as a frequent panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show Match Game and for her 1987 novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, which she adapted into the script for the 1991 motion picture Fried Green Tomatoes. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay adaptation. Flagg lives in California and Alabama."
tagline: "American actress, comedian and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fannie_Flagg_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.69700666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0280840"
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    url:       "http://fannieflaggbooks.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump