Person Details

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Aliases: Frances Joan Brill , Frances Brill

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

Homepage: https://franbrill.com/

Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

Fran Brill (born September 30, 1946) is an actress and puppeteer who worked on Sesame Street beginning in 1970. She was the first female puppeteer hired by Jim Henson, outside of wife Jane Henson. She is best known for performing Prairie Dawn and Zoe. Brill retired from performing in September 2014.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Maureen Donovan
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Ilene Maxwell
Reading Rainbow
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8

Reading Rainbow

(1983) Herself - Narrator (voice)
Dog City
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5

Dog City

(1992) Terri (voice)
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
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6
City Hall
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6

City Hall

(1996) Angie
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
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7
Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland
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0

Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland

(2008) Zoe as Mousey the Hatter Helper (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Prairie Dawn (voice) / Zoe (voice)
2021 Self
2020 Herself
2019 Self
2017 Herself
2015 N/A
2014 Zoe
2011 Self
N/A
2009 N/A
Zoe (voice) (archive footage)
2008 Zoe
Zoe as Mousey the Hatter Helper (voice)
2007 Prairie Dawn / Zoe (voice)
2006 Prairie Dawn (voice)
2005 Zoe (voice)
2003 Zoe
Prairie Dawn / Zoe
Zoe
Cereal (voice)
2002 Prairie Dawn / Zoe / Frosty Four Singer (voice)
2001 Zoe / Mary (voice)
Ilene Maxwell
2000 Little Girl
1999 Zoe (voice)
Mrs. Perigrew (voice)
Zoe / Prairie Dawn (voice)
1998 Zoe / Prairie Dawn / Roxie Marie (voice)
Zoe (voice)
1997 Betty Lou / Zoe (voice)
Zoe (voice)
1996 Zoe (voice)
Angie
Zoe (voice)
Zoe
Zoe (voice)
1994 Self (archive footage)
Prairie Dawn / Zoe
Clam / Frog (voice) (archive footage)
Prarie Dawn/Zoe (voice)
1993 Prarie Dawn / Zoe (voice)
Prairie Dawn
Prarie Dawn (voice)
N/A
1992 Colleen (voice)
Terri (voice)
1991 Emily Kristal (voice)
Betty Armstrong
Bluejay / Sparrow (voice)
Lily Marvin
1990 Sondra More
Leah Bartlett
Mrs. Stark
Maureen Donovan
1989 Louise
Colleen Barker (voice)
N/A
1988 Dana Mardukas
1987 Chicken Licken
1986 N/A
1984 Mrs. Sloan
Additional Muppet Performer / News Reporter (voice)
1983 Herself - Narrator (voice)
1982 Kay
1980 Helena Charles
Suze Winter
1979 Sally Hayes
1975 Janice
Janice (voice)
Janice
1970 Snerf (voice)
1969 Zoe/Prairie Dawn (voice)
N/A
Prairie Dawn
Year Character Movie/Tv

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