Fran Brill

Fran Brill

September 30, 1946 · 80 years old

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.

Known For

10 titles
1
Being There

Being There

1979 · 2h 10m · Movie

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

7.9
2
What About Bob?

What About Bob?

1991 · 1h 39m · Movie

A successful psychotherapist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients, an obsessive-compulsive neurotic, tracks him down during his family vacation.

7.0
3
Jim Henson: Idea Man

Jim Henson: Idea Man

2024 · 1h 51m · Movie

A trip into the mind of creative visionary Jim Henson, from his early years puppeteering on local television to the worldwide success of Sesame Street (1969), The Muppet Show (1976), and beyond.

7.8
4
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011 · 1h 20m · Movie

The Muppet Elmo is one of the most beloved characters among children across the globe. Meet the unlikely man behind the puppet - the heart and soul of Elmo - Kevin Clash.

7.6
5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

1999 · 1h 13m · Movie

When his blanket is transported to a distant world inhabited by Grouches following a feud between a friend of his, Elmo sets off on an adventure to retrieve it back.

5.8
6
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015 · 1h 26m · Movie

Caroll Spinney has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969; at 78-years-old, he has no intention of stopping.

7.5
7
Old Enough

Old Enough

1984 · 1h 32m · Movie

Twelve-year-old Lonnie Sloan is a well-to-do New York rich kid and Karen Bruckner is the more ordinary, impoverished New York kid. They happen to meet one day on the street in their neighborhood and hit it off.

6.4
8
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996 · 1h 0m · Movie

Elmo wishes that it would be Christmas every day, but with the help of Santa's reindeer-in-training, Lightning, he learns that might not be such a good idea when he sees the future.

6.4
9
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

2006 · 46m · Movie

Oscar the Grouch is visited by three ghosts in an attempt to teach him the true meaning of Christmas.

6.1
10
The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

1991 · 30m · Movie

Peter finds himself in quite a predicament when trespassing into a vegetable farm

7.8