Fran Brill

Fran Brill (born September 30, 1946)

Life and career Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. Her character struggled with sudden widowhood, and Brill received many condolence letters. Brill was also featured in episodes of The Guiding Light, All My Children, The Edge of Night, Lip Service and Kate and Allie.

In 1975, Brill portrayed first lady Rachel Jackson in First Ladies' Diaries on NBC-TV. She has also guest-starred on nighttime dramas such as Third Watch, Against the Law, Law & Order, and Law & Order: SVU.

She has one known animation credit when she guest starred as Elisa and Eliza Stitch in Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Brill had no experience as a puppeteer when she joined Sesame Street, for which she has won an Emmy Award, and created Prairie Dawn. She also created and puppeteered the Muppets Zoe, Little Bird, and Betty Lou, among others. Playing Zoe, Brill appeared on the TV-series The West Wing as well as many home videos including Zoe's Dance Moves. With the Muppets she did Saturday Night Live, The Muppet Show, The Jim Henson Hour, Dog City, and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.

She has also made commercials, preferring to do voiceovers rather than appearing on-camera,

Filmography Sesame Street (1970-2014) Being There (1979) The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) Old Enough (1984) Seize the Day (1986) Midnight Run (1988) What About Bob? (1991) Billy Bunny's Animal Songs (1993) Nick Jr. Channel (as Jam in "Little Big Room" segments) City Hall (1996) Elmo's World (1998-2009) Doug's 1st Movie (1999) The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)