On This Day In Alabama History: Fannie Flagg Was Born In Birmingham

Alabama News Center | September 21, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

September 21, 1944

Actress, comedian and author Fannie Flagg was born in Birmingham. Flagg is best known for writing the best-selling novel “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Café” and its film adaptation, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1991. The author of 10 novels, Flagg’s works often focus on small-town life with strong female figures who question gender and racial norms. In addition to writing, Flagg appeared on television regularly from 1967 to 1982, appeared in several films, performed on Broadway and recorded four comedy albums. She was inducted into the Alabama Stage and Screen Hall of Fame and the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame.

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