In 1979 the American feminist writer Fran Hosken ( 1920 – 2006 ) presented research about it — The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females — to the first Seminar on Harmful Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, sponsored by the WHO.

* 1907 – Fran Allison, American television personality ( d. 1989 )

* 1950 – Fran Lebowitz, American writer

* 1946 – Fran Brill, American actress and puppeteer

* 1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress

* September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress

** Fran Warren, American popular singer

* November 29 – Fran Ryan, American actress ( d. 2000 )

* February 3 – Fran Tarkenton, American football player

Frances Joan " Fran " Brill ( born September 30, 1946 ) is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street and playing Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film, What About Bob ?.

UHF is a 1989 American comedy film starring " Weird Al " Yankovic, David Bowe, Fran Drescher, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, Anthony Geary, Emo Philips and Trinidad Silva, to whose memory the film is dedicated.

* The Nanny, a 1993 – 99 American sitcom starring Fran Drescher

Mister Smile is an animated short film by American animator Fran Krause.

The Beautician and the Beast is a 1997 American family comedy film directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Fran Drescher and Timothy Dalton as the title characters.

An American beautician named Joy Miller ( Fran Drescher ) teaches students to groom hair, but is put out of business when one of her students accidentally ignites hair spray with his cigarette, eventually leading to the school burning down.

Fran Dunphy-served as an assistant to Williams at American.

Frances " Fran " Hamerstrom ( December 16, 1908-August 29, 1998 ) was an American author, naturalist and ornithologist known for her work with the greater prairie chicken in Wisconsin, and for her research on birds of prey.

Frances Wolfe ( born March 4, 1926 ), known by her stage name, Fran Warren, is an American popular singer.

He remained in the TTCC in 2002, also racing in North American Fran Am 2000 Pro Championship and some races of Turkish Formula Three, whilst returning to karting for some events.

Frances Ann " Fran " Lebowitz ( born October 27, 1950 ) is an American author.

Fran Landesman ( October 21, 1927 – July 23, 2011 ) was an American lyricist and poet.

* Fran Warren ( born 1926 ), American singer

Ann Morgan Guilbert ( born October 16, 1928 ), sometimes credited as Ann Guilbert, is an American actress, who played the neighbor Millie Helper in 61 episodes of the early 1960s ’ sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show, and later Yetta Rosenberg, Fran Fine ’ s doddering grandmother, in 56 episodes of the 1990s ’ sitcom The Nanny.

Susie experiences a culture shock, when she is informed by Maggie and Fran that all rich, attractive men are taken, and all rich but poor are too proud to take on wealthy, American women.

* In On the Road, Riverdale-educated Jack Kerouac writes about getting off at a subway stop in Riverdale: " Filled with dreams of what I'd do in Chicago, in Denver, and then finally in San Fran, I took the Seventh Avenue Subway to the end of the line at 242nd Street, and there took a trolley into Yonkers ; in downtown Yonkers I transferred to an outgoing trolley and went to the city limits on the east bank of the Hudson River.

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter reported that Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment were working with Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kaz Kuzui on a re-envisioning or relaunch of the Buffy film for the big screen.

She is known for her starring role as Fran, a mother addicted to drugs in the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries The Corner.

On March 7, 1967, quarterback Fran Tarkenton was traded to the New York Giants for a first-round and second-round draft choice in 1967, a first-round choice in 1968 and a second-round choice in 1969.

Minnesota's powerful offense was still led by veteran quarterback Fran Tarkenton, who passed for 2, 598 yards and 17 touchdowns.

A few days later Mary and Fran are at another of Mary ’ s weddings and Fran teases her for her dreamy look before Mary tells her about her movie date.

When Fran leaves the pair to dance together Mary angrily rebukes him for leading her on and going behind Fran ’ s back.

Mary fears that Steve has revealed his feelings for her but instead Fran reveals she doesn ’ t know if she is in love with Steve anymore.

Before the wedding starts, Steve takes Fran for a walk and asks her if they ’ re doing the right thing.

On May 25, 2009, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment would be working with Fran Rubel Kuzui and Kazi Kuzui on a relaunch of the Buffy series for the big screen.

Passing up advancement in his recently sold company, Dodsworth leaves for Europe with Fran but her motivations to get to Europe become quickly known.

Later on, when Lockert has made an indecent proposal to Fran, they depart for Paris, where she soon engages in a busy social life and he takes up sightseeing.

When Sam decides to go back to America for his college reunion in New Haven, Fran spends the summer months on the lakes near Montreux and Stresa, where she has a romance with Arnold Israel.

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are the only married couple to win in this category, for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

It was once home to 100 trees ( one for every county in North Carolina ), but damage caused by Hurricane Fran in 1996 reduced the number significantly, including the destruction of a particularly old and large tree which was some in diameter.

Kovacs ' television programs included Three to Get Ready ( an early morning program seen on Philadelphia's WPTZ from 1950 through 1952 ), It's Time for Ernie ( 1951, his first network series ), Ernie in Kovacsland, ( a summer replacement show for Kukla, Fran and Ollie, 1951 ), The Ernie Kovacs Show ( 1952 – 56 on various networks ), a twice-a-week job filling in for Steve Allen as host of The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays ( 1956 – 57 ), and game shows Gamble on Love, One Minute Please, Time Will Tell ( all on DuMont ), and Take a Good Look ( 1959 – 61 ).

* Fran Zwitter, The Venetian Slovenes ( Ljubljana: Institute for Ethnic Studies, 1946 ).

Two close friends of Charles Whitman named John and Fran Morgan later told the Texas Department of Public Safety that Whitman had confided in them that he had struck Kathy on a total of three occasions, adding that Whitman had abhorred himself for having done so and had confessed to having been " mortally afraid of being like his father.

Nicholson, state senator, U. S. Senator, and Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court ; Sterling Marlin, NASCAR driver ; Dr. Marion Dorsett, inventor of the serum to control hog cholera ; Fran McKee, first female line officer to hold the rank of rear admiral in the U. S. Navy ; Lyman T Johnson, civil rights movement ; and Raphael Benjamin West former Nashville mayor and Civil Rights ally, noted architect James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr. and John Harlan Willis, United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the Medal of Honor — for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

Fran Houser, owner of the Midpoint Café restaurant, antique and souvenir shop from 1990 until 2012, is the basis for Flo of " Flo's V-8 Diner " in Cars.