Talk:Fannie Flagg

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I can find no conformation of a marrage between her and Dick Sargent. However I did hear of them appearing on Tattletales together. However I also heard that by that point in the show they were no longer restricting themselves to married couples. I am moving that line here and adding her relationship with author Rita Mae Brown.

She was married to Dick Sargent for a while, apparently in an attempt to conceal from the Press the fact that she is a lesbian and he was gay.

--Arcaner 16:47, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Both her NNDB page and his NNDB page say they were married, though I don't know how authoritative that site is. --Angr (t·c) 20:05, 24 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There are some places where they are reported to be married (although that may all channel back to NNDB.com, as many sites pick up Wikipedia's text, and just run it as their own). I added what I think is a good compromise, saying that press reports had linked them (which they had, and which would not have been uncommon for two closeted actors to do) but that Sargent subsequently came out, et al. NickBurns 17:13, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name??[edit]

I understand why she could not use her birth name (there was already an actress called Patricia Neal) but why did she take a pseudonym as silly as 'Fannie Flagg'? Tsuguya (talk) 20:58, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to Bhamwiki, her grandfather suggested the first name, and her friend Mary Hurt came up with the surname. The name "Fannie" hasn't always sounded as silly as it does now. --Dystopos (talk) 22:49, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dick[edit]

The source, Keehnen, makes no mention of Flagg. That makes the description of their relationship unsourced, and the Keehnen source irrelevant. Please read Keehnen before restoring this. Important note: this is a WP:BLP issue and not subject to WP:3RR. Lionel (talk) 01:55, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Some of the content here is controversial, is not adequately cited, and has been challenged. BLP policy is clear on this sort of material. It gets removed immediately until it can be cited from reliable sources (if ever). --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 22:42, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cite for relationship with Rita Mae Brown[edit]

Rita Will spans several pages of information about Brown's relationship with Flagg. For most in the U.S., you can see the information in this link (I hope--GoogleBooks is always a crap shoot). But, curiously, there are no page numbers to cite which page I'm referencing. The passage in particular contains:

Quickly, I said, "Fannie, do you ever go out with women?"
She cocked her head, "Of course, you silly twit."

I found it by searching Rita Will on GoogleBooks and within the preview looking for "Fannie". Pages that include "Fannie Flagg" are not viewable.

As much time as I've been here, this one is troublesome to cite. I'm not sure how to do it. --Moni3 (talk) 22:26, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Digging through the history, a previous reference was added in 2007[1], the link is dead now but it's on archive.org[2] and another copy here:[3] Now, those are not WP:RS hosts, but it's originally from a magazine so it might be possible to hunt down at a library for verification. User:SatyrTN added the current ref[4] he doesn't seem very active anymore but it's possible he has access to the book for a quote. Siawase (talk) 23:00, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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What about her work on "The Bob Newhart Show" in the 70's? I found no reference to this work?

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Lesbian or Bisexual?[edit]

The article mentions her relationships with Rita Mae Brown and Susan Flannery, but I just saw this old clip of Match Game '75 where she goes ga-ga over a Middle School gym teacher. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 14:29, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(First, to be specific, you mean a male middle school gym teacher.) Second, Fannie Flagg is and was an entertainer. The fact that she was willing to flirt with a male contestant on the air, as part of the show, doesn't say much, or really anything, about her real-life sexual orientation. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:42, 21 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Candid Camera[edit]

I know I saw Fannie Flagg co-hosting multiple episodes of Candid Camera. There's no mention of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.111.97.151 (talk) 23:22, 26 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Match Game 77[edit]

Just saw an episode where she was wearing a 'Beverly Hills 90210' sweater, 13 years before the TV series. 2001:56A:FA85:3800:314D:1701:8158:6274 (talk) 19:53, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]