Fran Fullenwider
Born: 1945-11-16 in Harlingen, Texas, USA
Died: 1997-05-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
Fran Fullenwider was born on November 16, 1945 in Harlingen, Texas, USA. She moved to England in the at an early age and was said to have given up dieting at age 21, reaching the weight of 286 pounds. This is how she entered the UGLY Agency in London, an agency looking for "abnormal" looking people. Her most famous film appearance is in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but she appeared in many movies and was a good friend of Federico Fellini, who always hoped to cast her in one of his films. She died of a heart attack on May 2nd, 1997, in Westminster, London. She was 52 years old.
Filmography
2011
- The British Guide to Showing Off as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Pazza Famiglia as Zia Maggie
1993
- The House of the Spirits as Ester Trueba
1987
- Eat the Rich as Queen
1984
- Al limite, cioè non glielo dico as Minerva
1982
- Nutcracker as Vi
1981
- The Monster Club as Buxom Beauty
1979
- Worzel Gummidge as Fat Lady
1978
- Melodrammore as Ada di Belluogo
1976
- The Landlord as Angela Mainardi
1975
- The Sweeney as Girl in Pub
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Transylvanians
- We Met One Evening as Minnie Bennett
1974
- The Mutations as Fat lady
1973
- Steptoe & Son Ride Again as Woman at House (uncredited)
1972
- Doctor in Charge as Angela Daniels