Betty Lou

Our Daily Grace!!! 

September 30, 1946 – On this day, Frances Joan Brill was born and world was graced. 

Frances Joan Brill is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street as well as playing Sally Hayes in the Hal Ashby film Being There (1979) and Lily Marvin in the Frank Oz film What About Bob? (1991). On Sesame Street, Frances is the puppeteer and voice of Betty Lou. 

Betty Lou is a young girl from Sesame Street who has been played over the years by various performers. She is made from the Hot Pink Little Anything Muppet, much like Prairie Dawn. Prairie and Betty Lou are sometimes difficult to separate. For example, sesamestreet.org once used an image of Prairie for both her character page and Betty Lou's.(As of December 2009, though, the site has replaced the picture with one of Betty Lou.) A 1994 document from the CTW archives also indicates the difference between the girls by their hair. Additionally, when Fran Brill would perform Betty Lou, she would generally use a different voice for her than the one she would use for Prairie Dawn. 

In celebration of the birthday of Frances Joan Brill, Amazing Grace is metamorphosed into Betty Lou. 

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