"I have memories of Fannie Flagg at our home when I was a little girl," Coleman said of the actress and author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe." ''Mother was her acting coach before Fannie made it big."
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"She worked on and off, took a couple years off after she married a second time, then went back," said her daughter, Elizabeth Coleman.