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Fran Fullenwider as a Transylvanian

Fran Fullenwider (November 16, 1945 – May 12, 1994) was an American actress who appeared as a Transylvanian in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Born in Harlingen, Texas, Fullenwider moved to the UK as a young girl, and performed horse riding stunts in films. Later, she studied at the New York University film school and eventually graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Plus-sized Fran was signed to the U.G.L.Y. agency as a model after she unsuccessfully attempted to get a job there as a secretary. The U.G.L.Y. Agency was a place that specialized in casting unusual looking people, and Fran was a good fit for them. She along with several other Tranylvanians were chosen via their head-shots by director Jim Sharman to be in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. In addition to several film and television roles, the 300 LB Fullewider became a successful model in Italy, where she became a good friend to director Frederico Fellini. Fullenwider also participated in one of the first Miss Alternative World pageants, using the stage name 'Miss Southern Comfort'.

In the 1978, a news story about an escaped Hippo from Lion Country Safari earned Transylvanian Fran the now defunct call-back/nickname “Bubbles.”

Fran Fullenwider died of cardiac arrest at the age of 51.

1995: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (TV Series) – Countess
1993: The House of the Spirits - Emer Trueba
1987: Eat the Rich - Queen
1984: Al limite, cioè, non glielo dico - Minerva
1983: Nutcracker - Vi
1981: Angels (TV Series) - Maria Davis
1981: The Monster Club - Buxom Beauty
1980: Worzel Gummidge (TV Series) - Fat Lady
1979: L'affittacamere - Angela Mainardi
1975-1978: The Basil Brush Show (TV Series – 2 episodes)
1977: Melodrammore - Ada di Belluogo
1976: The Pink Panther Strikes Again - Fat Lady (scenes deleted)
1975: Una sera c'incontrammo - Minnie Bennett
1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Transylvanians
1975: The Sweeney (TV Series) - 1st Girl in Pub
1974: The Mutations - Fat Lady
1973: Doctor in Charge (TV Series) - Angela Daniels