Patricia Neal

1944 - Born on the 21st of September in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
1960 - Flagg's career began when she was hired as a staff writer for Allen Funt's Candid Camera.

1970 - She later became Funt's co-host on the syndicated weekly version of the show. After a lull in her writing career.

         - Flagg was a fixture on game show panels. She is best known for her appearances on the game show Match Game.

         - Her burgeoning writing career was put on hold for much of the, but Flagg overcame her fear and completed several novels and screenplays.

1980 - She returned her focus to writing.

1987 - Wrote novels "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe". 

1991 - The movie garnered her a nomination for an Academy Award. Fried Green Tomatoes starred Jessica Tandy, Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary Louise Parker, and Cicely Tyson.

1998-2002 - She has also written Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! and Standing in the Rainbow. A Christmas book A Redbird Christmas, came out in November 2004.

         - Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!.

2006 - Her newest book entitled Can't Wait to Get to Heaven was released in summer.