{{short description|American actress}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Fran Adams | occupation = Actress }}
'''Fran Adams''' is an American actress who performed with Second City.
==Biography== Adams was an ensemble member of the Chicago based improvisational comedy troupe Second City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-11-14-9004040190-story.html|title=Comedy Rules At Second City's Northwest Club |website=Chicago Tribune|author= Rick Kogan |date=14 November 1990 |access-date=November 18, 2021}}</ref> She is a featured player in the DVD release of ''The Best of Second City'', a compilation of some of the most memorable sketches that helped make Second City one of the United States' foremost comedy troupes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.all-otr.com/N011_NPRPlayhouse.htm|title=NPR Playhouse|access-date=26 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110801031021/http://www.all-otr.com/N011_NPRPlayhouse.htm|archive-date=1 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Adams was a lead player in the Second City TV pilot entitled ''149 1/2'' along with other players such as Steve Carell, Judith Scott and Jackie Hoffman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secondcitynetwork.com/tag/fran-adams/|title=Second City Network Archive|access-date= 26 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727000834/http://www.secondcitynetwork.com/tag/fran-adams/|archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref>
She performed with the troupe during the 1988 to 1994 seasons<ref>{{cite web|url= http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/comedy/71521/life-after-second-city|title=Life after Second City|website=Time Out Chicago|author= Jason A. Heidemann|date=November 25, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315231051/http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/comedy/71521/life-after-second-city|archive-date=March 15, 2012|access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> and in 2009 was invited to perform in the 50th anniversary celebration of Second City.
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==External links== *[http://www.secondcitynetwork.com/tag/fran-adams/ Second City Network Fran Adams archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727000834/http://www.secondcitynetwork.com/tag/fran-adams/ |date=July 27, 2011 }} *{{IMDb name|2608465}} *[http://www.inyourkitchen.com/video_detail.php?id=MzU0 Fran Adams on the ''In Your Kitchen'' network]
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