Candide Candide. Born François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire (1694–1778), by the time of the Lisbon earthquake, was already a well-established author, known for his satirical wit. He had been made a member of the Académie Française in 1746. He was a deist, a strong proponent of religious freedom, and a critic of tyrannical governments. "Candide" became part of his large, diverse body of philosophical, political and artistic works expressing these views. More specifically, it was a model for the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century novels called the "contes philosophiques". This genre, of which Voltaire was one of the founders, included previous works of his
Fran Brill Fran Brill Frances Joan "Fran" Brill (born September 30, 1946) 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). Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician. She is a graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts. She began her career in theater, making her Broadway debut in the 1969 play "Red, White and Maddox". Her other