Kelly Bishop plays Fanny Flowers on the new ABC Family drama, BUNHEADS. She is best known for her role as Emily Gilmore, Lorelai’s mother, on GILMORE GIRLS. Bishop isno stranger to the world of dance growing up in Colorado where she trained to be a ballet dancer. She started her career as a dancer at NYC's Radio City Music Hall, and followed that up with a breakout, Tony award winning performance as Sheila in "A Chorus Line." She’s been in numerous Broadway productions, including "Six Degrees of Separation," "Proposals," "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "Bus Stop," and most recently, "Anything Goes" with her BUNHEADS co-star, Sutton Foster.
In addition to her work on the stage, Bishop has appeared in Dirty Dancing, Wonder Boys, THE THORNS, MURPHY BROWN, LAW & ORDER: SVU and MERCY – among many others.
Below is the transcript from a recent Q&A session with Bishop about her career and brand new role in BUNHEADS.