Francine "Fran" or "Flygirl" Parker, played by Gaylen Ross, is a character in the film Dawn of the Dead.
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Fran's life prior to the events of the film are largely unexplored. Fran is a producer at WGON TV and is desperately trying to keep control of the news broadcast that is quickly growing more and more chaotic amidst the zombie outbreak. Her boyfriend Stephen Andrews shows up and tells her the two of them are leaving the city with the station's helicopter.
They are joined by Roger DeMarco and Peter Washington. The four make their way to a shopping mall. Over time they kill the zombies inside, fortify it and create a hidden apartment upstairs. It's revealed that Fran is pregnant and she is annoyed that Stephen and Peter are discussing it behind her back. She demands to learn how to fly the helicopter and to shoot guns.
She grows more and more disenfranchised by staying in the mall, seeing it more like a prison than a home. She and Stephen start butting heads until Peter prepares a meal for the two of them so they can have a semblance of a date.
When Stephen is killed and turned into a zombie, he leads the other zombies to the hidden apartment. Peter kills him and Fran goes to the helicopter on the roof after Peter initially refuses. After Peter changes his mind, Peter fights his way through the zombies and joins Fran in the helicopter. Together, they fly from the mall to an uncertain future.