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April Chadderdon Coleman

Producer · Known for Sesame Street

April Coleman worked on Sesame Street and related projects as coordinating producer from 2008 until 2016 (with prior work as a line producer).

Annie Evans

Annie Evans is a writer who was on the Sesame Street writing staff from 1995 through 2016. She was part of the writing teams that developed the recurring segments Elmo's World and Elmo the Musical. She married Muppet performer Martin P. Robinson in 2008.

Nitya Vidyasagar

Nitya Vidyasagar is an American actress best known for her role as "Leela" on Sesame Street from 2008 to 2015.

Rik Hoogendoorn

Rik Hoogendoorn is a Dutch actor known for his role in the Dutch version of Sesame Street.

Sonia Manzano

Cast · Known for Sesame Street

Sonia Manzano is an actress and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), Follow That Bird (1985) and Firepower (1979). She has been married to Richard Reagan since 1986. They have one child.

Paul McGinnis

Paul McGinnis (born July 23, 1973) is an American puppeteer for Sesame Street and The Muppets. He has also performed in various non-Muppet television productions such as The Book of Pooh, Julie's Greenroom, The Wiz Live!, Crash & Bernstein, Crank Yankers, Warren the Ape, Greg the Bunny, It's a Big Big World, Between the Lions and Dog with a Blog. McGinnis performed on stage in the 2004–2005 Broadway tour of Little Shop of Horrors, as well as Walking with Dinosaurs − The Arena Spectacular. McGinnis also creates his own works of puppetry on YouTube. In September 2017, McGinnis was an additional Muppet performer on The Muppets Take the Bowl live show at the Hollywood Bowl. In July 2018, he was an additional Muppet performer for The Muppets Take the O2 live show at the O2 Arena. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul McGinnis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Carmen Osbahr

Carmen Osbahr is a Mexican-American puppeteer and actress. She has performed Rosita on Sesame Street since 1991, and also performed Kiki Flores on The Puzzle Place and Lily on Johnny and the Sprites.

Linda Bove

Cast · Known for Sesame Street

Linda Bove is a deaf American actress who performed as herself on the PBS children's series Sesame Street from 1971 to 2002.

Starmya Howard

Starmya Howard is an 9 year old, American actress known for a few episodes in Sesame Street. She also co-star in New Amsterdam. She was born and raised in New York City. Starmya has done TV Shows, short films and commercials. This charming, smart and energetic kid loves acting, gymnastics, making TikTok videos and barbies. She has her mind set on what she wants and goes for it. Her dream is to become a big known actress and director.

Christine Ferraro

Christine Ferraro is a writer for television, especially for the children's series "Sesame Street".

Jim Martin

Jim Martin is an American puppeteer and director, best known for his roles on Sesame Street. As part of the cast, he has won an Emmy Award. He has been nominated multiple times, and won for "Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design/Styling" at the Emmys, also for Sesame Street.

Emilio Delgado

Emilio Delgado was a Mexican American television, film and stage actor, voice artist and singer best known for his role as Luis, the Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series Sesame Street.

Allen Lulu

Allen has been acting since he was 7 and appeared as George Washington in the Solomon Schecter Elementary School 2nd grade production of George Washington & Abraham Lincoln go to Sesame Street. While this production was not Broadway bound, Allen attended acting and film school at New York University and then relocated to Los Angeles. He is known for his work on television and as a veteran of over 150 National and Regional commercials. Allen is most recognized as the "A&W Guy" in Canada in the long running campaign for A&W Restaurants, Canada. He is married to Beth Lulu and they have 2 children, Zoe & Zachary. His daughter, Elizabeth, passed away from Cystic Fibrosis in 2006 and he and Beth created and run a scholarship for college bound kids with CF called the Elizabeth Lulu Scholarship Foundation.

Steve Whitmire

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steven Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is an American puppeteer who works with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop. He has been the performer of two signature Muppets - Kermit the Frog and Sesame Street's Ernie - since the death of their creator, Jim Henson, in 1990. Characters original to Whitmire include Rizzo the Rat, Lips (the trumpet player from Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem), Foo-Foo (Miss Piggy's beloved dog), Fraggle Rock's Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny. Following the death of puppeteer Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelson's departure, Whitmire took over the roles of Beaker and Statler. He also voiced Link Hogthrob in the Muppet Party Cruise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Whitmire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

Alaina Reed Hall

Alaina Reed Hall (born November 10, 1946) was an American actress and singer, probably best known for playing Olivia on Sesame Street for 12 years.

Kyndra Sanchez

Kyndra Sanchez is an actress, model, social media personality from Bronx, New York; known for known for Finding 'Ohana (2021), Sesame Street (1969), The Baby-Sitters Club (2021), and Theater Camp (2023). Prior to Theater Camp, Sanchez played Dawn in The Baby-Sitters Club's second season (the role was originally played by Xochitl Gomez in season one, who had to exit the show due to scheduling conflicts with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)). Sanchez has also lent her voice to roles in Nickelodeon’s Butterbean’s Cafe, Santiago of the Seas and Dora and Friends: Into the City. She was also in the Netflix movie Finding ‘Ohana and has appeared on Sesame Street. Outside of acting, Sanchez is also an athlete, and trains for competitive gymnastics, is on her school’s varsity cross country team and is even active in swimming, dodgeball, surfing, bicycling and dance. Sanchez has a passion for charitable work and brings awareness to Cerebral Palsy patients by spending time with, singing and playing guitar for children in hospitals. She has also hosted a lemonade stand to help raise money for childhood cancer for 5+ years.

Olivia Perez

Olivia Perez is a screen actor whose notable roles include Iris in the 2021 film adaptation of In the Heights and as one of the hosts of The Kids Tonight Show. On Sesame Street, she appears in the recurring role of Nina's niece Mia, debuting in Episode 5132.

Billy Blair

Born in El Paso, TX and related to the great Edgar Allan Poe, Billy knew what he wanted to do at the ripe age of 5 after experiencing Sesame Street and KISS. He comes from a musical background. His great grandfather led his big band during the early 1900's in Mexico performing for some of history's greatest figures such as Pancho Villa. He also had uncles and cousins, all which played in big bands and symphonies. For all of Billy's life, he was dedicated to music and still proceeds to endeavor this lifestyle. Being in numerous bands, he would experience touring the nation, playing in clubs, theaters, arenas and amphitheaters; fulfilling the dream and opening for some of the biggest names of rock. By the mid 90's, Billy decided to pursue in acting. He would develop his skills in theater at Richland College in Richardson, TX and would resume with taking private lessons from the greatest acting coaches in Texas. Building his resume with small, local indie films. Landing in a national commercial, then booking roles in bigger films like Jonah Hex starring Josh Brolin. He is known for some of his great work in films like The Last Stand starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Robert Rodriguez's Machete, Machete Kills and Sin City: A Dame To Kill For. - IMDb Mini Biography

Liane Curtis

Daughter of Jack Curtis and Paulette Rubinstein was born in NYC on July 11, 1965. She made her debut on the pilot of "Sesame Street" (1969) at the ripe age of 4. Liane went to the Lycee Francais de New York and then to the Rudolf Steiner School. She studied acting with Anthony Mannino and Bill Alderson. Liane worked behind the scenes throughout her childhood dubbing several foreign films into English. Liane was a member of the Metropolitain and City Opera children's choruses. Liane's feature film debut was in John Sayles's Baby It's You (1983) in 1983. She was given special permission by SAG to work as an adult even though she was still a minor. Liane currently lives happily in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. She has written several songs which she has been known to play at coffee houses on the Westside of LA from time to time and works in TV and Film as often as she can. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Liane Curtis

Paul Benedict

Cast · Known for The Addams Family

Paul Benedict (September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008) was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in the 1960s. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the popular PBS children's show Sesame Street, and as the quirky English neighbor "Harry Bentley" on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons. Often mistakenly credited as Charlie Bucket's school teacher (the uncredited role of Mr. Turkentine), in the cult classic Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, who was actually played by David Battley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Benedict, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Caroll Spinney

Cast · Known for Sesame Street

Caroll Edwin Spinney (sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney; December 26, 1933 – December 9, 2019) was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.

Alan Muraoka

Cast · Known for Sesame Street

Alan Muraoka (born August 10, 1962) is an American actor. He plays Alan, the current owner of Hooper's Store, on the television show Sesame Street since 1998. He currently serves on the board of directors at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, an LGBTQIA safe-space, community activist center, and educational bridge dedicated to honoring Bayard Rustin through their mission and good works. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Muraoka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Alyson Court

Alyson Georgina Court (born November 9, 1973) is a Canadian actress who first appeared in the 1985 children's film Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird, and played summer camper Dawn in the animated film The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation the following year. She also played Loonette the Clown, the lead character of the Canadian children's television series, The Big Comfy Couch, from 1992 to 2003. Alyson has also been the only actress to voice Claire Redfield, in the Resident Evil series, having voiced her in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil Code: Veronica, the CG animation movie Resident Evil: Degeneration, and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. In addition, she returned to the series in 2003, but did not voice Claire, and instead directed the voice-over and motion capture portions of the spin-off title, Resident Evil Outbreak. Up until recently, she was the host of the morning children's programming block on CBC, Kids' CBC. In addition, Court appeared as herself on Mr. Dressup from 1984-1994.

Emily Squires

Director · Known for Sesame Street

Emily Squires (August 23, 1941 – November 21, 2012) was an American television producer and director best known for her Emmy Award-winning work on Sesame Street.