# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheryl-henson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:04:20.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheryl-henson"
name: "Cheryl Henson"
slug: "cheryl-henson"
description: "Cheryl Lee Henson is an American puppet builder and philanthropist who has served as the president of the Jim Henson Foundation since 1992. A supporter of puppetry arts and artists, she serves as a board member of The Jim Henson Company. She was honored in 2010 at the LaMama Gala, and in 2011, she won the New Victory Arts Award for her leadership in puppetry."
tagline: "Puppeteer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/16Vc7tUxU0spQsA6nEguTTbyxrq.jpg"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1961-08-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.01
  momentum:             2.736079145340249
  historical:           2.987554666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  63
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378193/"
    handle:    "nm0378193"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Henson"
    title: "Cheryl Henson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2190124"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51120149"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1509423"
    title: "Cheryl Henson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations