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Caroll Spinney

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American puppeteer (1933-2019)

United StatesActorsLived 1933 to 2019 · aged 85
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Caroll Edwin Spinney was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.

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Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Spinney with Oscar the Grouch, May 2014Spinney with Oscar the Grouch, May 2014Spinney at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan in October 2010Spinney at the New York Comic Con in Manhattan in October 2010

Filmography 40

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian2009 · ★ 6.2
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey1993 · ★ 7.0
The Muppet Movie1979 · ★ 7.2
The Great Muppet Caper1981 · ★ 6.9
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey2011 · ★ 7.2
A Muppet Family Christmas1987 · ★ 6.9
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland1999 · ★ 6.3
Follow That Bird1985 · ★ 6.4
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story2015
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster2013
A Special Sesame Street Christmas1978
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson1990
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street1978
Elmo's Christmas Countdown2007
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas1996
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!1998
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets1984
The World of Jim Henson1994
Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas2016
Big Bird in Japan1988
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like2018
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years1986
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration2019
Night of 100 Stars II1985
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol2006
CinderElmo1999
Big Bird in China1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art1983
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration1993
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!2004
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play2002
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!1993
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie1988
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!1990
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994
Michael Bublé: A Michael Bublé Christmas2011
Julie on Sesame Street1973
Sesame Street: Fiesta!1997
Out to Lunch1974

118 credits on file

Television 13

Sesame Street1969
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
The West Wing1999
Saturday Night Live1975
The Colbert Report2005
Scrubs2001
The Dick Cavett Show1968
Portlandia2011
The Muppet Show1976
1 vs. 1002006
Presenting Susan Anton1979
Sesame Unpaved1999
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten1969

Awards 2

1994star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
1974Daytime Emmy Award

Connected to Caroll 6

Kellie PicklerAlso in Michael Bublé: A Michael Bublé Christmas (2011)Maiko KawakamiAlso in Big Bird in Japan (1988)Jim HensonAlso in Night of 100 Stars II (1985)Audra McDonaldAlso in Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas (2016)Kevin ClashAlso in CinderElmo (1999)Robert HaysAlso in Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2019 · aged 85
Wikipedia
25 languages

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