Puppeteers

thumb|Puppeteer Nikolai Zykov with hand puppets. A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object called a puppet to create the illusion that the puppet is alive. The puppet is often shaped like a human, animal, or legendary creature. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience.

Georgian theatre and film director, playwright, writer, painter, and sculptor. (1936–2021)

British actress

American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and television show host (1933-1998)

Soviet Jewish actress and survivor of the 1941 Babi Yar massacre in Kiev

Iranian actress

Mexican artist (1897-1978)

Romanian actor (1927-2010)

Slovene actor and poet

Iranian actress

Russian artist and puppeteer

Croatian children's writer and poet (1943–2024)

Polish actress

children's theater director (b. 1915, d. 2007)

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer (1944–2017)

Sand artist

Portuguese writer

Nokkuvidya Paava Kali Artist from Kerala, India

Spanish actress

Norwegian actress, puppeteer, dramatic adviser, singer and non-fiction writer (1931-2007)

Malian puppet designer, puppeteer and storyteller

British actor, singer and puppeteer

British singer

Iranian puppeteer

Slovak actor and puppeteer