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Burr Tillstrom was an American puppeteer and film director. He was born in Chicago and died in Palm Springs. His death resulted from heart failure under natural causes.
Tillstrom received Peabody Awards for his work. His contributions are recognized in the Peabody Award collection. He was male and held United States citizenship.
He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for
- The Muppet Movie — Additional Muppet Performer1979
- The Carpenters at Christmas — Self / Kukla and Ollie1977
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- Alice in Wonderland — Mock Turtle / Cheshire Cat / Oysters1955
- This Is Your Life — Self1952
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Mock Turtle1951
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie — Kukla, Ollie, etc. Puppeteer & voices1947
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Occupation
- film director
- Image
- Tillstrom allison bankhead kukla show.JPG
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- Commons category
- Burr Tillstrom
- date of birth
- 1917-10-13
- date of death
- 1985-12-06
- place of burial
- Rosehill Cemetery
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
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