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Caroll Spinney
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American puppeteer (1933–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Scram! Don't Bother Me!
- I'm Ready to Read Sesame Street Big Bird
- How to Be a Grouch
- The wisdom of Big Bird (and the dark genius of Oscar the Grouch)
- How to be a grouch, by Oscar the Grouch
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Film & TV
Acting · Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
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.
Known for
- Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic — Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)2022
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self2021
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self / Big Bird2019
- Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting — Big Bird2019
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like — Self2018
- Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)2016
- I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self2015
- In Their Own Words: Jim Henson — Self - Muppet Performer2015
- Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Big Bird/Oscar2015
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster — Self2013
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1933
- Active to
- 2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16
- Total plays
- 350
Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (born December 26, 1933) is a puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Caroll+Spinney">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Merits and Limitations of Radical vs. Nonradical Pathways in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes
· 2023 · cited 659x
- Complement C5a receptors and neutrophils mediate fetal injury in the antiphospholipid syndrome
· 2003 · cited 572x
- Hallux Valgus: Demographics, Etiology, and Radiographic Assessment
· 2007 · cited 482x
- Activation of peroxymonosulfate/persulfate by nanomaterials for sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation technologies
· 2018 · cited 473x
- Mechanistic insight into reactivity of sulfate radical with aromatic contaminants through single-electron transfer pathway
· 2017 · cited 412x
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Key facts
- Born
- Caroll Edwin Spinney , ( 1933-12-26 ) December 26, 1933, Waltham, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- December 8, 2019 (2019-12-08) (aged 85), Woodstock , Connecticut , U.S.
- Resting place
- Spinney Family Cemetery, Woodstock, Connecticut, U.S.
- Other name
- Ed Spinney
- Occupations
- Puppeteer cartoonist author artist speaker
- Years active
- 1955–2018
- Spouses
- Janice Spinney ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1971 ) Debra Jean Gilroy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
- Website
- www .carollspinney .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Caroll Spinney
Caroll Spinney: author, artist, and puppeteer, he has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street since 1969.
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Encyclopedic overview
Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) 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.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caroll Spinney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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