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Caroll Spinney
Acting
26 Dec 1933
† 09 Dec 2009
Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Caroll Edwin Spinney, Carroll Spinney, Ed Spinney, Carroll Edwin Spinney, Carrol Spinney
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Caroll Spinney's Movies
62%
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
20 May 2009
70%
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
03 Feb 1993
72%
The Muppet Movie
22 Jun 1979
69%
The Great Muppet Caper
26 Jun 1981
72%
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
21 Oct 2011
69%
A Muppet Family Christmas
16 Dec 1987
64%
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
01 Oct 1999
64%
Follow That Bird
02 Aug 1985
74%
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
06 May 2015
70%
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
19 Jul 2013
68%
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
21 Nov 1990
74%
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
23 Apr 2021
75%
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
03 Dec 1978
69%
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
01 Jan 1984
60%
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
24 Dec 1996
62%
Elmo's Christmas Countdown
23 Dec 2007
79%
Mister Rogers: It's You I Like
06 Mar 2018
91%
Big Bird in Japan
01 Oct 1988
93%
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
09 Nov 2019
74%
The World of Jim Henson
23 Nov 1994
Caroll Spinney's TV Shows
83%
The West Wing
22 Sept 1999
69%
Saturday Night Live
11 Oct 1975
80%
The Muppet Show
05 Sept 1976
69%
The Colbert Report
17 Oct 2005
71%
Sesame Street
10 Nov 1969
71%
Sesame Street
10 Nov 1969
71%
Sesame Street
10 Nov 1969
71%
Sesame Street
10 Nov 1969
71%
Sesame Street
10 Nov 1969
70%
Portlandia
21 Jan 2011
82%
Scrubs
02 Oct 2001
68%
The Dick Cavett Show
06 Jun 1968
57%
1 vs. 100
13 Oct 2006
100%
Presenting Susan Anton
26 Apr 1979
0%
Sesame Unpaved
02 Feb 1999
0%
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
09 Mar 1969