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Caroll Spinney Wiki Biography

• Caroll Edwin Spinney is a puppeteer and cartoonist who was born on December 26, 1933, in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. 
• He is best known for creating Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird, characters from the iconic children’s television show “Sesame Street” (1969-2014). 
• His characters have appeared in a variety of other series, including “Big Bird in China” (1983), “Follow The Bird” (1985), “Elmo Saves Christmas” (1996), “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (2009-2012), “Portlandia” (2014), and “Saturday Night Live” (2015). 
• Caroll’s net worth has been estimated to be as high as $2 million, according to reliable sources. 
• The majority of his wealth has come from his popular creations as described above, but he has also written the comic book series “Harvey” and the animated series “Crazy Crayon,” both of which have contributed to his net worth. 
• Caroll grew up in his hometown, where he began to exhibit his talent for drawing and painting at a young age, which led to puppeteering when his mother began taking him to Blackpool Punch and Judy shows. 
• He gradually became more interested in puppets, and his mother made him a puppet kit for Christmas and his ninth birthday. 
• He attended Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Acton, Massachusetts, and entered the US Air Force after graduation. 
• Caroll began sketching the comics “Harvey” and the series “Crazy Crayon” while in the US Air Force, but it wasn’t until he returned that he began pursuing a professional career, landing his first role in the show “Rascal Rabbit” (1955), and then moving to Boston to perform with Judy Valentine in her show “The Judy And Goggle Show.” 
• His career took a turn for the better in the early 1960s when he developed many characters, including Mr. Lion and the cat Picklepuss, who became hugely successful and only helped him advance his career. 
• Caroll met Jim Henson in 1962, but the two didn’t reach an understanding until Caroll joined “Sesame Street” and “The Muppet Show” in 1969. 
• Caroll has received several prestigious awards over the course of his long and fruitful career, including two BTVA People’s Choice Voice Acting Awards in the category Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series for his work on “Sesame Street,” as well as six Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on “Sesame Street.” 
• In 1994, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to television. 
• He has been married twice in his personal life; his first wife was Janice Spinney, with whom he had three children. 
• They divorced in 1971, and he married Debra Jean Gilroy eight years later. 
• The couple’s home is in Woodstock, Connecticut, in the United States. 
• Caroll Spinney is a well-known author. 
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Caroll Spinney Quotes

• [on his lifelong love of performing puppetry] Somehow I was shy enough to not care about being seen. And I figured if could ever get on a TV show with a character that I enjoyed doing, it might even get famous. And voila!

Caroll Spinney Important Facts

• Was the commencement speaker at Villanova University, in 2004.
• He made an appearance as Big Bird on an episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968). Before the show was taped, Fred Rogers wanted to have him remove the Big Bird outfit on the show and discuss the inner workings of it. Spinney objected to this idea, saying that it was important to preserve the sense of wonder and magic that children have about Big Bird. Rogers agreed that Spinney was right, and, instead, Big Bird appeared on the show in a Neighborhood of Make-Believe segment.
• Under the name Ed Spinney, Caroll Spinney animated a series of black and white cartoons called “Crazy Crayon”.

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