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James Maury Henson was born on September 24, 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi, the younger of two children of Betty Marcella (née Brown, 1904–1972) and Paul Ransom Henson (1904–1994), an agronomist for the United States Department of Agriculture. [3]
Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an English-born American [1] puppeteer, filmmaker, and actor. He is best known for his involvement with Jim Henson and George Lucas through The Muppets, Sesame Street, and Star Wars, as well as his directorial work in feature films and theater.
$25 million $34 million 1990 The Witches: Nicolas Roeg: Warner Bros. $11 million $15.3 million 1992 The Muppet Christmas Carol: Brian Henson: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
When director Ron Howard was looking to tell Jim Henson’s story for his next documentary, he sat down with Henson’s surviving children for their permission to tell the story of the man behind ...
Jim and Jane Henson officially founded Muppets, Inc. on November 20, 1958, three years after Sam and Friends debuted on WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Aside from Sam and Friends, the majority of its work until 1969 was in advertising; appearances on late-night talk shows; and short "meeting films" primarily for enterprise use, produced from 1965 to 1996.
The Cube is an hour-long teleplay that aired on NBC's weekly anthology television show NBC Experiment in Television in 1969. The production was produced and directed by puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson, and was one of several experiments with the live-action film medium which he conducted in the 1960s, before focusing entirely on The Muppets and other puppet works.
Whoopi Goldberg's daughter Alexandrea Martin Dean gave her mother three grandchildren — with the first, Amara Skye Dean, born in 1989. At the time, Goldberg was 34 years old, and Alex was 16 ...
Harry the Hipster (performed by Jim Henson) – A beatnik. He resembled a black sock puppet with shades and spoke in a hip slang. Harry was one of the first Muppets designed and built by Jim Henson. Yorick (performed by Jim Henson) – A voracious puppet that resembled a rock head. Yorick has been known for appearing with supporting Muppets ...