Fran Brill and Carmen Osbahr

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Anyone know the stats of Fran Brill and Carmen Osbahr? Are they married and/or do they have children?

I think they're very talented Muppeteers and very little is written about them.

All I know about Frannie is that she's a vet since 1970 and Carmen came from Plaza Sesamo, but that's about it.

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I think I remember reading online that Carmen was married and had a child. That's all I know.

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Always wanted to ask this..

Who exactly did Carmen perform on Plaza? My guess is Lola, but I'm not too sure...
 

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good question!

Of all the veteran Muppeteers, Fran Brill is the one of which I know the least. Has she ever done any interviews or public appearances? Is there a picture of her anywhere? Why, after all these years, is she still so unrecognized - is this a deliberate choice on her part? It seems odd that we know so much about Jim, Frank, Jerry, Richard, and so on - but nothing on Fran. :confused:
 

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Actually, you can see a little bit of info on Fran, as well as her pictures, in the books SESAME STREET UNPAVED and JIM HENSON: THE WORKS.

You can also see what she looks like on the film MIDNIGHT RUN. She's at the beginning where she plays Charles Grodin' wife. Her real-life voice sounds very much like Little Bird's - not at all like the high-pitch squeak of Prairie Dawn's.

From what I understand, not only is Fran a Muppeteer, but she's also an actress, having done films, TV, commercials, and Broadway plays.
 

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For those interested, she also played had a role in Peter Sellers' last movie, "Being There." It wasn't a small role, either.
 

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Fran also starred in Frank Oz's film "What About Bob?" as Richard Dreyfus' cousin. I've heard her read some of the stories on "Reading Rainbow" too. Oh, and there's a cameo of her in the SS special "Peter and the Wolf" -- Baby Bear's family sits in front of a whole group of SS performers, including Carroll, Kevin, and Marty.

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Originally posted by Splurge
For those interested, she also played had a role in Peter Sellers' last movie, "Being There." It wasn't a small role, either.
I mentioned somewhere that IN THAT SAME MOVIE, there's a clip from SS#1037. Coincidence or what?
 

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Originally posted by Boober_Gorg
I mentioned somewhere that IN THAT SAME MOVIE, there's a clip from SS#1037. Coincidence or what?

Boober:

How can you remember the episode numbers for these shows? There are 4000 episodes of SESAME out there, so how do you do it?

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