Who performed Betty lou?

[muppetperson]

I thought Fran Brill performed Betty Lou, but I cant see it on Fran's resume.Who performed Betty and is the character still around or vanished? she was very simular to Praire Dawn.

 

[mikebennidict]

Think it was Frank Oz.

 

[Oscarfan]

Lisa Buckley performed her during the 90's, Frank did early first season stuff wtih her and Fran Brill performed her in other things (like "Amigo" and "Let's All Exercise")

 

[muppetmonster]

Marilyn Sokol also played her in a few episodes, but Lisa Buckley mainly plays her.

Muppetmonster

 

[muppetperson]

Thanks, Guys.

 

[armslength]

Everything already stated is correct, but thought i'd tie it all together in more of a context.

Betty Lou was mostly done by Frank Oz at first, she wasn't even originally a "character" so much as one variation of the Anything Muppets - and she was pretty much the standard design for a "little girl". Eventually this was used so much that the design got a name - though still not so much of a personality/hook beyond "little girl". For several years after, she was played by any number of performers, often Fran Brill (sometimes Marilyn Sokol if for a musical number) but since Sesame's other "little girl", Prairie Dawn had more of an established personality and a regular performer in Fran, Betty Lou was more window dressing and good for merchandise since the balance between male/female Muppets was pretty grim.

Finally in the '90's there was more a serious effort to help correct decades of female imbalance with new characters like Zoe and Rosita. Betty Lou was given a regular performer with Lisa Buckley and some unique traits to help make her more of an actual character - her love of dolls for instance. But then as Buckley's involvement with Sesame eventually waned, so did the character's presence.