Grover's Mommy



Grover's Mommy plays an integral but often unrecognized role on Sesame Street. Prior to Season 32, she was seen primarily as an illustrated character in print, including the many illustrated books starring Grover. She was also occasionally seen, as a poser, in photographs, such as on the cover of Volume 4 of The Sesame Street Treasury. Over that course of time, her appearance fluctuated greatly.

Her earliest appearance as a Muppet may be a 1970s sketch in which Grover speaks to the audience about being afraid of the dark. At the end of the sketch, his mom (Frank Oz) enters his room to kiss him goodnight. Another early appearance (circa 1981) involves his mother (Kathy Mullen) coming into the bathroom while Grover is telling the audience about how to take a bath.

She has recently appeared (performed by Stephanie D'Abruzzo) in a brief Elmo's World sequence (from the "Families" episode), with her son as his alter-ego Super Grover, as her own alter-ego, "Super-Mommy". Grover crashlands, screaming "Moooommy!" and his mom follows yelling "Soooonny!" crashing on top of him. They recover, acknowledge each other, and both faint.

In A Celebration of Me, Grover, she is performed by Eric Jacobson.

In her first appearance in puppet form, she was made from the first Grover puppet (the gray green Grover) in drag. In later appearances, she was blue.

Book Appearances

 * Grover Goes to School (1983)
 * When Grover Moved to Sesame Street (1985)
 * Why Are You So Mean to Me? (1986)
 * Splish-Splashy Day (1989)
 * A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital (1993)
 * Me Cookie! (1994)