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Heather Henson is also a key person in Puppet Slam, an online networking resource where puppet artists can locate places to perform and, correspondingly, where venues can find puppet artists. She is part of Handmade Puppet Dreams, a touring festival of puppet films. |
Heather Henson is also a key person in Puppet Slam, an online networking resource where puppet artists can locate places to perform and, correspondingly, where venues can find puppet artists. She is part of Handmade Puppet Dreams, a touring festival of puppet films. |
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==Official Bio== |
==Official Bio== |
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Revision as of 23:22, 11 November 2007
Heather Henson with her Palisades Jim Henson Action Figure
Heather Beth Henson (b. 1970) is the daughter and youngest of the five children of Jim and Jane Henson. She serves on both The Jim Henson Company and The Jim Henson Legacy Board of Directors.
Her on-screen appearances include cameos in the Number Three Ball Film and The Muppets Take Manhattan, an uncredited part in the StoryTeller episode "Hans My Hedgehog," as well as Frank Oz's film Little Shop of Horrors.
In the Fall 1984 issue of Muppet Magazine, she appeared as Cyndi Lauper in an installment on how to dress up for Halloween.
Ms. Henson serves as Co-Producer of the annual Orlando Puppet Festival. She is the creator of "Panther and Crane," a drama about preserving the Florida ecosystem in modern times. Featured are puppets (aligators, migrating cranes and Florida panthers), live dancers, music and lights.
Heather Henson is also a key person in Puppet Slam, an online networking resource where puppet artists can locate places to perform and, correspondingly, where venues can find puppet artists. She is part of Handmade Puppet Dreams, a touring festival of puppet films.
Heather Henson resides in Orlando, FL.
Official Bio
Henson is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and attended The California Institute of the Arts to broaden her expertise in visual spectacles for theatre. Most recently she designed animation in collaboration with Project Firefly Animation Studios to be incorporated on stage with choreographed indoor kites. Henson continues to produce in a myriad of venues including film, television and stage. Her years with The Jim Henson Foundation and participation in The Eugene O'Neill National Puppetry Conference has given her a deep appreciation for the raw creative process as well as making her the consummate puppet advocate.