Smee and Frank Oz on the set of The Phantom Menace
Katherine Smee is a British puppeteer who has worked on several Henson productions and was a regular puppeteer during season 3 of The Animal Show.
She has many non-Muppet credits on her resume for both voice and puppetry work, including British shows You Do Too, Look and Read, Fab Lab, Tikkabilla, Justin's House, and another British children's show, The Softies, created by her sister Helena Smee.
She was hired by Frank Oz to assist with Yoda's hands for the movie Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Muppet/Henson credits[]
- Muppet Treasure Island: Additional Muppet Performer
- The Animal Show (season 3 only): various animals, including Sasha the Siberian Tiger, a vulture, a Spider Monkey, a camel, Maxine the Indian Elephant, a secretary bird, a Penguin (306 and 321), an Ostrich, Kiki the Rattlesnake, a cheetah, Molly the Albatross, Penelope the Yellow-Footed Tortoise, Priscilla the Honeypossum, an anteater, Pearl the Pika, a grasshopper mouse, Penelope the Yellow-Footed Tortoise, a marine iguana, a hornbill, and Sandy the Giant Otter
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Puppeteer
- Lost in Space: Blawp puppeteer
- That Puppet Game Show: Additional puppeteer (episodes 1, 2, and 7)
- The Furchester Hotel: Mrs. Jangles, one of The Ice Flippers, Mrs. Iceberger ("Welcome to the Furchester"), broccoli and sheep ("Yodel-Ay-Hee-Hoo!")
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Core Puppeteer
- Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps: Sheep puppeteer