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[[File:Sf09_4large.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Heather Henson]], Steve Whitmire and his wife Melissa at the Center for Puppetry Arts in 2009.<ref>[http://www.puppet.org/spec/sf09photos.shtml String Fling Gala 2009 - Puppets, Food and Fun!]</ref>]] |
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She has worked as a background puppeteer on several Muppet projects, notably as an assistant to [[Kathryn Mullen]] for [[Kira]] in ''[[The Dark Crystal]]''.<ref>[http://www.toughpigs.com/my-week-with-steve-day-4/ ''ToughPigs'' Interview with Steve Whitmire, October 15, 2008 by Joe Hennes]</ref> |
She has worked as a background puppeteer on several Muppet projects, notably as an assistant to [[Kathryn Mullen]] for [[Kira]] in ''[[The Dark Crystal]]''.<ref>[http://www.toughpigs.com/my-week-with-steve-day-4/ ''ToughPigs'' Interview with Steve Whitmire, October 15, 2008 by Joe Hennes]</ref> |
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| − | In [[Rizzo]]'s earliest appearances, Whitmire would often make clothes for the character.<ref>[http://www.toughpigs.com/live-from-sesame-street-part-3/ ''ToughPigs'' "Three Muppeteers on a Couch" June 13, 2011]</ref> During the opening scene from ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', Whitmire can {{medialink|filename=Mtm_college_cameos.jpg|text=can be seen in the audience}} when [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] thanks his fellow students. |
+ | In [[Rizzo the Rat|Rizzo]]'s earliest appearances, Whitmire would often make clothes for the character.<ref>[http://www.toughpigs.com/live-from-sesame-street-part-3/ ''ToughPigs'' "Three Muppeteers on a Couch" June 13, 2011]</ref> During the opening scene from ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'', Whitmire can {{medialink|filename=Mtm_college_cameos.jpg|text=can be seen in the audience}} when [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] thanks his fellow students. |
Whitmire and her husband live in Atlanta, [[Georgia]] where they participate in humane society work and foster cats.<ref>2004 [[CoolPlanet.cc]] interview</ref> |
Whitmire and her husband live in Atlanta, [[Georgia]] where they participate in humane society work and foster cats.<ref>2004 [[CoolPlanet.cc]] interview</ref> |
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Revision as of 20:00, 7 February 2020
Heather Henson, Steve Whitmire and his wife Melissa at the Center for Puppetry Arts in 2009.[1]
Melissa Whitmire is the wife and manager[2] of Muppet performer Steve Whitmire.
She has worked as a background puppeteer on several Muppet projects, notably as an assistant to Kathryn Mullen for Kira in The Dark Crystal.[3]
In Rizzo's earliest appearances, Whitmire would often make clothes for the character.[4] During the opening scene from The Muppets Take Manhattan, Whitmire can Template:Medialink when Kermit thanks his fellow students.
Whitmire and her husband live in Atlanta, Georgia where they participate in humane society work and foster cats.[5]
Credits
Sources
- ↑ String Fling Gala 2009 - Puppets, Food and Fun!
- ↑ io9 "No One Looks Good in the Ugly Drama Surrounding Kermit the Frog's Firing" by Bryan Menegus, July 18, 2017
- ↑ ToughPigs Interview with Steve Whitmire, October 15, 2008 by Joe Hennes
- ↑ ToughPigs "Three Muppeteers on a Couch" June 13, 2011
- ↑ 2004 CoolPlanet.cc interview