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]
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- β String Fling Gala 2009 - Puppets, Food and Fun!
- β io9 "No One Looks Good in the Ugly Drama Surrounding Kermit the Frog's Firing" by Bryan Menegus, July 18, 2017
- β ToughPigs Interview with Steve Whitmire, October 15, 2008 by Joe Hennes
- β ToughPigs "Three Muppeteers on a Couch" June 13, 2011
- β 2004 CoolPlanet.cc interview