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Caroll Spinney

AKA Caroll Edward Spinney

Born: 26-Dec-1933
Birthplace: Waltham, MA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: TV Personality

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

Military service: USAF

Brother: Donald
Wife: (div. 1971, 3 children)
Wife: Debra Jean Gilroy (m. 1979)

    University: Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

    Emmy four
    Grammy two
    Hollywood Walk of Fame as Big Bird
    English Ancestry Maternal

    TELEVISION
    Sesame Street

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (16-Sep-1999) [VOICE]
    A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) [VOICE]
    The Great Muppet Caper (26-Jun-1981) [VOICE]
    The Muppet Movie (22-Jun-1979) [VOICE]

Official Website:
http://www.carollspinney.com/

Author of books:
The Wisdom of Big Bird (and the Dark Genius of Oscar the Grouch): Lessons from a Life in Feathers (2003, memoir, with Jason Milligan)


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