Martin P. Robinson

Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is an American puppeteer who works for the Jim Henson Company. He built, designed, and performed the Audrey II puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is best known for his work on Sesame Street, having performed the characters of Telly Monster, Mrs. Grouch (Oscar the Grouch's mother), Oscar's pet worm Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Oscar's niece Irvine, and Shelley the Turtle for 40 years.[1][2][3] He also performed the characters Riff the Cat and Clef the dad on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[4] He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He also performed the Cat in the Hat in the second season of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

Martin P. Robinson
Born (1954-03-09) March 9, 1954
Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Other namesMarty Robinson
EducationBrookfield East High School
OccupationPuppeteer
Years active1980–present
Spouse(s)
Annie Evans
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(m. 2008)​
Children5
Websitehttp://www.martinprobinson.com/

Early life

Robinson was born on March 9, 1954, in Dearborn, Michigan, and graduated from Brookfield East High School in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee.

Personal life

Robinson married Sesame Street writer Annie Evans on August 9, 2008, on the set of Sesame Street in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York. Annie gave birth to twin daughters, Lyra and Ripley, on February 12, 2009. Robinson also has three stepchildren from a previous marriage.[5]

Filmography

See also

References
  1. "A Brief History of Sesame Street's Snuffleupagus Identity Crisis".
  2. http://zap2it.com/2015/11/mr-snuffleupagus-sesame-street-30-years-ago-maginary-friend/
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Martin P. Robinson at IMDb
  5. Vows - Annie Evans and Martin Robinson, New York Times, August 16, 2008.
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