Pam Arciero
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Born | Pamela Arciero (1954-05-08) May 8, 1954 (age 69) Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Puppeteer, voice actress |
Years active | 1982-present |
Pamela Arciero (born May 8, 1954) is an American puppeteer and voice-over artist. She has performed for Between the Lions and Sesame Street, playing Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend Grundgetta in the latter. In addition to performance work, she worked as a director on the Noggin preschool series Oobi, which featured both writers and performers of Sesame Street.
Career
Pam Arciero earned her Master's in Puppetry from the University of Connecticut.[1]
Arciero took over the role of Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend, Grundgetta for Sesame Street from Brian Muehl, performing her in The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson and Sesame Street: A Is for Asthma and continues to perform her to this day.
Arciero was a director for the second season of Oobi on Noggin. For the third season, she puppeteered various incidental characters. Arciero has performed characters for many other puppet shows, including Allegra's Window and Eureeka's Castle on Nickelodeon, Between the Lions on PBS, and The Great Space Coaster.
She performed in Little Shop of Horrors at the Orpheum Theater and served as director for several live shows at Sesame Place and El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles.
Arciero currently serves as Artistic Director for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Puppetry Conference since 2002 and continues to participate in puppetry workshops and other events across the country.
She appears as herself in the documentaries Henson's Place and The World of Jim Henson, as well as herself and Grundgetta at Jim Henson's memorial service.
Filmography
- Sesame Street: Grundgetta, Sally Wilson, Additional Muppets
- Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird: Grundgetta
- Little Muppet Monsters: Penguin, Additional Muppets
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late!: Additional Muppets
- Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting: Telly Monster (assistant)
- Eureeka's Castle: Quagmire and Emma
- Allegra's Window: Lindi, Allegra's Mom
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Little cats F and N, Lulu's Dog, Zubble-Wump, Snake, Mama Gink
- Sesame Street 4D: Additional characters
- Play with Me Sesame: Additional characters
- Oobi: Additional characters (also director for season 2)
- Lomax, the Hound of Music: Louise
- Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
- Learning About Letters
- Jim Henson's memorial service (appearing as herself and Grundgetta)
- Between the Lions: Leona Lion (Season 3 onwards)
- Gabby's Dollhouse: Marshapan, Paddycake
References
- ^ Passero, Laura (January 25, 2002). "'Between The Lions' Helps Encourage Children To Read". The Courant.
External links
- Pam Arciero at IMDb
Preceded by | Performer of Grundgetta 1984 – present | Succeeded by None |
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- Kermit the Frog
- Miss Piggy
- Fozzie Bear
- Gonzo
- Rowlf the Dog
- Scooter
- Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem
- Animal
- Statler and Waldorf
- Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
- Beaker
- Sam Eagle
- Swedish Chef
- Rizzo the Rat
- Pepe the King Prawn
- Walter
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- Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony (2005–06)
- The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora (2010)
- Pigs in Space (1983)
- Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989)
- Muppets Inside (1996)
- Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
- Muppet Kids (1997)
- Jim Henson's Muppets (2000)
- Muppet RaceMania (2000)
- Muppet Monster Adventure (2000)
- Spy Muppets: License to Croak (2003)
- Muppets Party Cruise (2003)
- The Muppets Movie Adventures (2014)
- Disney Mirrorverse (2022)
- Disney Magic Kingdoms (2023)
- Muppet*Vision 3D (1991–present)
- Muppet Mobile Lab (2007–present)
- The Muppets Present...Great Moments in American History (2016–2020)
- Comics series
- Before You Leap
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