Judy Freudberg

 Judy   Freud berg  ( Tuesday, July 12 t h , 1949 - Sun day , June 1 0 th , 2012 ) started her career with  SESAME STREET  i n Season 3 a s a script typist , & became a writer  by Season 7. In 19 85, she c o - wrote the 1 s t  SESAME STREET  theatrical feat ure , Follow T h at  BIRD  , with Tony Geiss. She co - create d the  Elmo  ' s World seg ment & served a s its head write r.

Celebrities for whom she wrote sketch e s on  SESAME STREET  include Whoop i Gold berg, Lily Tomlin , Bill I r w in , [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/B.B._King B. B. King ], Jodie Foster , Jodie DeGeneres , Maya Angelou , Michael Jeter , Shari Lewis , Gregory Hines & Susan Saran don.

Freudberg graduated from Syracuse University in 1971 with a bachelor ' s degree in speech & dramatic art s. Her other cred it s, often c o - writing with Geiss  , include the animate d feature film s  An  Am eric an  Tail  &  The Land Before Time  f o r Steven Spielberg , &  The   Upside   Down   Show  f or Nickelodeon.

Freudberg tragically die d o n Sun day, June 10 t h , 2012 in Manhattan at 62 from complications of a brain tumor.

Write r

 * SESAME STREET - 1 9 7 5 - 2010
 *  SESAME   STREET  : 2 0 & Still  Count  ing
 * Follow That  BIRD 
 *  BIG   BIRD  ' s Birth day or Let  ME  Eat Cake
 * Elmo ' s World
 *  Elmo  ' s W o r l d : Wild Wild W es t ! ( Emmy Award nomi nation wit h Molly Boylan  )
 * The  STREET  We Live On
 *  Zoe  ' s Dance Move s
 *  Elmo  Visit s t h e F i r e House
 * 3 B e a r s & a New Baby
 * Friend s t o t h e Rescue
 *  Elmo  Visit s t h e Doctor
 *  Abby  ' s Flying Fairy School

External l ink s

 * Inter view wit h Jessica Max Stein
 * Judy Freudberg o n I M D b