Judy Freudberg

 Jud y   Freud berg  ( Tuesday, July 12 t h , 1 9 4 9  - Sun day , June 1 0 t h ,  2 0 1 2  ) started her career w it h  SESAME STREET  i n  Season 3  a s a script typist , & became a  write r  by  Season 7. In 1 9 8 5 , she c o - wrote t he 1| 1  s t  SESAME STREET  theatrical feat ure ,  Follow T h at  BIRD  , with  Tony Geiss. She co - create d the  Elmo  ’ s World  s eg ment & served a s it s  head  w rite r.

Celebrities for whom she wrote sketch e s on  SESAME STREET  include Whoop i Gold berg ,  Lily Tomlin  ,  Bill I r w in  ,  B . B . King  ,  Jodie Fost er  ,  Jodie DeGeneres  ,  Maya Angelou  ,  Michael Jeter  ,  Shari Lewis  ,  Gregory Hines  &  Susan Saran don.

Freud berg graduate d from Syracuse University in 1 9 7 1  with a bachelor ' s degree i n speech & dramatic art s. Her other credit s, often c o - writing with Geiss  , include the animate d feature film s  An   Am eric a n   Tail  &  The Land Before Time  f o r  Steven Spielberg  , &  The   Upside   Down   Show  f or  Nickelodeon.

Freud berg tragically die d o n Sun day, June 10 t h , 2 0 1 2  in Manhattan at 6 2 from complications of a  brain   tumor.

Write r

 *  SESAME STREET  - 1 9 7 5  -  2 0 1 0
 *  SESAME   STREET  : 2 0 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 Freud berg o n I M D b