Rollie Krewson (sometimes credited as Rollin Krewson) began interning with the Muppets in 1973. She has contributed to almost every Henson production since her arrival and to this day carries her skills through Sesame Street.

She has been awarded 7 Emmy Awards for her contributions to Sesame Street and had been nominated many times for her work on other Henson productions. Although she now works primarily as a designer/builder, she began as a performer, doing small bits on The Muppet Show and other projects.

Krewson is frequently interviewed to comment on the process of puppet building, such as on the 2013 German documentary Als die Sesamstrasse nach Deutschland kam.

Muppet/Henson credits[]

Designer/Builder

• The Muppets Valentine Show: Fabricated Thog's sweater,^[1] built Koozebanian Pups
• The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence: Designed and built Heaps and Stalks
• Sesame Street:
  • Built Zoe, Curly Bear, Abby Cadabby, Lulu, Julia, Wes, Gonger, and many more
  • Has rebuilt Elmo (since 1987), Ernie and Bert
  • 3D designer of Maggie Cadabby, Daniel, Samuel, and Tango
  • Elmo's World: Built Elmo Angler Fish
• The Muppet Show: Muppet designer/workshop supervisor, built Chuckie, Wayne, Foo-Foo, and many others; co-built Scooter (with Dave Goelz)
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas: Designed and built Wendell Porcupine, Harvey Beaver
• The Dark Crystal: Creature Design/Fabrication Supervisor: Fizzgig
• Fraggle Rock: Built Wembley, Red, Balsam, and others; co-built Convincing John (with Amy Van Gilder)
• Rocky Mountain Holiday: Muppet building
• The Muppets Take Manhattan: Muppets' studio coordinator
• Little Muppet Monsters
• The Tale of the Bunny Picnic: Built Twitch and Bean Bunny
• Labyrinth: Creature workshop artist: The Wiseman, Fireys, Goblins, The Four Guards
• The Christmas Toy: Built Rugby Tiger, designed Dauntless Dragon
• Puppetman: Built Gertha
• Inner Tube
• Play-Along Video series: Built Kai-Lee and P.J.
• The Jim Henson Hour: Built Lindbergh
• The Song of the Cloud Forest
• Good Morning America: Built Baseballs
• Dog City: Muppet Workshop project supervisor
• The Muppet Christmas Carol
• Muppet Classic Theater
• The Animal Show: Project Supervisor, built Giraffe, Zebra, etc.
• Plaza Sésamo: Built Lola and Pancho
• Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
• Muppet Treasure Island
• Muppets Tonight
• Big Bag: Built Chelli
• The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Built Jane Kangaroo, Norval the Fish, Project Supervisor
• Ulica Sezamkowa: Built Pędzipotwór
• Ulitsa Sezam: Built Kubik
• The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Muppet builder/designer
• Muppets from Space: Project supervisor, Muppet workshop
• Sesame English: Built Tingo
• Alam Simsim: Built Filfil
• Sesamstrasse: Built Pferd
• Takalani Sesame: Built Neno, Zikwe, Zuzu
• The Hoobs: Workshop team
• Kermit's Swamp Years
• Animal Jam
• Sesamstraat: Built Purk
• Sisimpur: Built Halum
• Galli Galli Sim Sim: Built Aanchoo, Googly, Chamki, etc.
• Sesame Beginnings: Built Baby Elmo and Elmo's Dad
• Panwapa
• Pajanimals
• X•tink•shun: Built Didi the Dodo
• The Furchester Hotel
• Iftah Ya Simsim: Built Shams
• Julie's Greenroom
• Ahlan Simsim: 3D designer of Basma
• Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: Puppet Build Supervisor, Lead Build; co-designed Jamdolin (with Jason Weber); built Jamdolin and The Great Glitterini
• Tall Poppy

Performer

• Saturday Night Live: Assistant puppeteer
• The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence: Shirley
• The Muppet Show: Mary Louise (episode 114)
• Sesame Street: Alice (Episode 1224)
• The Muppets Go to the Movies
• The Dark Crystal: Assistant puppeteer (Fizzgig, Kira, Garthim Master)
• Labyrinth: Firey 5 (assistant), Helping Hands, Goblins
• Jim Henson's Musical World

Sources[]

External links[]

• Jim Henson's Red Book - 4/23/1983 - Rollie and Art get married