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Apr 3, 2013 · Jane Henson, the woman who helped create and bring the Muppets to the world stage, died in her Connecticut home on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 78.
Apr 2, 2013 · Jane Nebel Henson, who partnered with her husband Jim Henson to launch the Muppets and worked to preserve his artistic legacy, died April 2 of cancer in Conn. She was 78. Born in Queens, N.Y., she ...
Apr 4, 2013 · Born Jane Ann Nebel, she and Jim Henson met as freshmen at a University of Maryland (UMD) puppetry class during the mid-1950s. They began working together on the live 1950s television show Sam and Friends, where Jane collaborated with Jim in performing the Muppets and devising several of the show's technical innovations, including the use of television monitors to watch their performances in ...
Apr 2, 2013 · Mrs. Henson, who was the co-creator of the iconic Muppets, passed away following a long battle with cancer, according to a news release from the Jim Henson Foundation. She was 78. Born in the St ...
In May 1959, Jane Nebel married Jim Henson at her parents’ home in Salisbury, MD. Within the next five years, Jane gave birth to Lisa Henson (1960), Cheryl Henson (1961), Brian Henson (1963), and John Henson (1965). Heather Henson was born in 1970. Jane Ann Nebel was born June 16, 1934 in St. Albans (Queens), New York City.
Jane Nebel Henson, university alumna and philanthropist, died in her Connecticut home Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. She was 78. Jane and Jim Henson, also a university alumnus, were the creative team behind the Muppets, pioneering not only a style of puppetry — a soft hybrid doll combining the features of a standard marionette and a ...
Apr 4, 2013 · As the Jim Henson organization prospered, Jane was actively involved with a number of Muppet projects, including traveling exhibits and stage shows. In 1992, two years after Jim's death, she founded the Jim Henson Legacy to preserve her husband's work and to promote the art of puppetry. Jane Henson died on April 2, 2013, after a long illness.
