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Manhattan, New York, U.S. Occupation. Television writer. Years active. 1971–2010. Judith Freudberg (July 12, 1949 – June 10, 2012) was an American TV and film writer. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts.
Judy Freudberg was born on 12 July 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Sesame Street (1969), An American Tail (1986) and The Land Before Time (1988). She died on 10 June 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Jun 16, 2012 · Judy Freudberg, who entertained millions of children as a writer for Elmo, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and other residents of “ Sesame Street ” for 35 years and shared more than 15 daytime...
Jun 13, 2012 · Judy Freudberg, a writer who helped bring the sweet bright-red monster Elmo to life during a nearly 40-year career on the landmark PBS series Sesame Street, died June 10 of a brain tumor. She...
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Judy Freudberg (July 12, 1949 - June 10, 2012) started her career with Sesame Street in Season 3 as a script typist. She was a credited production assistant in Seasons 5 and 6, and became a writer by Season 7. In 1985, she co-wrote the first Sesame Street theatrical feature, Follow That Bird, with Tony Geiss. She co-created the Elmo's World segment and served as its head writer.
Celebrities for whom she wrote Sesame Street sketches include Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Bill Irwin, B. B. King, Jodie Foster, Ellen DeGeneres, Maya Angelou, Michael Jeter, Shari Lewis, Gregory Hines and Susan Sarandon.
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•Sesame Street - 1975-2010 •••••Elmo's World: Wild Wild West! (Emmy Award nomination with Molly Boylan) •••••••
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episodes written by Freudberg include (an added R indicates a main storyline repeat):
1."Judy Freudberg, Writer on 'Sesame Street' for Nearly Four Decades, Dies at 63" by Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter 6/13/12
2.Syracuse Alumni Journal Fall 2008
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Judith Freudberg (July 12, 1949 – June 10, 2012) was an American TV and film writer. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. In 1971, she started working on Sesame Street, two years after the show's debut, as an assistant in the music department and became a writer ...
Jun 14, 2012 · Longtime “Sesame Street” writer Judy Freudberg, who co-created the show’s “Elmo’s World” segment and also scripted animated features “An American Tail” and “The Land Before Time,” died of a...
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