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Bonnie Erickson (b. September 20, 1941), aka Bonnie Lewis, was part of the original design team for The Muppet Show. She first joined Jim Henson's team as a costume designer for The Frog Prince, became head of the workshop and continued to work with the Muppets team for many years. Erickson is credited as the designer and builder of Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, the Newsman, Zoot and the ...
Bonnie Erickson. Bonnie Erickson (born September 20, 1941) is an American designer of puppets, costumes, toys, and graphics, best known for her work with Jim Henson and The Muppets, where her most notable creations include Miss Piggy, Statler and Waldorf, and as a partner in Harrison/Erickson, the Major League Baseball mascot the Phillie Phanatic .
- September 20, 1941 (age 82), Anoka, Minnesota
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- University of Minnesota, Art Students League of New York
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Bonnie Erickson designed and built the inimitable Miss Piggy in 1974 for an early "Muppets" television special, produced by Jim Henson. Puppets, props and storyboards from Henson's prolific career ...
Feb 27, 2018 · But now we are seeing puppets everywhere. They are in theatre, incorporated into dance projects, and the anthropomorphizing is so convincing, we tend to take them for granted. Bonnie Erickson appears with Sonia Manzano and Fran Brill at the Center for Puppetry Arts for the panel event The Women of The Muppets on Saturday, March 3, at 7 p.m.
Aug 1, 2021 · Longtime Jim Henson associate helped bring Muppets, Tickle Me Elmo, 'Fraggle Rock' to life. Bonnie Erickson’s smile beamed with a quiet pride as she moved through “Imagination Unlimited ...
- Duante Beddingfield
- Arts And Culture Reporter
May 10, 2023 · Episode 224: Making The Muppets. When Jim Henson hired Bonnie Erickson to design Muppets in the early 1970s, Bonnie had no idea this experimental project they were working on – a prime time TV show with puppets – would evolve into the cultural phenomenon of The Muppet Show. I talked with Bonnie about how the crew tried several one-off ...
