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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
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...
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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.
It was people like Bonnie Erickson who held down the fort at 227 East 67th Street and made those breakthroughs possible. Bonnie, although extremely humble and modest, was a key person who made sure that things kept moving along in both an organized and also pioneering fashion.
- She was discovered by Jim Henson through her work in theater. “When I was at the University of Minnesota, my major was art and my minor was theater,” Bonnie explained.
- She designed Statler and Waldorf. “I was a sculptor student in college, but I had never worked with soft foam,” Patricia shared about the first iconic puppet she designed, Statler.
- She received a request from Jim Henson one day to design three pigs. “He came to me one day, obviously he had a script we could use and it was going to be called ‘Return from Beneath the Planet of the Pigs’… So he said ‘We need three pigs.’”
- The evolution of Piggy. “The interesting story about Ms. Piggy is she was performed by many people before she got to Frank,” Bonnie shared about the character’s gradual evolution.
Aug 1, 2021 · Bonnie Erickson worked with puppeteer Jim Henson for two decades. Now she's traveling with the "Imagination Unlimited" exhibit that honors his work.
Mar 9, 2018 · She is best known for creating the iconic Muppet characters Miss Piggy, Statler, and Waldorf, as well as professional league mascots Phillie Phanatic (MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies) and Youppi! (currently with the NHL’s Montréal Canadiens), among others. In 1970, Bonnie Erickson joined Jim Henson’s Muppet workshop as a costume designer.
