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Caroll Spinney

1933 - 2019

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Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 31 in 2024). Caroll Spinney is the 7,965th most popular actor (down from 6,068th in 2024), the 12,219th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,905th in 2019) and the 3,695th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Caroll Spinney ranks 7,965 out of 13,578. Before him are Gregory Harrison, Wang Yibo, Sybil Thorndike, Kenneth Choi, Rob Paulsen, and Finn Cole. After him are Katie Leung, Marilu Henner, Alka Yagnik, Olive Borden, Ansel Elgort, and Pauline Frederick.

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Among people born in 1933, Caroll Spinney ranks 514. Before him are Bill Hayden, David McCullough, Donald Burgess, Jackie Blanchflower, Don Young, and Ken Berry. After him are Hayes Alan Jenkins, Celina Jesionowska, Sándor Sára, Roy Clark, Leonard Peikoff, and Vic Emery. Among people deceased in 2019, Caroll Spinney ranks 541. Before him are John Singleton, Sergey Dorenko, Sprent Dabwido, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Gert Frank, and Lina Cheryazova. After him are Paul Sauvage, Harald Nickel, Charalambos Cholidis, Sándor Sára, István Szívós, and Godfrey Gao.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Caroll Spinney ranks 12,222 out of 20,380. Before him are James Gentle (1904), Lynne Cox (1957), Tyler Joseph (1988), McG (1968), Kenneth Choi (1971), and Rob Paulsen (1956). After him are Jeff Monson (1971), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Marilu Henner (1952), Louis Fischer (1896), Clarence Birdseye (1886), and Kitty Wells (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Caroll Spinney ranks 3,697. Before him are Tracy Letts (1965), Maggie Siff (1974), Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980), Gregory Harrison (1950), Kenneth Choi (1971), and Rob Paulsen (1956). After him are Marilu Henner (1952), Olive Borden (1906), Ansel Elgort (1994), Pauline Frederick (1883), Zach Roerig (1985), and Amber Tamblyn (1983).

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