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[[Image:Cameo.jerry06.jpg|thumb|300px|Christine Nelson in ''The Great Muppet Caper''.]]
Daughter of [[Jerry Nelson]].
 
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'''Christine Elizabeth Nelson''' (1961-1982) was the daughter of [[Jerry Nelson]].
   
Christine died of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystic_fibrosis|Cystic Fibrosis]] in 1982 before seeing herself on screen, after attending Rye Country Day School where there is now an award named in her memory. She was a frequent visitor to Sesame Street, Saturday Night Live and The Muppet Show. Her health problems were the reason her father took so much time off The Muppet Show's first season.
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She was a frequent visitor to the sets of ''[[Sesame Street]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' and ''[[The Muppet Show]]''. Her father, Jerry Nelson, took some time off during the first season of ''The Muppet Show'' to spend more time with his daughter due to her health problems.
   
She had a cameo in The Great Muppet Caper; she played the girl who said, "Look, Dad, there's a bear!" (to which her companion, played by real life dad Jerry, replied, "No, Christine, that's a frog... bears wear hats!"). Her mother Jacquie Gordon wrote a book about Christine called Give Me One Wish, in which it is stated that Jim Henson gave Christine a speaking part so she would become a member of the actors' union.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Nelson#personal_life]</ref]
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She had a [[Jerry Nelson Cameos|cameo]] in ''[[The Great Muppet Caper]]'' alongside her father. Her mother, Jacquie Gordon, wrote a book about Christine called ''Give Me One Wish'', in which it is stated that [[Jim Henson]] gave Christine a speaking part so she would become a member of the actors' union.<ref>ISBN 0738862215</ref>
   
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Christine died in 1982. Rye Country Day School, where she had attended, has an award named in her memory.
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Revision as of 08:17, 25 August 2012

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Christine Nelson in The Great Muppet Caper.

Christine Elizabeth Nelson (1961-1982) was the daughter of Jerry Nelson.

She was a frequent visitor to the sets of Sesame Street, Saturday Night Live and The Muppet Show. Her father, Jerry Nelson, took some time off during the first season of The Muppet Show to spend more time with his daughter due to her health problems.

She had a cameo in The Great Muppet Caper alongside her father. Her mother, Jacquie Gordon, wrote a book about Christine called Give Me One Wish, in which it is stated that Jim Henson gave Christine a speaking part so she would become a member of the actors' union.[1]

Christine died in 1982. Rye Country Day School, where she had attended, has an award named in her memory.

Sources