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.[1]
Freudberg graduated from Syracuse University in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in speech and dramatic arts.[2] Her other credits, often co-writing with Geiss, include the animated feature films The Land Before Time and An American Tail for Steven Spielberg, and The Upside Down Show for Sesame Workshop.
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- Sesame Street - 1975-2010
- Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting
- Follow That Bird
- Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
- Elmo's World
- Elmo's World: Wild Wild West! (Emmy Award nomination with Molly Boylan)
- The Street We Live On
- Zoe's Dance Moves
- Elmo Visits the Fire House
- Three Bears and a New Baby
- Friends to the Rescue
- Elmo Visits the Doctor
- Abby's Flying Fairy School
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Sesame Street episodes written by Freudberg include (an added R indicates a main storyline repeat):
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- ↑ "Judy Freudberg, Writer on 'Sesame Street' for Nearly Four Decades, Dies at 63" by Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter 6/13/12
- ↑ Syracuse Alumni Journal Fall 2008