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Leslie Carrara-Rudolph began her Muppeteer career on Muppets Tonight, where she played the Pamela Anderson take-off character Spamela Hamderson in the sketch Bay of Pigswatch. She performed Edi in Animal Jam, and started performing on Sesame Street beginning in season 37. Her main Sesame Street character is Abby Cadabby. She is also Prairie Dawn's Mom in Sesame Beginnings.
Carrara puppeteers outside of Sesame Street and the Muppets as well. Her candy-obsessed character, Lolly, performs with her in several clubs and events in New York and LA, as well as working in children outreach programs. Leslie played Miss Poppy, the human kiddie-show star, in the satirical play Pigeon-Holed, written by Sesame writer Annie Evans.
Leslie's husband, Paul Rudolph, served as music coordinator on Muppets Tonight.
Carrara is sometimes credited as Leslie Carrera.
Credits
- Muppets Tonight: J.P. Grosse (usually when not speaking), Spamela Hamderson, Baby Elaine, Belle the Bubble Mom, Darci, Dorothy Bovine, Shirley (episode 106 only), Theresa, Lady Guenevere, Pullover sweater, Muppets Tonight floor manager
- Animal Jam: Edi
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss : Little Cat A (season 2), Morton the Elephant Bird (season 2), Princess Tizz (Episode 203: The Cat in the Hat's Big Birthday Surprise)
- Sesame Beginnings: Delta (officially "Prairie Dawn's mother")
- Sesame Street: Abby Cadabby, Rosa, Lotta Chatter, Virginia Virginia, Sleeping Beauty, Alice Burns (Pre-School Musical), Icelandic Girl AM (episode 4109), Iris (live action)
- Panwapa: Koko the Penguin
- Late Night Buffet with Augie and Del: Augie, assistant
- A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Non-Muppet Credits
Leslie and her puppet Lolly.
Leslie with Blue, from the first season of Blue's Room, a non-Muppet project.
- Johnny and the Sprites: Ginger
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Female Vampire in the Dracula musical
- Pigeon-Holed: Miss Poppy
- Blue's Room: Blue (1st season)
- Opening for First Lady Hillary Clinton, at the Children's Day Forum
- Little Shop of Horrors: Audrey
- Walt Disney World: Roles at the Adventurer's Club and the Hoop-de-doo Musical Revue, including Mrs. Claus
Animation and Video Game Voice-over
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal: (video game) Commander Sasha
- Ratchet: Deadlocked: (video game) Commander Sasha/Bride/Slugha
- Poochini's Yard: Wendy White
- Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd: Mrs. Floyd, Martha Washington
External links
- Official Web site
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph on the Henson Alternative Wiki
- IMDb
- ToughPigs.com interview, part 1, part 2