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{{designer|[[Bonnie Erickson]]|design|[[Caroly Wilcox]]|builder}}
  
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[[Image:Mildred-Suggs Sketches.jpg|thumb|300px|Design sketches for the character.]]
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[[File:Mildred_muppet_magazine.jpg|thumb|300px|''Muppet Magazine'' [[Muppet Magazine issue 2|Spring 1983]].]]
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[[Image:Mildred suggs exhibit.jpg|thumb|300px|Mildred Huxtetter with Marvin Suggs on display at the ''Jim Henson: Performing Artist'' exhibit.]]
 
'''Mildred Huxtetter''' is a purple, beak-nosed woman who carries herself with a haughty, aristocratic air. She is very educated, as evidenced by her many appelations, which include BA, MA, PhD, OBE, and RSVP.
  
'''Mildred Huxtetter''' is a purple, beak-nosed woman who carries herself with a haughty, aristocratic air. She is very educated, as evidenced by her many appelations, which include BA, MA, PhD, OBE, and RSVP.
   
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In [[Episode 204: Rich Little|episode 204]], her first appearance on the second season of ''The Muppet Show'', she appeared as a reporter (voiced by [[Louise Gold]], who would also perform Mildred in [[Episode 305: Pearl Bailey|episode 305]]). Although she would appear in the background on ''The Muppet Show'', ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'', ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' and several Muppet movies, Mildred would have no further speaking roles. She did, however, serve as the receptionist for [[Muppet Magazine]] in the 1980s.
  
In [[Episode 204: Rich Little|episode 204]], her first appearance on the second season of ''The Muppet Show'', she appeared as a reporter (voiced by [[Louise Gold]], who would also perform Mildred in [[Episode 305: Pearl Bailey|episode 305]]). Although she would appear in the background on ''The Muppet Show'', ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]'', ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' and several Muppet movies, Mildred would have no further speaking roles. She did, however, serve as the receptionist for [[Muppet Magazine]] in the 1980s.
   
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It is revealed in ''[[Muppet Magazine]]'' [[Muppet Magazine issue 2|issue 2]] that she has been hired on to the magazine staff as their proofreader.
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According to the [[Muppet Magazine issue 2|Spring 1983]] issue of ''Muppet Magazine'' (which establishes her as the publication's proofreader), Mildred is from Spokane, [[Washington]] and once pursued a career as a soprano in [[The Metropolitan Opera]].
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In 2006, the puppet was on display at the ''[[Jim Henson: Performing Artist]]'' exhibit at the [[University of Maryland]].
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Mildred makes a cameo appearance in the 2014 film ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]''.
   
 
==Filmography==
  
==Filmography==
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[[File:Mildred_and_George.jpg|thumb|300px]]
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* ''[[The Muppets Valentine Show]]''
  
* ''[[The Muppets Valentine Show]]''
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* ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' ([[The Muppet Movie#Rainbow Connection Finale|"The Rainbow Connection" Finale]])
  
* ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' ([[The Muppet Movie#Rainbow Connection Finale|"The Rainbow Connection" Finale]])
 
* ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' ([[The Muppets Take Manhattan#Wedding Finale|Wedding Finale]])
  
* ''[[The Muppets Take Manhattan]]'' ([[The Muppets Take Manhattan#Wedding Finale|Wedding Finale]])
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* [[The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years]]
 
* ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]''
  
* ''[[The Jim Henson Hour]]''
 
** [[Episode 112: Food]]
  
** [[Episode 112: Food]]
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** "[[Muppets Tonight Theme]]"
  
** "[[Muppets Tonight Theme]]"
 
** [[Episode 103: Billy Crystal]]
  
** [[Episode 103: Billy Crystal]]
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* ''[[Muppets Most Wanted]]''
 
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*''[[The Muppets Character Encyclopedia]]''
 
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Revision as of 14:50, 4 April 2014

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Mildred-Suggs Sketches

Design sketches for the character.

Mildred muppet magazine

Muppet Magazine Spring 1983.

Mildred suggs exhibit

Mildred Huxtetter with Marvin Suggs on display at the Jim Henson: Performing Artist exhibit.

Mildred Huxtetter is a purple, beak-nosed woman who carries herself with a haughty, aristocratic air. She is very educated, as evidenced by her many appelations, which include BA, MA, PhD, OBE, and RSVP.

Mildred made her debut on The Muppets Valentine Show, where she was performed by Richard Hunt, and had the largest role of her career. In that special, Mildred serves as the piano accompanist. She also offers tea to Mia Farrow, mourns over the lack of romance in her own life, and is pursued by Brewster, who mistakes her for his old flame Grace.

When Mildred appeared on The Muppet Show, however, she was one of the few main characters whose performer was inconsistent. Although both Mildred's Featured Creature bio at henson.com and the Muppet Morsels on The Muppet Show: Season One DVDs list Eren Ozker as her regular performer, there are no known instances of her vocalizing in the role.

During the first season of The Muppet Show, all of Mildred's appearances were onstage, most frequently with George the Janitor in At the Dance sketches, where she was performed by Frank Oz. She also danced with Charles Aznavour to "The Old Fashioned Way" in episode 109 and appeared in two panel discussions: in episode 109, where she was performed by Richard Hunt, and in episode 115, where she was performed by Dave Goelz.

Because Mildred was never featured in the first season's backstage plots, no context was given for her appearances on The Muppet Show. Unlike George the Janitor or Hilda (the seamstress), Mildred did not appear to have a position with the Muppet Theater. Nor did she appear to be a performer like Wanda.

In episode 204, her first appearance on the second season of The Muppet Show, she appeared as a reporter (voiced by Louise Gold, who would also perform Mildred in episode 305). Although she would appear in the background on The Muppet Show, The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight and several Muppet movies, Mildred would have no further speaking roles. She did, however, serve as the receptionist for Muppet Magazine in the 1980s.

According to the Spring 1983 issue of Muppet Magazine (which establishes her as the publication's proofreader), Mildred is from Spokane, Washington and once pursued a career as a soprano in The Metropolitan Opera.

In 2006, the puppet was on display at the Jim Henson: Performing Artist exhibit at the University of Maryland.

Mildred makes a cameo appearance in the 2014 film Muppets Most Wanted.

Filmography

Mildred and George

Book appearances

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