Nanny

PERFORMER	Barbara Billingsley
DEBUT	1984

Nanny is the kindly woman who takes care of the nursery on Muppet Babies.

Nanny is always seen from the babies' perspective, so the audience never sees her face. The most frequent view of her are her legs, clad in green and white striped socks beneath a pink skirt, and her purple sneakers with red laces, when entering the room. However, her full body was also displayed, including her arms and her purple sweater, but always cut off at the shoulders or otherwise obscured.

Nanny has a sister known to the Babies as Aunt Fanny, who sometimes helps to take care of the Babies.

Nanny's existence is not limited to the animated Muppet Babies world. A framed embroidery of her can be seen decorating the wall of Baby Piggy, Baby Fozzie and Baby Gonzo as Wee Willie Winkie (in the guise of Baby Kermit) peers into their window in Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes.

Nanny in the opening credits.

Nanny in her youth, working as a carhop in the 1950s, as seen in "Back to the Nursery"

Nanny, hard at work in "Around the Nursery in 80 Days"

A rare full view of Nanny in "Around the Nursery in 80 Days", her face covered with a parasol.

Book appearances

• Meet the Muppet Babies (1986)
• Good Knight, Sir Kermit (1987)
• Baby Fozzie Visits the Doctor (1995)
• Baby Piggy Goes to Nursery School (1996)