Pam Arciero
Pamela Arciero (born May 8, 1954) is a puppeteer and voice-over artist. She has performed for Between the Lions and Sesame Street, playing Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend Grundgetta in the latter. In addition to performance work, she worked as a director on the Nickelodeon preschool series Oobi, which featured both writers and performers of Sesame Street.
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Born | Pamela Arciero May 8, 1954 Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S. |
Occupation | Puppeteer, voice actress |
Years active | 1982-present |
Career
Arciero earned her Master's in Puppetry from the University of Connecticut.[1]
Arciero took over the role of Oscar the Grouch's girlfriend, Grundgetta for Sesame Street from Brian Muehl, performing her in The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson and Sesame Street: A Is for Asthma and continues to perform her to this day.
She has performed characters for many Nickelodeon programs, including Oobi, Allegra's Window, and Eureeka's Castle. She also performed for Between the Lions on PBS and The Great Space Coaster.
She performed in Little Shop of Horrors at the Orpheum Theater and served as director for several live shows at Sesame Place and El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles.
Arciero currently serves as Artistic Director for the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Puppetry Conference since 2002 and continues to participate in puppetry workshops and other events across the country.
She appears as herself in the documentaries Henson's Place and The World of Jim Henson, as well as herself and Grundgetta at Jim Henson's memorial service.
Filmography
- Sesame Street: Grundgetta, Sally Wilson, Additional Muppets
- Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird: Grundgetta
- Little Muppet Monsters: Penguin, Additional Muppets
- Sesame Street Stays Up Late!: Additional Muppets
- Sesame Street… 20 Years & Still Counting: Telly Monster (assistant)
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: Little cats F and N, Lulu's Dog, Zubble-Wump
- Blue's Room: Shapes Puppy
- Sesame Street 4D: Additional characters
- Play with Me Sesame: Additional characters
- Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
- Learning About Letters
- The Muppets Take Manhattan: Grundgetta
- Jim Henson's memorial service (appearing as herself and Grundgetta)
- Eureeka's Castle: Quagmire and Emma
- Allegra's Window: Lindi the dog, Allegra's mom
- Between the Lions: Leona Lion (Season 3 onwards)
References
- Passero, Laura (January 25, 2002). "`Between The Lions' Helps Encourage Children To Read". The Courant.
External links
- Pam Arciero at IMDb
Preceded by Brian Muehl |
Performer of Grundgetta 1984 – present |
Succeeded by None |