Fran Brill with  her Sesame Street chartacters, Zoe and Prairie Dawn.
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Fran Brill with her Sesame Street chartacters, Zoe and Prairie Dawn. / Wikimedia Commons

Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts pays tribute this weekend to the women of the Jim Henson Company. Fran Brill of Savannah was the first female puppeteer Henson hired for Sesame Street. We talked with her about her long career on one of the most recognizable streets in America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v9hFWy86Ok&t=33s