Louise Gold

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Louise Gold is a performer of stage and screen who trained at the Arts Educational School. She has worked extensively in British musical theatre, and has been a recurring puppeteer in various Muppet productions since the 1970s. Her most well-known characters are Annie Sue Pig and Funella Furchester.Her first work with the Muppets was on The Muppet Show, becoming its only British on-screen talent. She began primarily doing voices for characters that would be manipulated by other puppeteers. Her first work was a recording of "Chanson D'Amour" for episode 204, sung in three-part harmony.While on The Muppet Show, she frequently worked as assistant to Jim Henson when performing characters that would require more than one person. She has also been teamed with Jerry Nelson often times over the years in various productions, especially for musical numbersAs a puppeteer, she went on to become a founding member of the team behind the satirical TV show Spitting Image.Some of her stage credits (as a singer actress in musical theatre) include Tanya in Mamma Mia, Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby in The Waterbabies, Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins, and Mrs. Sowerberry/Mrs. Bedwin in Oliver! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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