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Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney (born Joan Ganz on November 30, 1929) is an American television writer and producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was also co-created by her. Cooney grew up in Phoenix and earned a B.A. degree in education from the University of Arizona in 1951. After working for the State Department in Washington, D.C. and as a journalist in Phoenix, she worked as a publicist for television and production companies in New York City. In 1961, she became interested in working for educational television, and became a documentary producer for New York's first educational TV station WNET (Channel 13). Many of the programs she produced won local Emmys. (From Wikipedia)

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Birthday

1929-11-30

Birth Place

Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011

7.3

Movie
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015

7.3

Movie
Sesame Street Pitch Reel

Sesame Street Pitch Reel

1969

0.0

Movie
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

1990

10.0

Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

7.4

Movie
poster

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

6.7

TV
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

2006

6.0

Movie