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Caroll Spinney

1933 - 2019

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Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caroll Spinney has received more than 1,667,724 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Caroll Spinney is the 6,069th most popular actor (up from 7,832nd in 2019), the 8,906th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,573rd in 2019) and the 2,776th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Caroll Spinney ranks 6,069 out of 13,578. Before him are James Frain, Oona Chaplin, Shelley Berman, Minta Durfee, Lee Bo-young, and N. T. Rama Rao Jr.. After him are Jadwiga Smosarska, Edison Chen, Bruce Bennett, Chae Shi-ra, Noriko Hidaka, and Patrick Fabian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Caroll Spinney ranks 438. Before him are Ágnes Gergely, Hiroshi Suzuki, Joe Orton, Jean Graczyk, Leonid Bartenyev, and Vincenzo Consolo. After him are Irmtraud Morgner, Yuri Chesnokov, Stefano Rodotà, John Hopfield, Seydou Diarra, and Peter Arundell. Among people deceased in 2019, Caroll Spinney ranks 431. Before him are Roky Erickson, Andre Matos, Cameron Boyce, Koldo Aguirre, Ken Matthews, and Michael D. Coe. After him are Daniel Johnston, John Paul Stevens, Heather Harper, Halvard Hanevold, Valerie Harper, and Jeremy Kemp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Caroll Spinney ranks 8,906 out of 20,380. Before him are Shelley Berman (1925), Myles Kennedy (1969), Minta Durfee (1889), Patti Hansen (1956), Harold Budd (1936), and Les Baxter (1922). After him are Hilary Hahn (1979), Bruce Bennett (1906), Daniel Johnston (1961), Patrick Fabian (1964), John Paul Stevens (1920), and Priscilla Dean (1896).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Caroll Spinney ranks 2,776. Before him are Susan Tyrrell (1945), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Sasha Mitchell (1967), Lana Parrilla (1977), Shelley Berman (1925), and Minta Durfee (1889). After him are Bruce Bennett (1906), Patrick Fabian (1964), Priscilla Dean (1896), Aubrey Plaza (1984), Marie Osborne Yeats (1911), and Dick Clark (1929).

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Television and Movie Roles

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Oscar the Grouch (voice)
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.
May 20o 20096.1 / 10
Sesame Street
Cookie Monster
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
7.119 / 10
Follow That Bird
Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Aug 2o 19856.3 / 10