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James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, actor, animator, creative producer, and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the puppets for Sesame Street (1969). Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with fellow student Jane Nebel. Henson and Nebel co-founded Muppets, Inc. – now The Jim Henson Company – in 1958, and married less than a year later in 1959. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics. In 1969, Henson joined the children's television program Sesame Street (1969–present) where he helped to develop Muppet characters for the series. He and his creative team also appeared on the first season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975–present). He produced the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show (1976–1981) during this period. Henson revolutionized the way puppetry is captured and presented in video media, and he won fame for his characters – particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and the characters on Sesame Street. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The Storyteller (1987–1988) and The Jim Henson Hour (1989). Henson died in New York City from toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. At the time of his death, he was in negotiations to sell his company to The Walt Disney Company, but talks fell through after his death. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, and was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1936-09-24
- event Death Date 1990-05-16
- school Known for: Directing
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jim Henson
10
The King of Eight
1971-05-21
7.3
The Muppet Movie
1979-06-22
6.5
Into the Night
1985-02-22
6
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990-04-30
6.6
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984-06-27
7
Of Muppets & Men
1981-10-31
6.8
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
2006-12-01
6.9
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987-12-16
6
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
1996-02-06
6.8
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990-11-21
0
I Love Liberty
1982-03-21
6.4
Follow That Bird
1985-08-02
7
Hey Cinderella!
1969-03-16
6.8
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
1984-01-01
7
The Great Muppet Caper
1981-06-26
8
Dog City: The Movie
1989-05-05
0
Julie: My Favourite Things
1975-04-18
0
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
1996-01-01
6.7
The Christmas Toy
1986-12-06
7.1
Time Piece
1965-05-07
0
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986-05-12
0
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985-07-09
0
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985-10-01
0
Muppet Treasures
1985-07-09
0
The Muppet Revue
1985-04-16
6.6
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972-04-26
6.5
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990-05-06
6.7
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
1971-05-12
6.8
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983-05-12
9.3
Free to Be... a Family
1988-12-14
8.5
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982-09-17
6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979-05-16
0
The Wizard of Id
1969-01-01
6.6
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
1983-01-09
8
The Muppets on Puppets
1970-01-05
6
The Great Santa Claus Switch
1970-12-20
7.6
Inside the Labyrinth
1986-12-13
5.8
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
2007-08-01
0
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989-11-26
0
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
1985-01-01
6.7
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
1997-07-08
6
Sesame Street: Sing Along
1987-01-01
9
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
1969-09-01
0
Hip Hip Parade!
1978-11-21
0
Muppet Picker Upper
1975-01-01
7
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999-05-17
6
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999-05-17
6.6
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1983-11-16
0
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001-07-17
0
The Paperwork Explosion
1967-01-01
7.4
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015-05-06
0
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
2004-11-20
0
Muppet Music Moments
2004-11-20
0
Muppet History 101
2004-11-21
0
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009-07-28
2
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
2009-12-12
0
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
2014-06-21
0
Jim Henson: In Performance
1990-05-16
7
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
2003-01-01
7
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
2015-09-15
8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
7.3
The World of Jim Henson
1994-11-23
0
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989-05-14
0
Down at Fraggle Rock
1987-07-13
5.8
Big Bird in China
1983-05-29
0
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
1988-06-01
6
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
1988-06-01
7.4
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978-12-03
10
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
1989-07-14
6
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
1990-01-01
6.8
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977-12-04
7.1
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981-05-20
7.1
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1979-12-05
6
The Orson Welles Show
1979-02-01
7.3
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
1993-10-29
6.7
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985-04-16
6
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
1984-12-24
6.5
Tales of the Tinkerdee
1962-06-06
8.8
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
1983-11-21
10
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990-05-16
6
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988-10-05
0
Muppet Side Splitter
1981-10-22
0
Mickey's 50
1978-11-19
0
Pure Goldie
1971-02-15
6.4
Muppets Most Wanted
2014-03-20
5.5
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
7
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
1986-03-26
0
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
1988-06-15
0
Wow, You're A Cartoonist!
1988-10-12
7
The Best of Ernie and Bert
1988-09-12
10
The Muppet Show Pitch Reel
1976-01-01
7
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
2019-10-01
8.5
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
2002-05-31
6
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
1997-04-01
0
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
1986-01-01
7.3
Labyrinth
1986-06-27
6
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
1977-12-19
6
Out to Lunch
1974-12-10
8.5
Limbo: The Organized Mind
1966-07-20
7.5
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021-04-23
0
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
1998-09-01
7
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994-05-18
7.2
The Dark Crystal
1982-12-17
0
Muppet Breaker Upper
1979-01-01
0
Muppet Gimme a Break
1979-01-01
6.3
The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22
0
Muppet Breakthrough
1983-01-01
0
Just a Few Announcements
1975-01-01
0
The Muppet Introduction
1975-01-01
0
Rowlf the Salesman
1966-03-01
0
Grump Critic
1979-01-02
0
Let's Have the Dam Break
1979-01-02
0
Meal Break
1979-01-02
0
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979-03-01
0
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024-09-08
6
Alexander the Grape
1965-11-24
0
The Idea Man
1966-07-20
0
This Way to Sesame Street
1969-11-08
7
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978-03-09
0
Visual Thinking
1961-04-01
0
The Reindeer
1965-12-20
8
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
2004-06-22
0
The Muppet Script
2025-02-09
0
I'm Nobody
1966-07-20
0
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
2004-01-27
0
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976-03-30
0
The Vent Event
1978-03-03
0
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
1992-10-25
7.8
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024-05-18
9
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
6
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993-10-29
0
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
1986-01-01
0
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
1975-12-14
0
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973-03-27
0
Getting Ready to Read
1992-06-18
0
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977-11-27
0
Sam the Snake
1969-10-10
7.1
Sesame Street
1969-11-10
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
9
Sam and Friends
1955-05-09
8.1
The Muppet Show
1976-09-05
8.8
The Jim Henson Hour
1989-04-14
8.3
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985-09-14
5.5
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
2002-04-01
0
Sesame Unpaved
1999-02-02
0
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969-03-09
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983-06-06
7
Einer wird gewinnen
1964-01-25
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27
0
NBC Experiment in Television
1967-02-19
7
Wedden, dat..?
1986-01-02
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.3
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
5.8
Great Performances
1971-01-28
0
Dolly
1987-09-27
0
In Their Own Words
2015-09-01
8
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1948-11-25
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
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7.5
The Witches
1990-05-25
7.5
The Muppet Movie
1979-06-22
7.5
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays
2015-05-15
7.5
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977-12-04
7.5
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
1986-03-26
7.5
The Dark Crystal
1982-12-17
7.5
The Dark Crystal
1982-12-17
7.5
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984-06-27
7.5
Labyrinth
1986-06-27
7.5
Labyrinth
1986-06-27
7.5
The Great Muppet Caper
1981-06-26
7.5
The Cube
1969-02-23
7.5
Dog City: The Movie
1989-05-05
7.5
The Wizard of Id
1969-01-01
7.5
The Christmas Toy
1986-12-06
7.5
Time Piece
1965-05-07
7.5
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
1971-05-12
7.5
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972-04-26
7.5
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981-05-20
7.5
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981-05-20
7.5
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982-09-17
7.5
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982-09-17
7.5
Basil Hears a Noise
1990-12-26
7.5
Ripples
1967-04-27
7.5
Inside the Labyrinth
1986-12-13
7.5
Wheels That Go
1967-12-31
7.5
Youth '68
1968-04-19
7.5
Youth '68
1968-04-19
7.5
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
1985-01-01
7.5
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
1983-03-21
7.5
Living with Dinosaurs
1990-12-30
7.5
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985-07-09
7.5
The Muppets
2011-11-23
7.5
Muppets Most Wanted
2014-03-20
7.5
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
2004-11-20
7.5
Muppet History 101
2004-11-21
7.5
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009-07-28
7.5
Hey Cinderella!
1969-03-16
7.5
Limbo: The Organized Mind
1966-07-20
7.5
Limbo: The Organized Mind
1966-07-20
7.5
Time Piece
1965-05-07
7.5
Time Piece
1965-05-07
7.5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1991-03-22
7.5
The Paperwork Explosion
1967-01-01
7.5
The Paperwork Explosion
1967-01-01
7.5
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987-12-16
7.5
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021-10-08
7.5
The Song of the Cloud Forest
1989-07-16
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999-05-17
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999-05-17
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999-05-17
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999-05-17
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999-05-17
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001-07-17
7.5
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001-07-17
7.5
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
1988-06-01
7.5
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
1988-06-01
7.5
The Dark Crystal
1982-12-17
7.5
Robot
1963-07-21
7.5
Time Piece
1965-05-07
7.5
Run, Run
1965-10-01
7.5
Run, Run
1965-10-01
7.5
Alexander the Grape
1965-11-24
7.5
Drums West
1961-12-31
7.5
Cat and Mouse
1960-01-01
7.5
Run, Run
1965-10-01
7.5
Shearing Animation
1962-01-01
7.5
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
2015-11-21
7.5
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990-05-06
7.5
The King of Eight
1971-05-21
7.5
The Idea Man
1966-07-20
7.5
The Queen of Six
1971-04-01
7.5
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985-04-16
7.5
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985-04-16
7.5
The Cube
1969-02-23
7.5
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
1984-12-24
7.5
Doll House
1970-09-22
7.5
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977-12-04
7.5
Tales of the Tinkerdee
1962-06-06
7.5
Tales of the Tinkerdee
1962-06-06
7.5
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
7.5
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983-05-12
7.5
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983-05-12
7.5
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
1986-03-26
7.5
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992-12-11
7.5
The Best of Ernie and Bert
1988-09-12
7.5
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
1988-06-15
7.5
Julie on Sesame Street
1973-11-23
7.5
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
1983-01-09
7.5
Number Twelve Rocks
1971-02-05
7.5
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
1978-12-03
7.5
Alexander the Grape
1965-11-24
7.5
Alexander the Grape
1965-11-24
7.5
Alexander the Grape
1965-11-24
7.5
Muppet Picker Upper
1975-01-01
7.5
Rowlf the Salesman
1966-03-01
7.5
Muppet Treasures
1985-07-09
7.5
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992-12-11
7.5
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
1996-02-14
7.5
The Muppet Movie
1979-06-22
7.5
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005-05-20
7.5
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002-11-29
7.5
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984-06-27
7.5
Muppets from Space
1999-07-14
7.5
Muppet Treasure Island
1996-02-16
7.5
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987-12-16
7.5
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008-12-17
7.5
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979-05-16
7.5
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013-11-29
7.5
Follow That Bird
1985-08-02
7.5
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999-10-01
7.5
Kermit's Swamp Years
2002-09-03
7.5
Hey Cinderella!
1969-03-16
7.5
The Muppets on Puppets
1970-01-05
7.5
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
1971-05-12
7.5
The Great Santa Claus Switch
1970-12-20
7.5
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972-04-26
7.5
Visual Thinking
1961-04-01
7.5
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1979-12-05
7.5
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981-05-20
7.5
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982-09-17
7.5
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983-05-12
7.5
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
7.5
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
1986-03-26
7.5
The Christmas Toy
1986-12-06
7.5
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990-07-01
7.5
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990-05-06
7.5
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
1995-12-06
7.5
The Reindeer
1965-12-20
7.5
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977-12-04
7.5
The Great Muppet Caper
1981-06-26
7.5
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
1972-04-26
7.5
The Muppet Script
2025-02-09
7.5
I'm Nobody
1966-07-20
7.5
Visual Thinking
1961-04-01
7.5
Visual Thinking
1961-04-01
7.5
Bufferin: Memories
1967-01-01
7.5
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
1985-03-25
7.5
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
1985-03-25
7.5
The Great Santa Claus Switch
1970-12-20
7.5
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
2025-12-04
7.5
The Storyteller: Fearnot
1988-05-22
7.5
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
1988-06-12
7.5
The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988-06-05
7.5
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
1988-05-29
7.5
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
1988-05-15
7.5
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
1988-05-15
7.5
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
7.5
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
1988-07-03
7.5
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
1988-07-03
7.5
The Storyteller: The True Bride
1988-07-10
7.5
Untitled Labyrinth Sequel
7.5
Sam the Snake
1969-10-10
7.5
Sam the Snake
1969-10-10
7.5
The Storyteller
1988-05-15
7.5
The Storyteller
1988-05-15
7.5
Muppet Babies
1984-11-05
7.5
Muppet Babies
1984-11-05
7.5
The Jim Henson Hour
1989-04-14
7.5
The Muppet Show
1976-09-05
7.5
The Muppet Show
1976-09-05
7.5
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.5
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.5
NBC Experiment in Television
1967-02-19
7.5
NBC Experiment in Television
1967-02-19
7.5
Dinosaurs
1991-04-26
7.5
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
1987-09-12
7.5
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987-06-12
7.5
The Jim Henson Hour
1989-04-14
7.5
The Muppets
2015-09-22
7.5
The Muppets Mayhem
2023-05-10
7.5
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019-08-30
7.5
Muppet Babies
2018-03-23
7.5
Studio DC: Almost Live
2008-08-03
7.5
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
7.5
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
2022-01-20
7.5
Muppets TV
2006-10-29
7.5
Muppet Babies
1984-11-05
7.5
5, Rue Sésame
2005-10-22
7.5
Fraggle Rock
1983-01-10
7.5
Takalani Sesame
7.5
Sam and Friends
1955-05-09
7.5
The Muppet Show
1976-09-05
7.5
The Storyteller
1988-05-15
7.5
The Jim Henson Hour
1989-04-14
7.5
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985-09-14
7.5
1, rue Sésame
1978-04-03
7.5
Kermit's Swamp Years
7.5
Little Mermaid's Island
1990-12-31
7.5
Mother Goose Stories
1990-08-25
7.5
Dog City
1992-09-26
7.5
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
1987-09-12
7.5
Sesame Street
1969-11-10
7.5
Muppets Now
2020-07-31