Frank Oz

@Directors, Timeline and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Frank Oz is an American film director, puppeteer and actor Jewish Actors American Film & Theater Personalities Actors Directors Gemini Celebrities Frank Richard Oznowicz, popularly known as Frank Oz, is an American puppeteer, director, actor and voice-artist. Oz is better known as the creator and performer of the Muppet characters such as ‘Miss Piggy’ and ‘Fozzie Bear’ along with Jim Henson in ‘The Muppet Show’. He also created the puppet characters that are loved by children and adults alike—‘Cookie Monster’, ‘Bert’, and ‘Grover’ for the popular children’s television show ‘Sesame Street’. Oz was born in England into a family of amateur puppeteers, which naturally gave way to Oz’s interest in puppets and the art of puppeteering. By the time he was a teenager, he found Jim Henson who took him along for ‘Muppets, Inc.’ and later when he created his own show ‘The Muppet Show’, several other small projects and movies like ‘The Dark Crystal’, etc., he always collaborated with Oz and made him his primary creative consultant. Oz has himself directed many movies over the years, like, ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’, ‘What About Bob?’, ‘Death at a Funeral’, etc. Oz is also known for giving the world its beloved Star Wars puppet character, ‘Yoda’ with its trademark reverse grammar style.

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Birthday: May 25, 1944 Nationality: American Famous: Jewish Actors, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors Spouses: Victoria Labalme (m. 2011), Robin Oz (m. 1979–2005) Known as: Frank Richard Oznowicz Universities: Oakland Technical High School Oakland City College Birth Place: Hereford Information Detail Birthday May 25, 1944 Nationality American Famous Jewish Actors, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors Spouses Victoria Labalme (m. 2011), Robin Oz (m. 1979–2005) Known as Frank Richard Oznowicz Universities Oakland Technical High School Oakland City College Birth Place Hereford Height 188cm Gender Male Father Frances Oznowicz Mother Isidore Oznowicz Net Worth $20 million as of Apr 11,2017 Sun Sign Gemini Born in Hereford

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Oz has been married twice: Robin Garsen (1979-2005)—the couple had four children together and actress Victoria Labalme (2011-present). Unsplash Personal Life

Oz was born in Hereford, England, to Frances and Isidore Oznowicz. Both his parents were puppeteers. His Dutch-Polish father and Flemish mother struggled with Nazi invasion and moved to England and later, immigrated to California when Oz was 5. Unsplash Childhood & Early Years

He attended the Oakland Technical High School and later went to Oakland City College. He was attracted towards puppets since an early age and by the time he was 18 he had learnt a lot about puppets - courtesy parents. Unsplash Childhood & Early Years

He met with Jim Henson at a puppeteering conference and Henson liked his work with puppets and a few years later, he asked him to join his Muppets team. Unsplash Childhood & Early Years

In 1963, he joined the Muppets, Inc. as an associate with ‘Rowlf the Dog’ and later on ‘The Jimmy Dean Show’. He was just 19 at that time. Henson and Oz performed as ‘Scoop and Skip’, ‘Southern Colonel and Nutty Bird’, etc. Unsplash Career

A new program for children called ‘Sesame Street’ started in 1969 and Oz invented the characters ‘Bert’, ‘Grover’, and ‘Cookie Monster’, and performed them solely for many years. During this time, he also did minor characters, including ‘Lefty the Salesman’. Unsplash Career

During the time between the start of ‘Sesame Street’ and the beginning of ‘The Muppet Show’, Oz was in almost every major Henson production—‘The Great Santa Claus Switch’, ‘The Frog Prince’, and ‘The Muppet Musicians of Bremen’. Unsplash Career

By 1976, Henson grew exasperated by the constraints of working on someone else's program. In an attempt to gain creative control over his artistic ideas, Henson produced ‘The Muppet Show’ and Oz became the key creator on the show. Unsplash Career

Oz created ‘Miss Piggy’, ‘Fozzie Bear’, and ‘Animal’, ‘Sam the Eagle’, ‘George the Janitor’ and ‘Marvin Suggs’ for ‘The Muppet Show’. He also wrote ‘The Rhyming Song’ and ‘Jamboree’ and was credited as a creative consultant on the show. Unsplash Career

Although Oz’s career has been versatile and he has not only worked as a puppeteer but also as a director, actor, and voice-artist, etc. His work, along with Jim Henson, with ‘Sesame Street’ is considered as his top-notch one. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 25, 1944
Nationality	American
Famous	Jewish Actors, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Directors
Spouses	Victoria Labalme (m. 2011), Robin Oz (m. 1979–2005)
Known as	Frank Richard Oznowicz
Universities	Oakland Technical High School Oakland City College
Birth Place	Hereford
Height	188cm
Gender	Male
Father	Frances Oznowicz
Mother	Isidore Oznowicz
Net Worth	$20 million as of Apr 11,2017
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Hereford

Frank Oz

American

May 25, 1944

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