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Joan Ganz Cooney is an American television producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop, 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. Many of the programs she produced won local Emmys.
Birth Name
Joan Reardan Ganz
Born
Saturday, 30 November 1929
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self | 2021 |
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem | Self | 2020 |
In Their Own Words | Self - Founder, Children's Television Workshop | 2015 |
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Self | 2014 |
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self - Co-Founder - Sesame Workshop / Self | 2011 |
Pioneers of Television | Sesame Street Producer / Self | 2008 |
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 | Self | 1989 |
Henson's Place | Self | 1984 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days | Self | 2021 |
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Self | 2021 |
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem | Self | 2020 |
In Their Own Words | Self - Founder, Children's Television Workshop | 2015 |
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Self | 2014 |
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Self - Co-Founder - Sesame Workshop / Self | 2011 |
Pioneers of Television | Sesame Street Producer / Self | 2008 |
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 | Self | 1989 |
Henson's Place | Self | 1984 |
Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
60 Minutes | Herself - Creator, Sesame Street (segment "New Kid on the Street") / Herself - Creator, Sesame Street (segment "New Kid on the Street") (archive footage) | 1968 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Knife Skills | 2017 |
Follow That Bird | 1985 |
3-2-1 Contact | 1980 |
The Electric Company | 1971 |