Joan Ganz Cooney
Production
November 30, 1929 (96 years old)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
10
Acting Credits
Biography
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 journa...
Known For
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
Television
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Self (uncredited)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Self
Filmography
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self (archive footage)
7.8
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self
7.4
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
2015
as Self
7.4
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2011
as Self
7.2
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006
as Self
7
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
as Self
9
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989
as Self (uncredited)
7.3
Television
1985
8
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
1969
as Self
9
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
6.8