Names to Know in Puppet Shows

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The groundbreaking, the influential, the seminal... but not necessarily the most famous people in puppetry.

These people are the genre definers, the Trope Makers, the people that other people in the puppetry field look to for inspiration.

For famous works in the field, see Puppet Shows.

(((look at Puppeteer and Adult puppeteering)))

Traditional

 * Punch and Judy

Hand Puppeteers

 * The Funday Pawpet Show
 * Shari Lewis
 * Kukla, Fran and Ollie
 * Spitting Image
 * Cosmo Allegretti
 * Hallo Spencer

Marionettes

 * Howdy Doody

Muppeteers

 * Kevin Clash
 * Jim Henson
 * Frank Oz
 * Caroll Spinney

Other Puppetry
Includes shadow puppets, paper cutouts, and found objects among others.
 * Gerry Anderson - creator of "Supermarionation"
 * D.C. Follies
 * Sid and Marty Krofft Productions
 * Paul Zaloom

Ventriloquists

 * Edgar Bergen
 * Jeff Dunham
 * Señor Wences
 * Paul Winchell