Judy Freudberg
| Judy Freudberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | Judith Freudberg July 12, 1949 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Complications of a brain tumor |
Judith "Judy" Freudberg (July 12, 1949 – June 10, 2012) was an American TV writer. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. In 1971, she started working on Sesame Street, two years after the show’s debut, as an assistant in the music department and became a writer for the children's television show in 1975. Judy worked on that show for 35 years and shared 17 daytime Emmys. One of the creators and developers of Elmo's World,[1] she served as head writer for that popular segment.
Freudberg collaborated with Tony Geiss on Sesame Street's first feature film, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird[2] as well as The Land Before Time[3] and An American Tail, two feature animation films directed by Don Bluth and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. She and Molly Boylan were nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Children's Special for the home video Elmo's World: Wild Wild West. For Sesame Street season 35, Judy co-wrote, with Lou Berger, the primetime special, Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On, which was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Children's Program.
She died on June 10, 2012 in Manhattan at age 62 from complications of a brain tumor.[4]
References
External links
Judy Freudberg at the Internet Movie Database
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