Sunday, October 14, 2012

Muppet Show Guest Actors Pilots and First Season: Where are They Now?

LAST UPDATED: September 5, 2016. Info derived from imdb. Only roles 2014 and later noted. In order of airing, not filming. Acting credits only noted. Many still active as singers, etc.

PILOTS 1974-1975
1.     Mia Farrow (The Muppets Valentine Show): last known acting role in 2011; as Self: Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (1 episode 2015), A Path Appears (2015), Today (2 episodes 2014).
2.     (The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence): no guest star.

SEASON 1 1976-1977
1.     Rita Moreno: in Grace and Frankie (1 episode 2016), Grey's Anatomy (1 episode 2016), Jane the Virgin (4 episodes 2015-2016), Getting On (1 episode 2015), Nina’s World (unknown episodes 2015), A Gift of Miracles (2015), Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014), Rio 2 (2014), Old Soul (2014); Remember Me (2016) completed; One Day at a Time (3 episodes 2017) filming; as Self: 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015), CBS This Morning (2 episodes 2015), The Robert MacNeil Report (1 episode 2015), The Latin Explosion: A New America (2015), 2015 Hispanic Heritage Awards (2015), Today (1 episode 2015), Días de cine (1 episode 2015), Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2014-2015), Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution (2015), Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014), Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014), Storyline Online (1 episode  2014); as Self, pre-production: TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016), The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards (2016).
2.     Jim Nabors: last known acting role in 1991, as Self: Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (2016).
3.     Sandy Duncan: in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2 episodes 2014-2015), Yo Gabba Gabba! (1 episode 2015); as Co-Producer, completed: Life is Funny (2016); as Self: Today (2 episodes 2014-2016); as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016).
4.     Ruth Buzzi: last known acting role in 2007, as Self in 2009.
5.     Joel Grey: in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode 2014); as Self: CBS News Sunday Morning (1 episode 2016), Paul O'Grady's 100 Years of Movie Musicals (2016), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode 2016), Live from the Red Carpet: The 2015 Tony Awards (2015), The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015), Cocktails & Classics (1 episode 2015), Great Broadway Musical Moments from the Ed Sullivan Show (2015), When East Meets West: Joel Grey Remembers Chiun (2014), The Broadway.com Show (1 episode 2014), Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (1 episode 2014), Private Screenings (1 episode 2014), Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014).
6.     Paul Williams: in Future-Worm! (1 episode 2016), Adventure Time with Finn & Jake (3 episodes 2015), Community (1 episode 2014); as Self: Paul O'Grady's 100 Years of Movie Musicals (2016), The Bandit (2016), No Sleep TV3 (1 episode 2016), Daft Punk Unchained (2015), Waiting for Ishtar (2015), Today (1 episode 2014), Paul Williams Soul Inspiration (2014), The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014).
7.     Lena Horne: died in 2010.
8.     Peter Ustinov: died in 2004.
9.     Florence Henderson: in The Eleventh (2 episodes 2016), K.C. Undercover (1 episode 2016), Sofia the First (1 episode 2016), Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Instant Mom (1 episode 2014), Trophy Wife (1 episode 2014); Grandmothers Murder Club (2017) in post-production; SINs (2 episodes 2016) in pre-production; as Self: Chelsea (1 episode 2016), Made in Hollywood (1 episode 2016), Ok! TV (1 episode 2016), Breaking Bread with Brooke Burke (1 episode 2015), The Insider (1 episode 2015), CBS News Sunday Morning (1 episode 2015), Today (1 episodes 2015), Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2014), Inside Edition (1 episode 2014), Pioneers of Television (1 episode 2014), The Queen Latifah Show (2 episodes 2014), The Talk (1 episodes, 2014), Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off (6 episodes 2014), Home & Family (1 episode 2014); as Self, post-production: Untitled Bill Hayes Documentary (nd), Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016).
10.  Valerie Harper: in Childrens Hospital (1 episode 2016), Merry Xmas (2015), 2 Broke Girls (1 episode 2015), Melissa & Joey (1 episode 2015), Signed, Sealed, Delivered (2 episodes 2014), American Dad! (1 episode 2014), The Town That Came A-Courtin' (2014; also Executive Producer); My Mom and the Girl (2016) in post-production; as Self: Entertainment Tonight (4 episodes 2014-2016), Extra (2 episodes 2014-2016), The Meredith Vieira Show (1 episode 2016), Banner on the Moon (2016), Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015), Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015), The Seventies (1 episode 2015), The Doctors (1 episode 2015), She's The Best Thing In It (2015), Fashion News Live (1 episode 2015), The Chew (1 episode 2014), Banner on the Moon (2014), The Haunting Of (1 episode 2014), Katie (1 episode 2014), The Broadway.com Show (1 episode 2014), Good Morning America (1 episode 2014), Fox and Friends (1 episode 2014); as Self, post-production: Sills (nd), Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016).
11.  Candice Bergen: in BoJack Horseman (1 episode 2016), Battle Creek (1 episode 2015), Beautiful & Twisted (2015), A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014), Rules Don't Apply (2016)  completed; Pearl (2016), Yeh Din Ka Kissa (2017) in post-production; as Self: Rachael Ray (1 episode 2015), Watch What Happens: Live (1 episode 2015), Today (3 episodes 2014-2015), Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode 2015), Live from New York! (2015), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1 episode 2015), Charlie Rose (1 episode 2015), CBS News Sunday Morning (1 episode 2015), Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015), Extra (1 episode 2015), The Talk (1 episode 2015), Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014).
12.  Bruce Forsyth: last known acting role in 2000; as Writer: Strictly Come Dancing (1 episode 2014; 3 2014-2015 as Self); as Executive Producer/Self: Bruce's Hall of Fame (2014); as Associate Producer/Self: Perspectives (1 episode 2014); as Self: The One Show (1 episode 2016), Loose Women (4 episodes 2014-2015), The Saturday Night Story (2015), VE Day: Remembering Victory (2015), The Fight for Saturday Night (2014), Pride of Britain Awards (2014), Come on Down! The Game Show Story (1 episode 2014), Today at Wimbledon (1 episode 2014), Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014), The Paul O'Grady Show (1 episode 2014).
13.  Harvey Korman: died in 2008.
14.  Charles Aznavour: last known acting role in 2013 but Herstory (nd) in post-production; as Self: Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015), Le petit journal (1 episode 2015), C'est au programme (1 episode 2015), Vivement dimanche (2 episodes 2015), Je t'aime. The story of French song with Petula Clarke (2015), Du côté de chez Dave (1 episode 2015), C à vous (1 episode 2015), Vivement dimanche prochain (1 episode 2015), Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (1 episode 2015), Hier encore (3 episodes 2014-2015), Senza Lucio (2014), Ànima (1 episode 2014), Le grand show (2 episodes 2014), Aznavour (2014); Vif (2016) in post-production.
15.  Ben Vereen: in Sneaky Pete (1 episode 2017), Hot in Cleveland (1 episode 2014), Time Out of Mind (2014), Top Five (2014), How I Met Your Mother (1 episode 2014), Love That Girl! (1 episode 2014); The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016) in post-production; as Self: Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2014-2016), Today (2 episodes 2015-2016), Sacramento Film Works (1 episode 2015), CBS News Sunday Morning (1 episode 2015), BET Honors (2015), Being Fabulous Rocks! T.V. Show (1 episode 2015), Made in Hollywood (1 episode 2014), Pioneers of Television (1 episode 2014), 45th NAACP Image Awards (2014); as Self: post-production: Move (nd), Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016; as Self, filming: Last of the Showmen (2017).
16.  Vincent Price: died in 1993.
17.  Twiggy: last known acting role in 2005; as Self: The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One (2015), Who Do You Think You Are? (1 episode 2014), Pop Models (2014), Glad All Over: The Dave Clark Five and Beyond (2014), Loose Women (1 episode 2014), The Kumars (1 episode 2014).
18.  Phyllis Diller: died in 2012.
19.  Ethel Merman: died in 1984; Richard Bradshaw (same episode): no other known acting roles; as Self in 1988.
20.  Connie Stevens: in Search Engines (2016), Just Before I Go (2014); By the Rivers of Babylon (2017) completed; White Lillies (nd) in pre-production; as Director/Producer, pre-production: Prairie Bones (nd); as Self: Tab Hunter Confidential (2015), The Insider (2 episodes 2014), The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014); as Self, filming: The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); Bert and Ernie (same episode): fictional characters, still appearing on Sesame Street.
21.  Avery Schreiber: died in 2002.
22.  Juliet Prowse: died in 1996.
23.  Kaye Ballard: last known acting role in 2000; as Self: Twenty-Five Palms (2015), The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014); as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016); as Self, pre-production: Palm Springs: Hollywood's Playground (nd).
24.  Mummenschanz: theatre group still active; as Self in 2012.
a.      Andres Bossard: died in 1992.
b.      Floriana Frassetto: last known acting role in 1992; as Self in 2013.
c.      Bernie Schürch: last known acting role in 1992, as Self in 2003.

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