Martin P. Robinson


Martin P. Robinson is an American puppeteer, who works for the Jim Henson Company. He built, designed, and performed the Audrey II puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is also best known for his work on Sesame Street, having performed the characters of Telly Monster, Mrs. Grouch, Slimey, Mr. Snuffleupagus, Oscar's niece Irvine, and Shelley the Turtle on the show for 40 years. He also performed the characters Riff the Cat and Clef the dad on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He also performed the Cat in the Hat in the second season of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

Early life

Robinson was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan and later graduated from Brookfield East High School in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee.

Personal life

Robinson married Sesame Street writer Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York. Annie gave birth to twin daughters, Lyra and Ripley, on February 12, 2009. Robinson also has three grown step-children through a previous marriage.

Filmography