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Burr Tillstrom was an American puppeteer and film director. He was born in Chicago and died in Palm Springs. His death resulted from heart failure under natural causes.
Tillstrom received Peabody Awards for his work. His contributions are recognized in the Peabody Award collection. He was male and held United States citizenship.
He is buried at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Burr Tillstrom appears in Vinony's Peabody Award collection — one of 454 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Burr Tillstrom is referenced by 229 other articles, and connects out to Chicago, Television Hall of Fame and Walt Disney.
It is catalogued under topics including 1917 births, 1985 deaths and 20th-century American LGBTQ people.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known for
- The Muppet Movie — Additional Muppet Performer1979
- The Carpenters at Christmas — Self / Kukla and Ollie1977
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962
- Alice in Wonderland — Mock Turtle / Cheshire Cat / Oysters1955
- This Is Your Life — Self1952
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Mock Turtle1951
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie — Kukla, Ollie, etc. Puppeteer & voices1947
via TMDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Occupation
- film director
- Image
- Tillstrom allison bankhead kukla show.JPG
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- Commons category
- Burr Tillstrom
- date of birth
- 1917-10-13
- date of death
- 1985-12-06
- place of burial
- Rosehill Cemetery
- cause of death
- heart failure
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
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