Carmen Osbahr

Carmen Osbahr (b. April 21, 1962) did not originally plan to become a puppeteer. Though she was interested more in the television medium, puppetry came into her life when she began working on several television shows in Mexico City for Televisa which included puppets. In 1985, she attended a Muppeteer Workshop in New York City that scouted out young talent for Sesame Street's Mexican co-production, Plaza Sésamo. Kermit Love asked Osbahr not only to work on Plaza Sésamo but also to train other puppeteers at the workshop.
From there, Osbahr got in touch with Jim Henson, and she began visiting the set of Sesame Street in the mid-1980s. Osbahr became an official Muppeteer in 1989. Her best-known character, Rosita, made her first appearance on Sesame Street in Season 23.
Osbahr has since performed in a variety of Muppet projects, including Bear in the Big Blue House and Dog City. She also performed Kiki in the TV series The Puzzle Place and Lily the Water Sprite on John Tartaglia's series Johnny and the Sprites.
==Puppeteer credits==
:for a complete character gallery, see Carmen Osbahr characters
*Sesame Street: Rosita, Ovejita, and others...
**Elmo the Musical: The Queen of Nacho Picchu, Iguana
*Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital: AM Girl Patient
*The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
*Dog City
*Billy Bunny's Animal Songs: Gopher, Frog
*CityKids
*Sesame Street Stays Up Late
*Sing-Along Earth Songs: Fauna
*Aliens in the Family
*Telling the Truth: Blue Monster
*Bear in the Big Blue House: Ursa (voice)
*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
*Sesame Street Goes to the Doctor: Chicken
*Elmo's Musical Adventure: Peter and the Wolf
*Kids' Favorite Songs 2
*MasterCard
*Bert & Ernie's Word Play
*Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!: Green Caroler
*Talk, Read, Write
*What's the Name of That Song?
*Elmo's Potty Time
*Sesame Beginnings
*Panwapa: Baabra Sheep
*Abby in Wonderland
*Let's Get Ready!
*Coming Home
*Being Green
*Elmo Loves You
*3, 2, 1 Let's Go
*When Families Grieve
*Food for Thought
*Math Is Everywhere
*Growing Hope Against Hunger
*Little Children, Big Challenges: Divorce
*Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration
*Late Night with Jimmy Fallon "The Weight": ChickenJake's Happy Nostalgia Show Episode 110: Carmen Osbahr (39:07) April 26, 2023
*Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas: Anything Muppet woman
*The Muppets Take the Bowl
*The Magical Wand Chase
*The Muppets Take the O2
*When You Wish Upon a Pickle
*Our Street Is Sesame Street: Carmen (voice)
*A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration (2019, credited as Carmen Osbahr-Veritz): Rosita
*Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration: Spoon
*The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
*My Sesame Street Friends
==Voice credits==
*Elmo the Musical: Block 
==Non-Henson Credits==
* ‪Los Cuentos de Cri Cri‬
* The Puzzle Place - Kiki Flores
* Between the Lions - Sierra Lion
* Johnny and the Sprites - Lily the Water Sprite
* 30 Rock
==Notes==
*Osbahr's son Alex appeared on the show in Episode 4090, both in the street story and an insert counting down with Buzz Aldrin.Sesame Street Memory video
==See also==
* Carmen Osbahr cameos
==Sources==
==External links==
* Peter Gerstenzang, "Behind the Scenes: Kermit the Frog Turned Me Into a Puppeteer", New York Times, 1 April 2007
* Tough Pigs: Muppet Gals Talking: Carmen Osbahr
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