Question:  It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie stars an American actress who is known as the voice of Jessie in what franchise/

Context articles: Mary Christmas (film)
List of The Muppets productions
Frickin' A
Jesse Douglas (actress)
Joan Cusack
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Sam Eagle
Gonzo (Muppet)
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
Bill Barretta

Mary Christmas is a 2002 American Christmas movie written by Stanley M. Brooks and Betty G. Birney.
 It was directed by and stars John Schneider.
 In the movie Joel Wallace, Schneider's character, is a widower raising a daughter, Felice (Jenna Boyd).
 In her Christmas letter to Santa Claus, Felice wishes for a new mother for Christmas.
 The letter is intercepted by a local news producer who cancels reporter Mary Maloney's vacation and sends her to investigate the Wallace family as a human interest story.
 Most of the movie deals with Joel's searching for a new wife that will be Felice's mother.
 The ending takes a bit of a twist, though, when it turns out that Mary is Felice's birth mother who had given her up for adoption.
 The movie incorporates a little extra magic with "governor" Les Turner whom Felice thinks is Santa Claus.
This is a list of productions based on The Muppets characters and franchise, including films, television series and specials, and other media.
 The franchise's main work is "The Muppet Show", a syndicated television series which ran from 1976 to 1981.
 The franchise includes eight feature films; "The Muppet Movie", "The Great Muppet Caper", "The Muppets Take Manhattan", "The Muppet Christmas Carol", "Muppet Treasure Island", "Muppets from Space", "The Muppets", and "Muppets Most Wanted".
 The franchise also includes other series such as "Muppets Tonight" and "The Muppets".
Frickin A is a pop rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio.
 They are best known for their remake of Rick Springfield's "Jessie's Girl", featured on "Now!
 18", and their 2004 single "Merry Merry Merry Frickin' Christmas".
Jesse P. Douglas is an American actress and voice actress, lending her talents to Jessie Bannon in "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest".
 When asked about Jessie's inclusion, Jesse Douglas stated, "I'd be bummed if I upset anybody.
 Jessie is pretty cool.
 It is not like she is a girl who is whining all the time.
 If anything, she is a really good springboard for the rest of the storyline."
 Roth supported her, claiming that "Jonny hasn't discovered girls yet but when he does Jessie would be the type of girl he'd like to be with...I think something will happen between them but right now Jess is his best friend."
 Fred Seibert agreed, hinting that as adults "there might be a Tracy/Hepburn thing going on."
Joan Cusack ( , born October 11, 1962) is an American actress.
 She received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the romantic comedy-drama "Working Girl" (1988) and the romantic comedy "In & Out" (1997), as well as one Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the latter.
 She is also known as the voice of Jessie in the "Toy Story" franchise.
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 NBC television film, directed by Kirk Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis and stars Whoopi Goldberg, David Arquette, Joan Cusack, the cast of "Scrubs" and The Muppets.
 The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he had never been born.
 The film is an homage to Frank Capra's 1946 film, "It's a Wonderful Life", which has a similar plot.
Sam Eagle is a Muppet character originating from the television show "The Muppet Show", where he was performed by Frank Oz.
 Sam has appeared in every Muppet film; as himself in "The Muppet Movie", "The Great Muppet Caper", "The Muppets Take Manhattan", "Muppets from Space", and "The Muppets", as well as the Head Schoolmaster in "The Muppet Christmas Carol," Samuel Arrow in "Muppet Treasure Island" and a CIA agent in "Muppets Most Wanted."
 He also appears in the television series, "The Muppets."
Developed and performed by Dave Goelz, Gonzo made his first appearance in the 1970 special "The Great Santa Claus Switch", as the "Cigar Box Frackle".
 Originally a minor figure in "The Muppet Show", he soon evolved into one of the franchise's primary characters.
 Gonzo has appeared in every Muppet film, including "The Muppet Christmas Carol", where he portrayed author Charles Dickens and developed a double act with Rizzo the Rat.
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie is an 2005 American animated direct-to-video film produced by DisneyToon Studios, featuring the characters from Winnie the Pooh franchise.
 This is the first Pooh movie since the death of Paul Winchell and the last in which John Fiedler provides Piglet's voice, as Fiedler died in 2005.
 Nikita Hopkins the voice of Roo was replaced by Jimmy Bennett.
 It followed by a television film produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, "Pooh's Super Sleuth Christmas Movie", released on November 20, 2007, an animated feature served as the episodes of television series "My Friends Tigger & Pooh".
William Paul "Bill" Barretta (born June 19, 1964) is an American puppeteer and producer who has been performing with The Muppets since 1991, when he puppeteered the body of Sinclair family patriarch, Earl Sinclair on "Dinosaurs".
 He later developed several new characters on "Muppets Tonight", including Pepe the King Prawn, Johnny Fiama, Big Mean Carl and Bobo the Bear.
 Along with having his own Muppet characters, Barretta has taken over several of Jim Henson's roles, such as Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, Mahna Mahna and Swedish Chef, and briefly took over Jerry Nelson's role of Lew Zealand.
 His film debut as a principal puppeteer was in 1996's "Muppet Treasure Island" as Clueless Morgan.
 In addition, Barretta has produced two of the Muppets' television films, "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" (2002) and "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" (2005).
 Barretta also provides additional voices on "Kim Possible".
 His most recent film performance was in Disney's "Muppets Most Wanted", where he also served as a co-producer.
 Barretta also served as an executive producer on the ABC series, "The Muppets".