Biography
Louise Gold (born 1956) is an English puppeteer, actress and singer whose career has spanned more than four decades. She is best known for her work as a puppeteer on television and for roles in musical theatre in the West End.
Gold was raised in London, beginning training in the arts at an early age. She began to appear in musical theatre in the mid-1970s. She was a puppeteer and voice actress for The Muppet Show, for four seasons from 1977, and later for Sesame Street, and she has performed voice and puppet work on various other Muppet films, albums and television specials. She was a founder of, and lead puppeteer for, the satirical television show Spitting Image from 1984 to 1986 and occasionally thereafter. She has had other television, film and voice roles since then.
Gold is also known as an actress in musical theatre, having starred in numerous shows in the West End, beginning with Joe Papp's London production of The Pirates of Penzance in 1982. She has played such roles as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Kate in Kiss Me, Kate, Tanya in Mamma Mia!, Phyllis in Follies, Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins, Mrs Sowerberry and Mrs Bedwin in Oliver!, and Mazeppa in Gypsy, among many others. She was a regular performer in the Lost Musicals concert productions in London in the 1990s, and she regularly performs in her own cabaret act. Gold was born in London, to parents who were active with Unity Theatre in London. Her father was John Gold (1920β1998), a journalist, and her mother was an actress, Una Brandon-Jones (1916β2010). Her brother, Max (b. 1958), is also an actor. Gold trained at The Arts Educational Schools from age 11.
Filmography
all 40
Movies 26
TV Shows 14
Voice 8
self 4
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic (2022)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
Gypsy (2015)
The Furchester Hotel (2014)
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Best Ever Spitting Image (2006)
The Alan Clark Diaries (2004)
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002)
I Love Muppets (2002)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 (2001)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 (1999)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show (1999)
Sesame Street: Fiesta! (1997)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
The World of Jim Henson (1994)
Secret Life of Toys (1994)
It's the Muppets!: "More Muppets, Please!" (1993)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
The House of Eliott (1991)
Rita Rudner (1990)
The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989)
Labyrinth (1986)
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live (1986)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986)
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985)
'Allo 'Allo! (1984)
Spitting Image (1984)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Of Muppets & Men (1981)
The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Jim Henson's Animal Show
Secret Life of Toys
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
Mopatop's Shop
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Five Minutes More
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GenderFemale
Birthday1956-08-19 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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