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Hi all. Was nostalgically looking at Sesame Street content over the past few days as I sometimes do. I got to thinking about the "Around the Corner" era from 1993-1998. Even though I didn't grow up with this era, I did have a few DVDs of productions from this time when I was a kid, and having been a semi-regular reader of (and occasional contributor) to Muppet Wiki for years, I have at least a passing recognition of pretty much every Sesame Street human cast member, because I tend to go down rabbit holes!
One actor from this period whose career trajectory fascinates me is Annette Calud, who played "Celina" for all 5 "Around the Corner" seasons. She was the only character from that era other than Ruth Buzzi's "Ruthie" to last all 5 years. While it doesn't measure up to some of the 25+-year-runs of veterans like Manzano, McGrath, Delgado, Long, Orman, Alison Bartlett etc., it's also not really a quick detour either. Buzzi was a national figure long before she was on Sesame and I don't want to make the post too long so I won't go into detail about her, but her career and life are well-documented.
However, I can find very little about Calud (and some other "ATC"-era actors after 1998. She has a Wikipedia page, so her basic bio is available, but her IMDb is totally devoid of all credits after the end of her association with Sesame Street. All other references I can find discuss her Broadway career in the early '90s pre-Sesame Street. I did find relatively recent references (within the last decade or so) to her being the aunt of Broadway actress Eva Noblezada, who is a successful leading lady in her own right these days. However, Noblezada's mentions of her aunt are mostly just name-drops and don't allude to what Calud might be doing professionally now.
I suppose it's possible she chose to retire and doesn't want to be found (and I'm not trying to contact her), but I find it hard to believe she has no credits after 1998. She was only in her mid-30s when she left Sesame. I did find one reference to her "possibly" being an eye doctor now, from a random person on the Internet who themselves wasn't even sure, but I can't verify.
Besides Ruthie and Celina, the other regular adult human characters from the ATC years were "Angela", played by Angel Jemmott, and "Jamal", played by Jou Jou Papailler. who both left after 1995 when Gina took over Angela's daycare center on the show. Jemmott seems to be in the same situation as Calud, as I can find nothing about her career or life whatsoever after 1995. Sesame appears to have been her last credit also. Papaillier is actually quite active these days and has something of a profile, appearing on children's TV nostalgia podcasts and happily discussing his time on Sesame while still occasionally working as an actor.
Does anyone happen to have updates on the lives and/or careers of Calud and Jemmott? Just curious to see what they've been up to in the last three decades.
One actor from this period whose career trajectory fascinates me is Annette Calud, who played "Celina" for all 5 "Around the Corner" seasons. She was the only character from that era other than Ruth Buzzi's "Ruthie" to last all 5 years. While it doesn't measure up to some of the 25+-year-runs of veterans like Manzano, McGrath, Delgado, Long, Orman, Alison Bartlett etc., it's also not really a quick detour either. Buzzi was a national figure long before she was on Sesame and I don't want to make the post too long so I won't go into detail about her, but her career and life are well-documented.
However, I can find very little about Calud (and some other "ATC"-era actors after 1998. She has a Wikipedia page, so her basic bio is available, but her IMDb is totally devoid of all credits after the end of her association with Sesame Street. All other references I can find discuss her Broadway career in the early '90s pre-Sesame Street. I did find relatively recent references (within the last decade or so) to her being the aunt of Broadway actress Eva Noblezada, who is a successful leading lady in her own right these days. However, Noblezada's mentions of her aunt are mostly just name-drops and don't allude to what Calud might be doing professionally now.
I suppose it's possible she chose to retire and doesn't want to be found (and I'm not trying to contact her), but I find it hard to believe she has no credits after 1998. She was only in her mid-30s when she left Sesame. I did find one reference to her "possibly" being an eye doctor now, from a random person on the Internet who themselves wasn't even sure, but I can't verify.
Besides Ruthie and Celina, the other regular adult human characters from the ATC years were "Angela", played by Angel Jemmott, and "Jamal", played by Jou Jou Papailler. who both left after 1995 when Gina took over Angela's daycare center on the show. Jemmott seems to be in the same situation as Calud, as I can find nothing about her career or life whatsoever after 1995. Sesame appears to have been her last credit also. Papaillier is actually quite active these days and has something of a profile, appearing on children's TV nostalgia podcasts and happily discussing his time on Sesame while still occasionally working as an actor.
Does anyone happen to have updates on the lives and/or careers of Calud and Jemmott? Just curious to see what they've been up to in the last three decades.
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