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List of celebrity guest stars on Sesame Street
This is a list of celebrity guest stars on the children's television series Sesame Street. An asterisk (*) indicates those celebrities who are known to have recited or sung the alphabet.
Actors
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Yul Brynner
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Carol Burnett, in an extremely brief appearance in the first episode
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Jim Carrey, in a skit about "Happy Feet", written for Steve Martin.
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Imogene Coca, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas; her primary function in the special was to be called an idiot by Ethel Merman
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Bill Cosby*
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Ellen DeGeneres*
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Robert De Niro
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Danny DeVito
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Fran Drescher
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Henry Fonda, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
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Jodie Foster
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James Gandolfini
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Mel Gibson, playing Hamlet to Elmo's Claudius
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Seth Green, season 35, running the Letter of the Month Club with Telly
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Whoopi Goldberg
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John Goodman
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David Alan Grier
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James Earl Jones*
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Burt Lancaster*
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Shari Lewis and Lambchop*
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Ethel Merman, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas; her primary function in the special was to call Imogene Coca an idiot
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Julianne Moore, season 35, with Count von Count in Far From Heaven parody Far From Seven
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Liam Neeson
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Rosie O'Donnell
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Mandy Patinkin
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Natalie Portman, dressed as an elephant
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Julia Roberts
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Fred Rogers
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Lea Salonga
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Susan Sarandon*
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Dick Smothers, one half of The Smothers Brothers, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
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Patrick Stewart*
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Ben Stiller
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Marisa Tomei
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Leslie Uggams, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas, Uggams thinks lemonade is hot cocoa
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Robin Williams
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Noah Wyle
- Little Theatre for the Deaf , an acting troupe, who show Zoe how to sign the word "dancing"
Celebrities
Political figures
Musicians
Singers
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Backstreet Boys
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Tony Bennett
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Harry Belafonte*
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Rubén Blades
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Garth Brooks
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Cab Calloway
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Mary Chapin Carpenter*
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Aaron and Nick Carter, two-headed monster skit, aired with Baby Bear's little sibling's birth, second episode.
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Johnny Cash
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Tracy Chapman
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Ray Charles*
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Chubby Checker
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Destiny's Child, singing "New Way to Walk "
- The Dixie Chicks
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Judy Collins
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Bo Diddley
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Plácido Domingo
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Gloria Estefan
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Melissa Etheridge
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José Feliciano
- 14 Karat Soul
- The Four Tops
- Crystal Gayle
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Lena Horne
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Mahalia Jackson
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Michael Jackson, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas
- Wycleff Jean , season 36, rapping "Healthy Food" with Cookie Monster, for Healthy Habits for Life
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Waylon Jennings
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Billy Joel*
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Norah Jones, season 35, singing "Don’t Know Why 'Y' Didn't Come" with Elmo and the letter "Y"
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Wynonna Judd
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Eddie Kendricks (of The Temptations)
- Kid 'N Play
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B.B. King
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Gladys Knight and the Pips
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Patti LaBelle
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Queen Latifah
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Little Richard, singing "Rubber Duckie"
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Ziggy Marley
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Martina McBride, season 35
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Don McLean
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Bobby McFerrin
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Menudo
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Anne Murray, in the special A Special Sesame Street Christmas; Murray's segment featured a magic egg nog container
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Holly Near
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Aaron Neville, singing "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon "
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*NSYNC
- The Pointer Sisters
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Lou Rawls
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Helen Reddy
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R.E.M., singing "Furry Happy Monsters "
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Little Richard
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Smokey Robinson
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Linda Ronstadt
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Diana Ross
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Buffy Sainte-Marie, who became a regular cast member
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Jill Scott, singing "We Are All Earthlings " [1]
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Pete Seeger
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Carly Simon
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Paul Simon
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Ruben Studdard, from American Idol, with Elmo
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Take 6
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James Taylor
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Randy Travis
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Stevie Wonder
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Joe Williams
Who didn't sing on the show
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Percy Sledge, in his 1970s segment, he greets the viewer, says that "we're going to count" from one to ten, and then does so multiple times.
Sports figures
Pre-celebrities
The following persons were not celebrities at the time they appeared on Sesame Street, but later became well-known:
Celebrities who only lent their voices to the show
Celebrities as characters
Fictional characters
Celebrities who appeared in related segments, not within the show itself
In season 35, PBS stations aired clips of celebrities chatting about their favourite memories of the show. These were dubbed their "Sesame Street Moment".
Characters based on celebrities
- Polly Darton , based on Dolly Parton
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Dr. Feel, based on Dr. Phil, season 35
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Placido Flamingo, based on Placido Domingo
- Joe Hundred Guy, based on Joe Millionaire, season 35
- Pat Playjacks, based on Pat Sajak
- Bruce Springbean, based on Bruce Springsteen
- Johnny Trash, based on Johnny Cash
- TriangleBob Trianglepants, based on Spongebob Squarepants, season 35
- Babwa Wawa, based on Barbara Walters
- H. Ross Parrot , based on Ross Perot
Last updated: 05-23-2005 05:51:53
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