Muppet Show Guests: Where are they now???

Mupprt Show Guests: Where are they now???

Have you ever wondered what has happened to the guest stars of the Muppet Show? So have I! The show first aired in 1976 and a lot of the guest stars are no longer household names (and some of them NEVER WERE).
Below is an incomplete list of what the guest stars are up to now (last updated June 2003). Daryl Barber.

SERIES ONE - SERIES TWO - SERIES THREE - SERIES FOUR - SERIES FIVE

SERIES ONE (1976):

VINCENT PRICE	Died in 1993
GUEST	WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
JULIET PROWSE	Dead
LENA HORNE	Still records and performs in concerts at age 82
JOEL GREY	Made a Broadway comeback in the original cast of the Broadway revival of Chicago a few years ago.
HARVEY KORMAN	Did Carol Burnett Show, then original series of Mama's Family, and more recently does bit work, including one appearance with Tim Conway. Will be seen next in "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" as the voice of Col. Slaghoople
CANDICE BERGEN	Starred in "Murphy Brown" and Sprint commercials
AVERY SCHREIBER	Died on January 7 2002 of a heart attack
PETER USTINOV	Died on March 28th 2004 in Switzerland
PHYLLIS DILLER	The voice of the Queen in "A Bug's Life"
RITA MORENO	Still the only performer to have won at least one competitive Tony, Oscar, Emmy and Grammy. Just made her solo concert debut in NYC
ETHEL MERMAN	Died 15th February 1984, possibly of a heart attack
CONNIE STEVENS	Last seen selling cosmetics on a home shopping channel. Reports suggest she may also have recorded an album with her daughter
TWIGGY	Recently starred in the London production of the Noel Coward musical, "If Love Were All"
BRUCE FORSYTH	Still active as a quiz show host and entertainer in the UK.
FLORENCE HENDERSON	Currently hosts the NBC morning show, "Later Today".
SANDY DUNCAN	Currently starring in the Broadway revival of "Chicago".
BEN VEREEN	Recently seen singing on an ice-skating show on TV
KAYE BALLARD	Appeared in the NYC Paper Mill Playhouse production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies a couple of years ago. She also does frequent comedy guest spots on The Rosie O'Donnel Show.
VALERIE HARPER	Recently played Michael Mancini's mother on Melrose Place. Has recently finished filming a made for tv movie called "Mary and Rhoda."
JIM NABORS	Since his very successful liver transplant surgery in 1994, he has been back on the personal appearance circuit and has had engagements with several orchestras including the Dallas and St. Louis Symphonies
PAUL WILLIAMS	Went on to score The Muppet Movie and The Muppet Christmas Carol. Has also appeared on CBS soap operas
CHARLES AZNAVOUR	Was scheduled to appear in a musical in London in February 2000 more details
RUTH BUZZI	Co-stars on Sesame Street!
MUMMENSCHANZ	Founding member Andres Bossard died of AIDS in 1992. The remaining two are still performing in the Mummenschanz act, and have added two other members since Bossard's death.

SERIES TWO (1977):

LOU RAWLS	Still records and tours.
GUEST	WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
STEVE MARTIN	Acts in movies, most recently Frank Oz's "Bowfinger". Also just published a book of humorous essays entitled "Pure Drivel".
ELTON JOHN	Still records and tours. Won an Oscar for his work on "The Lion King". Also working on his second Broadway musical, "Aida," with Tim Rice.
MADELINE KAHN	Died from ovarian cancer in December 1999
BOB HOPE	Died of pneumonia in his sleep, July 2003 aged 100 years.
JUDY COLLINS	Still records and has written a few novels.
ZERO MOSTEL	Died in 1977 (before his TMS episode aired).
NANCY WALKER	Died in 1992
RUDOLF NUREYEV	Dead
JULIE ANDREWS	Can no longer sing following throat surgery. Stars in an upcoming TV movie with James Garner.
PETER SELLERS	Died in 1980
PETULA CLARK	Still records and has appeared on Broadway in the musical "Blood Brothers" and on tour in "Sunset Boulevard"
TERESA BREWER	She is semi-retired and hopes to reactivate her singing career (Click here for more info).
BERNADETTE PETERS	Was in the mini series "The Odyssey" and voiced Rita on the cartoon Animaniacs. Currently on Broadway starring in the revival of "Annie Get Your Gun".
JOHN CLEESE	Recently joined the James Bond movie series as gadget maker R and recently celebrated a Monty Python anniversary with the 4 other living members
DOM DELUISE	Appeared on the late Shari Lewis's last TV show. Last seen in Baby Geniuses (1999)
EDGAR BERGEN	Dead
JAYE P. MORGAN	Recorded an album with Kaye Ballard in the early 90s called "Best Friends". More detailed info is available by clicking here
GEORGE BURNS	Dead
CLORIS LEACHMAN	Last seen in a production of Show Boat in Vancouver BC in 1998 and has been in the feature film "Music of the Heart" with Meryl Streep and the TV show 'Thanks'. Also recently heard as the voice of the teacher in Warner Bros.'s "The Iron Giant
RICH LITTLE	In the US he can be seen on cable TV hosting a long commercial (infomercial) for a video series on the Friars Club comedy roasts. Throughout he does many impressions
CLEO LAINE	Awarded the honor of "Dame" in 1997. Still tours world with her husband, saxophonist John Dankworth. Just released two new albums (her fourth Carnegie Hall live album and her first Xmas album). In the Autumn of 2000 she performed at her Theatre in Wavenden, which hosted the Side By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary Concert
MILTON BERLE	Died in March 2002 aged 93
DON KNOTTS	Played the repairman in 'Pleasantville', so I guess he's still acting!

SERIES THREE (1978):

JEAN STAPLETON	Still does movie roles. Appeared in YOU'VE GOT MAIL as Meg Ryan's coworker at the Children's Bookstore
GUEST	WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
RAQUEL WELCH	Recently spotted on 'Hollywood Squares'. Also starred in Victor/Victoria on Broadway
ELKE SOMMER	Now a successful artist - she exhibits many of her own works
DANNY KAYE	Died in 1987
SYLVESTER STALLONE	Remains a leading action star
PEARL BAILEY	Died in 1990
ROY CLARK	Star of HeeHaw until a few years back - still performs
LIBERACE	Dead
GILDA RADNER	Dead (Ovarian cancer)
MARISA BERENSON	Recently starred in the films Lonesome and Elles. She is also working on an autobiographical one woman broadway show. Tragically, her sister Berry, was killed in the first plane to crash into the twin towers on Sep 11th 2001. She has a strong cult following.
LESLIE UGGAMS	Still records and recently toured with Ben Vereen! Performing in "Play On" (a musical) in New Jersey
RITA COOLIDGE & KRIS KRISTOFFERSON	Kris is still acting and was recently in the acclaimed "Lone Star". Rita recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award in music at the Temucula Film & Music Festival held in September 2001
JAMES COCO	Died in 1987
SPIKE MILLIGAN	Died in February 2002
ALICE COOPER	Although mostly retired, living in Arizona, playing golf and owning a restaurant, he still makes records and tours
LYNN REDGRAVE	Received Oscar nomination recently for her supporting role in "Gods and Monsters"
LORETTA LYNN	Recently did an A&E special called 'By Request'
HARRY BELAFONTE	Still records and tours
DALE EVANS/ROY ROGERS	Roy - Died in 1998. His wife Dale Evans passed away on February 7 2001 according to Variety
LEO SAYER	Making a comeback in the UK
ROGER MILLER	Dead
LESLEY ANN WARREN	Was recently seen in the new film, "The Limey".
HELEN REDDY	Recently released her first album of Broadway music - "Center Stage" on Varese Sarabande
CHERYL LADD	Recently starred in the film "Dog of Flanders"

SERIES FOUR (1979):

LYNDA CARTER	Advertises contact lenses and recently appeared in "Super Troopers" as the Governer of Vermont
GUEST	WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
MARK HAMILL	Has done voice overs for many cartoons, including that of The Joker in "Batmam: The Animated Series"
JOHN DENVER	Died in a plane crash
BEVERLY SILLS	Since her retirement from performing has served as General Director and then President of the New York City Opera
CHRISTOPHER REEVE	After being paralysed by a horse-riding accident, Christopher eventually died of a heart attack and also from complications related to his quadriplegia on October 10 2004
LIZA MINNELLI	Will make her Broadway comeback this December when her one woman musical opens entitled "Minnelli On Minnelli." Has her own website at http://www.lizamay.com/
DIANA ROSS	Recently arrested in London for assaulting airline staff. Still records, most recently releasing "Every Day Is A New Day"
DIZZY GILLESPIE	Died in 1993
KENNY ROGERS	As well as still perfroming, he is recording as well. In fact, he recently had a #1 hit in the country charts with "Buy Me A Rose". At 63, he's the oldest individual to have had a #1 hit.
DOUG HENNING	Died in February 2000 of liver cancer
DUDLEY MOORE	Died in March 2002 after suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy.
ANNE MURRAY	Still occassionally records, most recently 1999's "What A Wonderful World", a record of inspirational songs.
ALAN ARKIN	Still appearing in movie roles, including Gross Point Blank
JONATHAN WINTERS	Has his own web site at http://www.jonathanwinters.com/. He's apparently in filming for the new Rocky & Bullwinkle movie
LOLA FALANA	Retired from show business and found God (as reported on Entertainment Tonight)
PHYLLIS GEORGE	Currently hostess on a half-hour television show called Woman's Day on the new Paxnet TV network and is working on some other projects
CAROL CHANNING	Received a Tony for lifetime achievement in the theatre just a couple of years back. She was also on Broadway and toured the world just a couple of years ago with her 30th anniversary production of Hello Dolly.
ANDY WILLIAMS	Presently battling voice problems but is determined to give his usual holiday shows. Has his own performance venue.
CRYSTAL GAYLE	Still tours
SHIELDS & YARNELL	Shields is now in Sedona Arizona, where he runs a number of businesses, including the Trickster Cafe, at which he often performs. He also designs jewellery, and paints and sculpts as well. His website is here
VICTOR BORGE	Died in his sleep, December 2000 aged 91.
LINDA LAVIN	Still very active in the Broadway theatre community, most recently starring as Anne Frank's mother in "The Diary of Anne Frank"
DYAN CANNON	Stars as Judge Jennifer "Whipper" Cone on Ally McBeal and was also on the show Three Sisters on NBC
ARLO GUTHRIE	Still performing and recording. He looks rather different though as you'll see if you visit http://www.arlo.net

SERIES FIVE (1980):

SHIRLEY BASSEY	Still records and tours Europe.
GUEST	WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
DEBORAH HARRY	Still singing. Recently made a comeback.
JOHNNY CASH	Died September 2003
LINDA RONSTADT	Still records, most recently releasing a second album with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. Lives in Arizona and is a devoted mother.
ROGER MOORE	Was in SpiceWorld and is now starring in the syndicated TV series, "The Dream Team".
MAC DAVIS	He lives with his wife and two sons. Until recently he had his own radio show on KZLA in LA where he played "oldie" country music with many stars calling in to talk to him. He appears in many movies and in 1994 his last CD "Will Write Songs for Food" was released. He has many fans that miss him touring and hope he might start touring again once his sons are older.
JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL	Died of heart failure in Paris on May 20th 2000, aged 78.
PAUL SIMON	Still records and most recently wrote his first Broadway musical, "The Capeman", which did very poorly.
WALLY BOAG	Retired from Disneyland in 1982 after 27 years and more than 40,000 performances. Now lives with his wife Ellen in Santa Monica, CA. He still works for the Disney studio on occasion (he recently recorded a new voice track for the Tiki Room) and he was named a Disney Legend in 1995
MELISSA MANCHESTER	Still tours and records. Most recently released a Christmas album, "Joy" and had one of her songs sung on Barbra Streisand's most recent album.
LORETTA SWIT	Still tours
GLENDA JACKSON	Labour politician in the UK
JAMES COBURN	Died November 18th 2002
GLADYS KNIGHT	Still records, but has split from her Pips and gone solo.
JOAN BAEZ	Still records and tours. Remains very politically active, as well.
GENE KELLY	Died in 1996
MARTY FELDMAN	Died December 2nd, 1982
BUDDY RICH	Died in 1987
TONY RANDALL	Still does occassional theatre and, in his mid 70's, is father to two toddlers!
SEÑOR WENCES	Born Wenceslas Moreno, died in 1999 aged 103 and retired only in 1998. He had a remarkable 85 years as a ventriloquist, occasionally popping up in Betty Grable films.
BROOKE SHIELDS	Broke up with Andre Agassi and lost her TV series. Now doing Ivory soap commercials, the same brand she started out with as an infant model. She also has her own sitcom in the U.S. called "Suddenly Susan" and played Rizzo in the B'way revival of Grease and had a starring role in the sitcom "Something So Right". She was also in THE MUPPET SHOW LIVE as part of the MuppetFest celebration weekend in December 2001
CHRISTOPHER LANGHAM	Comedy writer and actor in the UK. Recently wrote and starred in British Sitcom 'Kiss me Kate'.
CAROL BURNETT	In rehearsals for the Stephen Sondheim review, "Putting It Together", which opens soon.
HAL LINDEN	See http://www.delafont.com/specialty_acts/hal-linden.htm for details

Many thanks to all those who have helped me to compile this list.

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