Biography
Judy Freudberg was an American television and film writer. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. She joined the production of Sesame Street in 1971, initially as an assistant, and became a writer in 1975, contributing for 35 years until 2010.
Freudberg shared 17 Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on the series and served as head writer for the segment Elmo's World. With Tony Geiss she wrote the screenplay for the animated feature An American Tail (1986) and contributed to The Land Before Time (1988) and Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985). She died in Manhattan in 2012.
