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name: "Karen Prell"
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born: "26 July 1959"
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# Karen Prell

Actor. Born 26 July 1959 in Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 July 1959, Florida, USA

## Biography

Karen Prell is an American puppeteer and animator. She performed the character Red Fraggle on the television series *Fraggle Rock* (1983–1987) and has reprised the role in subsequent productions including *Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock*.

Prell puppeteered characters including the Worm, the Junk Lady and Firey 2 in the film *Labyrinth* (1986). She has contributed to other Jim Henson projects such as *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984), *A Muppet Family Christmas* (1987) and *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992). Later in her career she worked as a computer animator at Pixar on films including *A Bug's Life* (1998) and *Toy Story 2* (1999).

Born in Florida in 1959, Prell grew up in Seattle. She was married to puppeteer Mike Quinn from 1988 until their divorce in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Labyrinth* (1986), Fi1m 74, as The Worm / The Junk Lady / Firey 2 — [page](https://film.one/film/labyrinth.md)

## Also known for

- *The Muppets* (2011), Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
- *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992), Daughter Mouse / Ghost of Christmas Past (performer) / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
- *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984), Yolanda the Rat / Frank the Dog / Helpful Woman in Park (voice)
- *The Muppet Show* (1976), Additional Muppets (voice)
- *Fraggle Rock* (1983), Red Fraggle / Balsam the Minstrel / Wingnut Doozer / Judge Gaval Fraggle / Marly Fraggle / Gorg's Killer Souffle / Wingnut Fraggle / Fluffinella / Modem Doozer / The Beast / Baby Tree Creature (voice)
- *A Muppet Family Christmas* (1987), Red Fraggle / Maureen the Mink (voice)

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