Louise Gold (born 1956) is an English puppeteer, actress and singer. Her long career has included puppetry on television and roles in musical theatre in the West End, as well as other television, film and voice roles.
Gold was raised in London, beginning training in the arts. She began to appear in musical theatre in the mid-1970s. She was a puppeteer and voice actress for The Muppet Show, for four seasons from 1977, and later for Sesame Street, and she has performed voice and puppet work on various other Muppet films, albums and television specials. She was a founder of, and lead puppeteer for, the satirical television show Spitting Image from 1984 to 1986 and occasionally thereafter.
Gold's appearances in musical theatre shows in the West End include Joe Papp's London production of The Pirates of Penzance in 1982. She has played such roles as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers, Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Kate in Kiss Me, Kate, Tanya in Mamma Mia!, Phyllis in Follies, Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Andrew in Mary Poppins, Mrs Sowerberry and Mrs Bedwin in Oliver!, and Mazeppa in Gypsy. She was a regular performer in the Lost Musicals concert productions in London in the 1990s and performs in her own cabaret act.
2022
as Annie Sue (voice)
2018
as Ensemble Performer
2015
as Mazeppa
2014
as Annie Sue / UK Muppet Performer (voice)
2006
as Self
2004
2002
as Chicken (voice)
2002
as Self
2001
as Alfonso D'Bruzzo / Additional Muppets
1999
as Rosinda Brandram
1999
as Annie Sue / Additional Muppets
1999
as Annie Sue / Additional Muppets
1997
as "South American Way" Singer (voice)
1996
as Female Tourist Rat / Rat Tour Guide (voice)
1994
as Self (archive footage)
1994
1994
as Raisin / Hortense / Daffodil
1992
as Mrs. Dilber / Spider / Additional Muppets (voice) (uncredited)
1991
as Gwendoline
1990
1986
as Ballroom Dancer
1986
1986
as Mother (voice)
1985
as Miss Sullivan
1985
1984
as Private Elsa Bigstern
1984
1983
as Edith Stanley
1982
as Gourmand
1981
as Self
1981
as Popcorn Girl (voice)
1976
as Annie Sue Pig / Additional Muppets (voice)