Louise Gold
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.
Acted in
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
2022
as Annie Sue (voice)
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2018
as Ensemble Performer
Gypsy
2015
as Mazeppa
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as Annie Sue / UK Muppet Performer (voice)
Best Ever Spitting Image
2006
as Self
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
2002
as Chicken (voice)
I Love Muppets
2002
as Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001
as Alfonso D'Bruzzo / Additional Muppets
Topsy-Turvy
1999
as Rosinda Brandram
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999
as Annie Sue / Additional Muppets
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999
as Annie Sue / Additional Muppets
Sesame Street: Fiesta!
1997
as "South American Way" Singer (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
as Female Tourist Rat / Rat Tour Guide (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
1994
Secret Life of Toys
1994
as Raisin / Hortense / Daffodil
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992
as Mrs. Dilber / Spider / Additional Muppets (voice) (uncredited)
The House of Eliott
1991
as Gwendoline
Rita Rudner
1990
Labyrinth
1986
as Ballroom Dancer
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
1986
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
1986
as Mother (voice)
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
as Miss Sullivan
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
'Allo 'Allo!
1984
as Private Elsa Bigstern
Spitting Image
1984
The Pirates of Penzance
1983
as Edith Stanley
The Dark Crystal
1982
as Gourmand
Of Muppets & Men
1981
as Self
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981
as Popcorn Girl (voice)
The Muppet Show
1976
as Annie Sue Pig / Additional Muppets (voice)
