Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series that combines live action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) until June 2000) and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. Over the years, Sesame Street has expertly tackled many mature topics and explained those to younger viewers who were watching the program, such of death, HIV, homelessness, parents in the military, disability or permanent injury, and etc.
Cast
| Character | Actor | ||
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Big Bird
|
Caroll Spinney | |
| Matt Vogel | |||
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Oscar the Grouch
|
Caroll Spinney | |
| Eric Jacobson | |||
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Ernie
|
Jim Henson | |
| Steve Whitmire | |||
| Billy Barkhurst | |||
| Peter Linz | |||
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Bert
|
Frank Oz | |
| Eric Jacobson | |||
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Cookie Monster
|
Frank Oz | |
| David Rudman | |||
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Grover
|
Frank Oz | |
| Eric Jacobson | |||
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Prairie Dawn
|
Fran Brill | |
| Stephanie D'Abruzzo | |||
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Snuffy
|
Jerry Nelson | |
| Michael Earl | |||
| Martin P. Robinson | |||
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Count von Count
|
Jerry Nelson | |
| Matt Vogel | |||
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Telly Monster
|
Brian Muehl | |
| Martin P. Robinson | |||
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Elmo
|
Kevin Clash | |
| Ryan Dillon | |||
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Baby Bear
|
David Rudman | |
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Rosita
|
Carmen Osbahr | |
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Zoe
|
Fran Brill | |
| Jennifer Barnhart | |||
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Abby Cadabby
|
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph | |
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Julia
|
Stacey Gordon | |
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Rudy
|
Frankie Cordero | |
International versions
| Language | Title | Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Afrikaans | Takalani Sesame | SABC |
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Albanian | Rruga Sesam | RTK |
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Arabic (Egypt) | عالم سمسم | ETV MBC2 Al Sumaria |
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Arabic (Kuwait) | افتح يا سمسم | Syndication (formerly) Spacetoon (formerly) |
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Arabic (Palestine) | شارع سمسم | Syndication (formerly) |
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Arabic (Standard) | أهلا سمسم | MBC3 |
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Bengali | সিসিমপুর | BTV Duronto TV |
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Cantonese | 芝麻街 | TVB Jade |
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Danish (TV2) |
Sesamgade | TV2 (formerly) |
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Dari | باغچهٔ سم سم | Tolo |
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Dutch | Sesamstraat | NOS NPS NTR NPO Zappelin |
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English (Canada) | Sesame Street Canada | CBC (formerly) |
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English (Nigeria) | Sesame Square | NTA |
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English (UK) | Sesame Tree | BBC Two Northern Ireland (formerly) CBeebies (formerly) |
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Estonian | Ulica Sezam[unverified] | ETV+ |
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Filipino | Sesame | GMA Network (formerly) |
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French | 1, Rue Sésame | TF1 |
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French | 5, Rue Sésame | TF1 France 5 (formerly) |
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German | Sesamstraße | NDR KiKA Toggo Plus |
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Hebrew | רחוב סומסום | Israeli Educational Television (formerly) Hop! Channel (formerly) |
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Hindi | गली गली सिम सिम | Pogo (formerly) Cartoon Network (formerly) Doordarshan (formerly) DD National |
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Indonesian | Jalan Sesama | Horee Kompas TV (formerly) Trans7 (formerly) TVRI |
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Japanese (TV Tokyo, co-production) |
セサミストリート | TV Tokyo (formerly) Animax (formerly) BS Japan (formerly) [2] [3] |
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Mandarin (China) | 芝麻街 | unknown |
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Norwegian | Sesam Stasjon | NRK |
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Pashto | باغچهٔ سم سم | Lemar |
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Polish | Ulica Sezamkowa | TVP2 (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Brazil) | Vila Sésamo | Rede Globo (formerly) TV Cultura (formerly) Canal Futura (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | Rua Sésamo | direct-to-video |
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Russian | Улица Сезам | RTR STS (formerly) |
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Serbian | Ulica Sezam | Happy TV Ultra Minimax Pink kids |
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Spanish (Latin America) | Plaza Sésamo | Canal 5 (Mexico, formerly) Discovery Kids (Latin America, formerly) Azteca 7 (Mexico) La Red (Chile) |
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Spanish (Spain) | Barrio Sésamo | La 1 La 2 Clan TV |
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Swedish | Svenska Sesam | SVT2 |
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Turkish | Susam Sokağı | TRT |
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Urdu | سم سم ہمارا | unknown |
| Language | Title | Channels | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Amharic | ሰሰሚ ተረት ተረት | Kana Television |
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Belarusian | Улица Сезам[unverified] | unknown |
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Bulgarian | Улица Сезам[unverified] | BNT2 |
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Catalan | Barri Sèsam (dub of Barrio Sésamo) | TVE |
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Croatian | Ulica Sezam | RTL |
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Czech | Sezame, otevři se | CT (formerly) |
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Danish | Sesam, luk dig op | TV2 (formerly) |
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Dari | کوچۀ سسمی | RTA (formerly) |
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English (Australia) | Open Sesame | ABC (formerly) Nick Jr. (formerly) |
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Finnish | Seesamtie | Yle TV2 (formerly) |
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French (Canada) | Bonjour Sésame | Radio-Canada |
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French (France) | Bonjour Sésame | France 5 (formerly) |
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Greek | Σουσάμι Άνοιξε | ERT2 (formerly) ET1 (formerly) Star Channel (formerly) |
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Hausa | Dandalin Sesame (dub of Sesame Square) | Arewa TV |
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Hungarian | Szezám utca | Minimax (formerly) |
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Icelandic | Sesam Opnist Þú | RÚV (formerly) |
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Indonesian | Sesame Street | Horee! |
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Italian | Sesamo Apriti | Rai 2 (formerly) |
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Japanese (NHK, dub) |
セサミストリート | NHK (formerly) |
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Kannada | ಗಲ್ಲಿ ಗಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಮ್ ಸಿಮ್ | Chintu TV |
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Khmer | Sabai Sabai Sesame | Apsara TV-11 (formerly) ETC (formerly) |
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Korean | 세서미 스트리트 | Daekyo Kids TV (formerly) |
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Malay | Taman Sesame | TV1 |
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Mandarin (China) (dub) |
芝麻街 | CCTV(specify?) (formerly) Tencent Video |
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Persian | سسمی استریت | MBC Persia |
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Polish | Sezamkowy Zakątek | MiniMini+ (formerly) |
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Portuguese (Portugal) | Abre-te Sésamo | unknown |
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Somali | Sesame Sheeko Sheeko | Kana Television |
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Spanish (Latin America) | Sesame Street | HBO Latino (formerly) HBO Max |
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Spanish (Spain) | Ábrete Sésamo | unknown |
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Spanish (Spain) | Sesame Street | HBO (formerly) HBO Max |
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Spanish (United States) | Sesame Amigos | Univisión (formerly) |
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Swahili | Kilimani Sesame | TBC TVZ |
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Swedish (1976) |
Sesam | unknown |
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Swedish (1996) |
Sesam | SVT1 (formerly) |
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Tamil | கள்ளி கள்ளி சிம் சிம் | Chutti TV |
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Telugu | గల్లీ గల్లీ సిం సిం | Kushi TV |
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Thai | เซซามีสตรีท | ITV |
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Turkish | Açıl Susam Açıl | D Çocuk (formerly) |
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Ukrainian | Вулиця Сезам | Sonce TV |
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Urdu | سم سم جا کھل | PTV (formerly) |
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Uzbek | Ulica Sezam[unverified] | Bolajon |
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Vietnamese | Phố vừng vui nhộn | VTV7 (formerly) |
