Noreen Young
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Noreen Isabel Young
Reading whatever she could, she learned how to build her own puppets and she became known for puppets cast with liquid latex so she could sculpt them, and the faces could move and wiggle and the mouths could open and close.
Young began her lifelong career in television puppetry at
Young was also the puppeteer for "Dodie", a character on
Young is known for her caricature puppets of public figures such as former Governor-General
In 2018, Young's puppets were featured in an exhibit "Noreen Young, a Puppet Retrospective", at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, in Almonte. The 150 puppets from her collection that were exhibited spanned her career from 1967 to 2018. They included Basil the Beagle from Hi Diddle Day (1967–1976) and 10 puppets which she created for an adult opera, "Sleeping Rough", written by composer Roddy Ellias and performed for the Ottawa music festival, "Music and Beyond" (2018). Many of her puppets now reside in the National Museum of History and at Library and Archives Canada.
Order of Canada
In 1995 Noreen was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada for having "effectively used puppetry to educate children on such crucial issues as safety, nutrition, environmental awareness and addictions."[1]
References
- ^ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "Mrs. Noreen Isabel Young". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
External links
- Noreen Young fonds (R16102) at Library and Archives Canada
- Noreen Young at Internet Movie Database