Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooney
Joan Ganz Cooneyis an American television producer. She is one of the founders of the Sesame Workshop, the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was also co-created by her. Cooney grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and earned a B.A. degree in education from the University of Arizona in 1951. After working for the State Department in Washington, D.C. and as a journalist in Phoenix, she worked as a publicist for television and production...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionProducer
Date of Birth30 November 1929
CountryUnited States of America