| Joan Ganz Cooney  Born: 30-Nov-1929
Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Film/TV Producer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Producer of Sesame Street Founder of the Children's Television Workshop in 1968, and is the chief driving force behind Sesame Street and The Electric Company.
Husband: Timothy J. Cooney (m. 1964, div. 1975)
Husband: Peter G. Peterson (businessman, m. 1980)
University: BA, University of Arizona (1951)
Friends of Dick Lugar
Hillary Clinton for President
Hillary Rodham Clinton for US Senate Committee
John Kerry for President
Obama for America
Obama Victory Fund 2012
Emmy 1989 Lifetime Achievement
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1995
National Women's Hall of Fame 1998
National Humanities Medal 2003
Wedding: George Stephanopoulos and Alexandra Wentworth (2001)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (23-Jan-2011) · Herself
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