Photograph by Kathy De La Torre
Carol Greene was a shy little girl, but her vent
offspring always speak their minds. Here, she chats with Katie-Lynn (left)
and Sammy, who was created by Frank Marshall, who also crafted puppets for
Edgar Bergen.
Carol Greene
Ventriloquist
entertains and teaches with a cast of characters known as puppets or vent
figures--but never dummies
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Carol Greene's extended family includes
a wise-cracking rabbit named Reginald Rabbit and a dancing bird named Ludwig
Van Birdoven V. They often say outrageous things the ventriloquist would
never dream of saying herself. A one-time teacher, Greene now teaches teachers,
but she still finds time to perform with her puppet friends. More
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Los Gatos,
California Since 1881