Mary Churchill (puppeteer) (original) (raw)

Mary Phipps Putnam Churchill (December 29, 1930 - November 16, 1997) was an American puppeteer, educator, and entrepreneur. Her puppet troupe, The Cranberry Puppets, entertained children for 25 years with witty feminist adaptations of folktales. Churchill was founder and director of Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline, Massachusetts.