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Baird, Bil and Cora (sh)




born Aug. 15, 1904, Grand Island, Neb., U.S.
died March 18, 1987, New York, N.Y.



born Jan. 26, 1912, New York City
died Dec. 6, 1967, New York City

U.S. puppeteers.

Bil Baird (originally William Britton Baird) worked under the puppeteer Tony Sarg for five years then produced his own puppet shows from the mid 1930s. He and Cora Eisenberg married in 1937 and began to create original puppets, scenery, and Music for their shows. They produced a series of Television shows in the 1950s and opened their own marionette theatre in New York in 1966. Bil wrote The Art of the Puppet (1965) and trained puppeteers such as Jim Henson.


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Markings put on the backs of cards with wax, paint, ink, or some Other fluid, even smudges, so that a thief can read the ranks (and sometimes suits) of the cards from the back; alterations made to the natural design on the backs of the cards.