Joan Ganz Cooney Net Worth

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Joan Ganz Cooney net worth is
$2 Million

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Joan Ganz Cooney (born Joan Ganz; November 30, 1929) is an American television producer. She is one of the founders of the Children's Television Network (CTW), 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 companies in New York City. In 1961, she became interested in working for educational television, and became a documentary producer for New York's first educational TV station WNET (Channel 13). Many of the programs she produced won local Emmys.In 1966, Cooney hosted what she called "a little dinner party" at her apartment near Gramercy Park. In attendance was her husband Tim Cooney, her boss Lewis Freedman, and Lloyd Morrisett, an executive at the Carnegie Corporation, in which the potential of television to teach young children was discussed. Cooney was chosen to oversee and direct the creation of what eventually became the children's television program Sesame Street, which premiered in 1969, and the CTW, the organization that oversaw its production. Cooney was named CTW's first executive director. As one of the first female executives in American television, her appointment was called "one of the most important television developments of the decade".Cooney remained executive director of the CTW until 1990, when she became the chair of CTW's executive board. She served on several boards, was the trustees of many organizations, and received many awards and honorary degrees. In 2007, the Sesame Workshop founded The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, named in her honor. 
Full NameJoan Ganz Cooney
Net Worth$2 Million
Date Of BirthNovember 30, 1929
Place Of BirthPhoenix, Arizona, USA
ProfessionTelevision producer, TV Program Creator
EducationUniversity of Arizona
NationalityAmerican
SpousePeter George Peterson, Timothy J. Cooney
ParentsSylvan Ganz, Pauline Ganz
NicknamesJoan Ganz Cooney, Cooney, Joan Ganz
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0177760
AwardsPresidential Medal of Freedom, International Emmy Founders Award, Grammy Award for Best Album for Children, Evelyn F. Burkey Award
TV Shows5, Rue Sésame, 1, rue Sésame, Sesame Street, Plaza Sésamo, Takalani Sesame, Sesamstraat, Ulitsa Sezam, Ulica Sezamkowa
Star SignSagittarius
#Fact
1In 1969, she and her husband became "de facto foster parents to an inner-city black child," who eventually returned to live with his mother and was killed in New York City before he turned 30.
2New York City, New York [October 2008]
3Stepmother-in-law of Tara Marie Peters (born 1971).
4Stepmother of Michael Alexander Peterson (born 1970).
5Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1998.
6Original founder, in 1968, of the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop).

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
3-2-1 Contact1980-1988TV Series executive producer - 107 episodes
Follow That Bird1985executive producer
The Electric Company1971-1977TV Series executive producer - 779 episodes
Wallace Stevens: A Poet's Seasons1967TV Movie producer

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sesame Street1970TV Series creator - 1 episode

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Girl Rising2013Documentary grateful acknowledgment
The Electric Company2006-2011TV Series special thanks - 53 episodes
The World According to Sesame Street2006Documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
In Their Own Words2015TV SeriesHerself
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story2014DocumentaryHerself
Pioneers of Television2011TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself / Sesame Street Producer
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey2011DocumentaryHerself - Co-Founder - Sesame Workshop
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits2006TV Movie documentaryHerself
Television in America: An Autobiography2002TV Series documentaryHerself
The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows2001TV SpecialHerself
Biography2001TV Series documentaryHerself
Intimate Portrait2001TV Series documentaryHerself
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music1990TV Movie documentaryHerself
The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards1989TV SpecialHerself
Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting1989TV SpecialHerself (uncredited)
Henson's Place1984TV Movie documentaryHerself
Sesame Street Pitch Reel1969ShortHerself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1989Lifetime Achievement AwardDaytime Emmy Awards
1971GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Recording for ChildrenSesame Street (1969)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1976GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Recording for ChildrenSesame Street (1969)

Known for movies

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