Chelo Vivares

Chelo Vivares is a Spanish actress, puppeteer, and voice actress who performed Espinete on the Spanish co-production of Sesame Street, Barrio Sesamo. It's too bad Barrio Sesamo got cancelled in 1987, then she would have continued the role of Espinete until she decided to stop. Chelo has also dubbed several Henson Company projects in Castilian Spanish, most notably Baby Sinclair in Dinosaurios. Vivares has reprised Espinete in a theatre version of Barrio Sesamo in the late 1980s. Outside of the show, she has mainly done the dubbing field of voice acting, dubbing child roles or young male actors seen in many Spanish version shows. Her dubbing can be heard on The Simpsons, South Park, Sailor Moon, and so much more. It's a shame Chelo Vivares worked with only two puppeteers, Alfonso Vallejo and Emma Cohen, the latter working outside in a Spanish feature. It would appear that she dubbed Spanish shows more than voicing original ones. Additional live-action dubbing have included the Harry Potter movies, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Charmed. At least Chelo is still keeping herself busy since 1987, even though it's not puppetry she is doing, but it doesn't really matter. After all, Vivares technically worked on both an international Sesame Street co-production, and the Henson Company. I just hope that she'll continue to do voice dubbing projects until the day she dies, you never know when another puppeteer will pass away. Chelo Vivares, whether you're a puppeteer or not, you're doing excellent performing all across Spain on or off-screen. I hope someday you'll remember how much fun it was doing Espinete on Barrio Sesamo, even though you wore a stuffy costume. And maybe someday, you will remember all the great animated productions you've dubbed over the years. Muy bien Chelo. Hasta luego Vivares!