Margaret O'Flaherty

Margaret O'Flaherty is a British puppeteer who doesn't have a lot of information about herself anywhere online. She only did one Muppet film; Muppet Treasure Island, as an additional performer. Margaret also did only one project outside of the film which was The Slow Norris. At least O'Flaherty worked with lots of Muppet performers like Karen Prell, Mike Quinn, Helena Smee, and David Barclay. I only wish she would have done more Muppet films such as The Muppet Christmas Carol or even a Creature Shop film like The Witches. Apparently, she is another one of those puppeteers to be mysterious to the world, despite the amount of projects they do. Margaret O'Flaherty doesn't even have a photo of herself online for the one above probably isn't her, at least not to my knowledge. Other puppeteers that have been mysterious like her include Tim DeHaas, Lynn Hippen, and Virginia Goodfellow. Let's hope she's still alive and busy with her puppetry career across the UK. In the meantime, Margaret should have her own page on the Muppet Wiki since new pages on puppeteers keep getting added on, eventually. I'm sure someone will interview O'Flaherty and get updates about her for administrators to track and add to the Wiki. You never know if/when that will happen or not. Every puppeteer on the Muppet Wiki should have their name linked to a page of their own, no matter how long it would take. Margaret O'Flaherty, despite your limited projects, you've still done well on them all. As long as you're known, that's all that matters right now. Someday, someone will interview you and then you can talk about what projects you've done over the years. Until then, always have Muppet magic Margaret. TTFN O'Flaherty!

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