Pat Garrett

Pat Garrett is a British director, choreographer, puppeteer, and actress whose done Muppet and Creature Shop productions, choreographing dances and other movements. For the Muppets, she did The Muppets Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island, puppeteering on the former. As for the Creature Shop, Pat choreographed both Alice in Wonderland and Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story. Garrett seemed to be experienced with having to choreograph films featuring puppets. Her other puppetry-related credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz film) and Santa Claus: The Movie, choreographing for both of them. Other choreography credits put her in My Uncle Silas, Judge John Deed, Photographing Fairies, and many other TV productions. Other than choreography, Pat Garrett has acted and/or directed several shorts such as Just One More Bite, Home for Christmas, Rubbish, David, and more. Her bio on IMDb also states that she acts in several theatre shows, played lead roles in numerous films, and even lent her voice to a video game and radio play. There just doesn't seem to be anything she can't do when it comes to entertainment, whether it's puppetry, directing, choreographing, or acting. While with the Muppets, Pat worked with other performers like Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Louise Gold, and Brian Henson, to name a few. Garrett even showed her puppetry skills to an awards ceremony in 2005. To this day, she continues to act in feature films since she was cast in several ones in-development. Let's hope she will always remember working with the Muppets as well as meeting the legendary puppeteers. Pat Garrett, you're an excellent choreographer and actress since you've been doing so well since the 1980s when the stardom all began. Keep on displaying your skills and you'll go down in history. Not to mention you've never let anyone down with work. Tremendous organizing and such Pat. You're a genius Garrett!

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