Brigitte Brideau

Brigitte Brideau is a French-Canadian puppeteer and actress who is best known for puppeteering the title character on Wimzie's House. She has also puppeteered on Anne the Banana, Les Belmine, and At Zeno's Farm, three shows that are completely unknown to the public until now. Brigitte got to perform with other Montreal puppeteers over the years like Sylvie Comtois, Richard Lalancette, Andre Meunier and numerous others. Brideau also met Muppet performer/builder James Kroupa of 3/Design Studio, the company that designed and built the puppets on Wimzie's House. She must have been so proud to have been the lead character on such an iconic series that was dubbed in many languages, most notably English. It's a pity her other shows mentioned above aren't as popular as Wimzie. Brigitte Brideau has got to be interviewed someday and maybe share some of the other things she did in her career over the years. The photo above shows her with a puppet hen named Hortense, which can be found on a Quebec website under a news article with The Hauts-Clochers in the name. This shows that not only did she do television puppetry, but also theatrical puppetry for kids. Hopefully someday, Brigitte will be part of a Wimzie's House cast and crew reunion, whenever that will happen. You never know when Brideau will be seen again by the public. It's a shame there are hardly any behind the scenes photos nor footage of Wimzie's House, then people will get to see her in action and learn how such an iconic show was put together. But we can always dream until that day comes. Brigitte Brideau, you were awesome at being the title character on such a hit show, even though your French dialogue was mostly dubbed. But still you've done terrific in the world of puppetry. Keep on performing and stay in touch with your fellow co-performers from the shows you've done throughout your career. Nice Brigitte. Spot on Brideau!