Sylvie Comtois

Sylvie Comtois is a French-Canadian puppeteer and puppet builder who is best known for performing on Wimzie's House (Loulou puppetry), Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle, and Kitty Cats, to name a few. She also worked with Muppet puppeteers Frank Meschkuleit, Mike Petersen, and Matt Ficner, on Toopy and Binoo Vroom Vroom Zoom. Sylvie must have felt honored to work with legendary puppeteers on the iconic franchise of the animated show Toopy and Binoo. Comtois also got to meet James Kroupa, for his company 3/Design Studio designed and built the puppets on Wimzie's House. Outside of television, she got to perform in many theatrical productions over the years such as The Soldier and Death, Heart to Heart, Happy Birthday Willy, and Another World. She even got to serve as part of the set and puppet production team at the Théâtre de l'Œil for over eight years, as well as a consultant for children's TV for many producers. I hope Sylvie Comtois didn't mind that her TV puppet characters had to be dubbed in English when aired in the US and other parts of Canada, not to mention she had to understand the three designers and builders of 3/Design Studio. Other Montreal puppeteers she worked with include Andre Meunier, Richard Lalancette, and Brigitte Brideau, to name a few. She's still performing in television and theatre today as seen on Passe-Partout performing the role of Ti-Brin since 2019. Nothing seems to be impossible to Sylvie when it comes to puppetry. As long as Comtois keeps at it, then pretty soon lots of other puppeteers will become masters like her in both theatre and television, you never know. Even though her voice on some of the TV shows she did was dubbed in English airings, she should be known by people as the one who brought them to life. Don't just focus on the voice. Sylvie Comtois, you've done wonderful on all of those productions, most notably Kitty Cats, Wimzie's House, and Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle. Keep on performing and you'll become a master puppeteer across Montreal and maybe even the whole country. You're a smash hit you know. Tre-bien Sylvie. You're a natural Comtois!

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