Terri Hardin Puppeteer and Imagineer
Terri Hardin fell
in love with art and drama as a young child. She was active in her school
dramas. When she saw Master Puppeteer, Shari Lewis perform she was inspired to create
her own version of Lewis’ iconic Lamp Chop.
Hardin’s skill as
a puppeteer opened doors for her in Hollywood. Her first job was building the
stillsuits for the film version of Dune and acting as stunt double for Sean
Young. Later at Columbia Pictures she worked on Ghostbusters playing both of
the demon dogs at the “Temple of Zuul” and served as puppeteer for both the
Stay-Puft Marshmallo Man and the ghost librarian. She is also a Muppet
Puppeteer.
In 1987 Hardin was
working for Universal designing “walk-around” character costumes when she was
contacted by Disney. After 8 interviews she was given the assignment of helping
to design Big Thunder Mountain and the Dragons Lair attractions at Disneyland Paris.
Her passion was not unnoticed and she was assigned the job of designing the
entire Dragons Lair.
Her work can also
be seen at Disney California Adventure and the Magic Kingdom.
Terri Hardin and
Tony Baxter will be at Walt Disney’s Carolwood Barn April 20th to do
a meet and great. The Barn is open 11 am to 3 pm.
Check out some
videos of the Dragons Lair at Disneyland Paris. I found these on YouTube.
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