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(1924-2011) Writer. Tony Geiss was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Valhalla, New York. He was a writer for “Sesame Street.” Mr. Geiss graduated from Walden High School in Manhattan and grew up in Greenwich Village.

Full Name

Tony Geiss

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1924

BIRTH

Nicholas Anthony Geiss was born in Manhattan, New York, on November 16, 1924.

1978

LITWORK

The Sesame Street Bedtime Storybook
Random House.
0-394-84904-2
Children's book written with Emily Perl Kingsley, David Korr, Jeffrey Moss, Robert Oksner and Patricia Thackray.

1979

LITWORK

The Four Seasons
Golden Press.

Children's book.

1980

LITWORK

The Count Counts A Party
Western Publishing.
0307231062 / 978-0307231062
Children's book written with Judy Freudberg.

1980

LITWORK

Vegetable Soup
Western Publishing /Children's Television Workshop
0307231143 / 978-0307231147
Children's book written with Judy Freudberg.

1983

LITWORK

The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 4
Funk & Wagnalls.
834300567
Written by Linda Bove with the National Theatre of the Deaf, Tony Geiss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Jeffrey Moss, Norman Stiles, Pat Tornborg, Daniel Wilcox.

1983

LITWORK

The Songs of Sesame Street in Poems and Pictures
Random House.
394852451
Written by Jeffrey Moss and David Axlerod, Tony Geiss, Bruce Hart, Emily Perl Kingsley and Jon Stone.

1985

LITWORK

Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird


Animated film written with Judy Freudberg.

1986

LITWORK

Honk If You Like Honkers
Random House.
394879899
Children's book.

1986

LITWORK

Susan and Gordon Adopt a Baby
Random House
394883411
Children's book written with Judy Freudberg.

1986

LITWORK

An American Tail


Animated film written with Judy Freudberg.

1988

LITWORK

The Land Before Time


Animated film co-written with Judy Freudberg.

1997

LITWORK

Elmo Saves Christmas
Random House.
679887652
Children's book based on the TV special by
Christine Ferraro and Tony Geiss.

2011

DEATH

Tony Geiss died in Valhalla, New York, on January 21, 2011.

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