Prairie Dawn is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

, a rather mature seven-year-old Muppet girl

Girl

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 on the children's television program Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

. She is similar in appearance to a character from the Anything Muppets

Anything Muppets

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. She is famous for writing school pageants (e.g., Sesame Street Little Theater) for her friends, mostly Ernie and Bert, Herry, Grover

Grover

Grover is a Muppet character on the popular television show Sesame Street. Self-described as lovable, cute and furry, he is a monster who almost never uses contractions when speaking or singing....

, and Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster is a Muppet on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating phrases: "Me want cookie!", "Me eat cookie!", and "Om nom nom nom" . He often eats anything and everything, including danishes, donuts, lettuce, apples,...

. She also plays the piano

Piano

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 during these pageants. Her favorite color is robin's-egg blue, and she has an older brother. She has appeared on Sesame Street since early in the show's history. Prairie is puppeteered and voiced by Fran Brill

Fran Brill

Frances Joan "Fran" Brill , is an American actress and puppeteer, best known for her roles on Sesame Street.Brill was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Linette and Joseph M. Brill. Her father was a physician...

 who also performs the more recently introduced character Zoe

Zoe (Sesame Street)

Zoe is a 3-year-old, orange female monster on Sesame Street, performed by Fran Brill. She was designed in her color to complement her best friend Elmo, who was gaining popularity at her introduction in 1993....

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On seasons 35 through 38 of Sesame Street, she helps Cookie Monster during his Letter of the Day segments, describing the letter of the day and trying to prevent Cookie Monster from eating it (he mistakes it for a cookie), however, almost always failing.

She can also be seen on the TV series Play With Me Sesame

Play with Me Sesame

Play with Me Sesame is a children's television series spun off from Sesame Street, featuring Sesame Street characters such as Bert, Ernie, Grover, and Prairie Dawn. In the United States, from April 1, 2002 until September 2, 2007, the show has aired on the Nickelodeon-owned preschooler television...

, which airs on PBS Kids Sprout

PBS KIDS Sprout

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. A younger version of Prairie appeared in Sesame Beginnings

Sesame Beginnings

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According to the website of Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, who voices Prairie Dawn's mother in Sesame Beginnings, her mother's name is Delta, a reference to the song Delta Dawn

Delta Dawn

"Delta Dawn" is a song written by former child rockabilly star Larry Collins and songwriter Alex Harvey , best known as a 1972 top ten C&W hit for Tanya Tucker and a number-one hit for Helen Reddy in 1973.-Lyrical story:The title character is a faded southern...

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