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Maggie Muggins

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Maggie Muggins
Beth Morris as Maggie Muggins with Fitzgerald Fieldmouse
GenreChildren's
Created byMary Grannan
Written byMary Grannan
Directed byMichael Spivak, Norman Jewison
StarringBeth Morris (1955)
Deanne Taylor (1956-1959)
Mary Long (1959-1962)
John Drainie (1955-1956)
Frank Peddie (1956-1959)
Doug Master (1959-1962)
Mavor Moore
Robert Christie
Puppeteers John and Linda Keogh
Voices ofRuth Springford, Alice Hill, Murray Westgate, Jack Mather, Margot Christie
Theme music composerLou Snider
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons7
Production
ProducersDick Knowles
Francis Chapman
Running time15 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseSeptember 29, 1955 (1955-09-29) –
June 27, 1962 (1962-06-27)
Related
Maggie Muggins (radio program)

Maggie Muggins was a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters. Maggie Muggins moved to CBC Television to air between September 29, 1955, and June 27, 1962.

Maggie Muggins is a freckle-faced girl in a gingham dress, with her red hair pulled back in two long pigtails who had adventures with many human-like animals and her neighbour Mr. McGarrity, who constantly worked on his garden. Another key character was Fitzgerald Fieldmouse.

The original Maggie Muggins, who performed the role throughout its run on CBC Radio, was Beryl Braithwaite (later Beryl Hart), eldest daughter of the freelance writer and novelist Max Braithwaite. Beryl was ten years old when the series began. Maggie's signature sign-off was "I don't know what will happen tomorrow."

The television series was adapted from previous media including radio and print.

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  • Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series (Maggie Muggins archived listing link via archive.org)
  • Maggie Muggins at the Canadian Communications Foundation
  • Maggie Muggins at IMDb
  • Just Mary: the life of Mary Evelyn Grannan By Margaret Anne Hume (2006) ISBN 9781550025972; on-line on Google Books.