Muppet Show Guest Actors Fifth Season: Where are They Now?

LAST UPDATED September 7, 2016. Info derived from imdb. Only roles 2014 and later still being tracked.In order of airing, not filming. Acting credits only noted. Many still active as singers, etc.

1980-1981:

1.     Shirley Bassey: no known subsequent acting roles; as Self: Shirley Bassey at the BBC (2016), Strictly Come Dancing (2 episodes 2014-2015), The Graham Norton Show (1 episode 2014), The Royal Variety Performance 2014 (2014).

2.     James Coburn: died in 2002.

3.     Brooke Shields: in Mr. Pickles (18 episodes 2014-2016), Flower Shop Mystery: Snipped in the Bud (2016), When Calls the Heart (2 episodes 2016), Flower Shop Mystery: Mum's the Word (2016; also Executive Producer), Creative Galaxy (8 episodes 2014-2016), The Middle (2 episodes 2014-2015), Under Wraps (2014), The Michael J. Fox Show (4 episodes 2014); Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted (2016; also Executive Producer), Daisy Winters (2016) in post-production; as Executive Producer/Self, completed: When the Bough Breaks: A Documentary About Postpartum Depression (2016); as Self: The Chew (4 episodes 2014-2016), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1 episode 2016), The Wendy Williams Show (2 episodes 2014-2016), Today (4 episodes 2014-2016), Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016), Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (4 episodes 2014-2015), Fashion News Live (2 episodes 2014-2015), Extra (2 episode 2014-2015), Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2014-2015), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), The Meredith Vieira Show (1 episode 2014), Larry King Now (1 episode 2014), The Talk (1 episode 2014), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode 2014), The View (1 episode 2014), Good Morning America (1 episode 2014).

4.     Tony Randall: died in 2004.

5.     Paul Simon: in Horace and Pete (1 episode 2016; also Composer), The Garden's Defining Moments (1 episode 2015), Portlandia (1 episode 2015), Henry & Me (2014); as Writer: Disturbed: The Sound of Silence (2015); as Self: Today (1 episode 2016), Paul Simon at the NY Auto Show (2016), American Masters (1 episode 2016), The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Willie Nelson (2016), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode 2015), Welcome to Sweden (1 episode 2015), Live from New York! (2015), Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015), Conan (1 episode 2014).

6.     Joan Baez: no known subsequent acting roles; as Self: Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015), Joan Baez: Rebel Icon (2015), The Stars Behind the Iron Curtain (2014), Sharon Isbin: Troubadour (2014), Vivement dimanche (1 episode 2014), C à vous (1 episode 2014); as Self, post-production: Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy (nd); as Self, filming: The Glance of Music (2016), Song for Cesar (2016).

7.     Linda Ronstadt: last known acting role in 1993; as Self: Tavis Smiley (2 episodes 2014).

8.     Glenda Jackson: last known acting role in 1992; as Self: Goodbye Britain? (2016), Artsnight (1 episode 2016).

9.     Loretta Swit: last known acting role in 1998, as Self in 2013.

10.  Mac Davis: last known acting role in 2008 but Where the Fast Lane Ends (nd) in post-production; as Self in 2013; as Self, post-production: Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot (nd).

11.  Hal Linden: in Royal Pains (1 episode 2016), Stevie D (2016), 2 Broke Girls (1 episode 2014); as Self: The Nicole Barrett Show (1 episode 2014), Hollywood In & About (1 episode 2014).

12.  Jean-Pierre Rampal: died in 2000.

13.  Carol Burnett: in Hawaii Five-0 (2 episodes 2014-2016), A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House (unknown episodes 2016), Hot in Cleveland (1 episode 2015), Glee (1 episode 2015), Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1 episode 2014); as Self: Carol Burnett's Favorite Sketches (2016), WGN Morning News (1 episode 2016), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 episodes 2014-2016), 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016), Larry King Now (1 episode 2016), The Talk (2 episodes 2015-2016), Conan (1 episode 2016), Extra (2 episodes 2015-2016), Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2015-2016), Rise and Shine (2015), The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 episode 2015), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode 2015), Rachael Ray (2 episodes 2013-2015), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode 2015), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1 episode 2015), Today (2 episodes 2014-2015), The Broadway.com Show (1 episode 2014), The Colbert Report (2 episodes 2014), The Sixties (1 episode 2014), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), Pioneers of Television (2 episodes 2014), The Big Interview with Dan Rather (1 episode 2014), Inside Edition (1 episode 2014), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode 2014); as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016).

14.  Roger Moore: in Troll Hunters (2018), The Carer (2016), Gnomes & Trolls 2 (2016), The Saint (2016; also Co-Producer), GivingTales (2015 video game), The Life of Rock with Brian Pern (1 episode 2014); Summer Night, Winter Moon (nd) in pre-production; as Self: Car S.O.S. (1 episode 2016), The Nation's Favourite Bond Song (2015), Loose Women (4 episodes 2014-2015), TFI Friday (1 episode 2015), The One Show (1 episode 2015), Comic Relief: Behind the Bond (2015), Comic Relief 2015 (2015), From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree (2014), Sunday Morning Live (1 episode 2014), The Alan Titchmarsh Show (1 episode 2014), McKenna (1 episode c2014); as Self, post-production: This Never Happened to the Other Fella (2015); as Self, filming: Horses 3D (2015).

15.  Johnny Cash: died in 2003.

16.  Chris Langham: in The Meal (2015); The Darkest Universe (2016) in post-production.

17.  Melissa Manchester: last known acting role in 2010 and 1999 before that; as Self: Tavis Smiley (1 episode 2015).

18.  Señor Wences: died in 1999; Bruce Schwartz (same episode): last known acting role in 1989,  as Puppet Maker in 1991.

19.  Debbie Harry: in Difficult People (2 episodes 2015-2016), River of Fundament (2014); as Self: RuPaul's Drag Race (1 episode 2016), Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016), Etienne Daho, un itinéraire pop moderne (2015), The 2014 CLIO Awards (2014), CBS This Morning (1 episode 2014), Park Bench with Steve Buscemi (1 episode 2014), The Daily Show (1 episode 2014), Blondie at BBC Maida Vale (2014), Blondie's New York and the Making of Parallel Lines (2014), What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music (2014), Skavlan (1 episode 2014), Project Runway All Stars (1 episode 2014); as Self, post-production: Dare to Be Different (2017).

20.  Gene Kelly: died in 1996.

21.  Gladys Knight: in Hot in Cleveland (1 episode 2015), Super Bowl Gospel Celebration (2015), Empire (1 episode 2015), Seasons of Love (2014); as Self: The Real (1 episode 2015), Unsung Hollywood (1 episode 2015), Politics Nation with Al Sharpton (1 episode 2015), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), Extra (1 episode 2014), Fox and Friends (1 episode 2014), The Chew (1 episode 2014), On the Money (1 episode 2014), The 68th Annual Tony Awards (2014).

22.  Wally Boag: died in 2011; this episode treats Beaker, Swedish Chef, and Animal as guests as well despite being recurring characters.

23.  Buddy Rich: died in 1987.

24.  Marty Feldman: died in 1982; various Muppets treated as guests as well.