Judith A. Lawrence CM is an Australian-born Canadian puppeteer associated with the long-running CBC children's television program Mr.
[1] Her best known characters were Casey and Finnegan, although she also created other occasional characters, such as Aunt Bird and Alligator Al. Lawrence was born in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia[1][2] and grew up in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
[citation needed] After a successful audition, Lawrence started work for the CBC, where she soon created her most famous puppet characters for the Butternut Square TV series[3] and they made the transition to Mr. Dressup.
[4] Lawrence also wrote many books in The Young Canada Reading Series for Thomas Nelson publishers.
Lawrence co-authored a series of books for D.C. Heath on women and work.