Esther Judith Graubart (born October 5, 1943, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for being a regular cast member of The Electric Company, the pioneering children's show from the 1970s produced by the Children's Television Workshop.
Graubart married actor Bob Dishy in 1986, though they had known each other for 20 years, since they were both performing for the Second City in Chicago in the 1960s.
Graubart first made an uncredited appearance in Arthur Hiller's 1967 kidnap comedy The Tiger Makes Out, as a pedestrian with an umbrella whom mailman Eli Wallach attempts to kidnap. He lassos a fire hydrant instead. Graubart's fellow Second City actor Bob Dishy co-stars as the husband of Wallach's ultimate kidnap victim, Anne Jackson.
Graubart played hundreds of characters on the show during The Electric Company's original six-year run, with Jennifer of the Jungle being one of the most notable.
After her run with The Electric Company, she appeared in several films during the early 1980s, including Marshall Brickman's Simon[1] and Author! Author! which starred Al Pacino. She reunited with Madeline Kahn for the 1999 film Judy Berlin, which was completed shortly before Kahn's death.
