Miffy Marsh Biography – Miffy Marsh Wiki
Miffy Marsh is best known as the partner of the late Australian puppeteer, Ernie Carroll. Carroll was a puppeteer, entertainer, radio and television personality, comic writer, television producer, and comic strip writer, most recognized for his role as the man behind (and inside) Ossie Ostrich on Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Cartoon Corner and The Daryl and Ossie Show. He passed on on March 30, 2022, at the age of 92. He died of natural causes while at his retirement home in Victoria, surrounded by family.
Marsh had been Carroll’s partner for almost 50 years. Little is known about what Marsh does for a living. Carroll on the other hand, had his greatest fame as the puppeteer and voice of “Ossie Ostrich”, initially on The Tarax Show then on the long-running and successful variety show Hey Hey It’s Saturday with Daryl Somers. Carroll hired Somers to work on Cartoon Corner, and played the role of Ossie when Somers’ co-host, the footballer Peter McKenna, was forced to withdraw: Carroll ‘decided to replace McKenna with… one of his old puppet characters he had stashed in a suitcase.’ Cartoon Corner, with Somers and Carroll as hosts, ran between 1971 and 1977 when both men left the Nine Network for the 0-10 Network and The Daryl and Ossie Show, an arrangement that would only last a year and which saw them return to Nine in 1979.
Ossie, played by Carroll, was also Somers’ sidekick on Hey Hey from 1971 until December 1994, when Carroll retired. He reprised his role as Ossie in 2009 with the second Hey Hey reunion special and later returned to the show’s reinstatement in 2010. Carroll and Somers created the television production company, Somers Carroll Productions.
Miffy Marsh Age
Her age remains undisclosed. Her partner was born on May 26, 1929, in Geelong, Australia. He died on March 30, 2022, in Mornington, Victoria, Australia at the age of 92.
Miffy Marsh Partner
She was the longtime partner of Australian puppeteer, Ernie Carroll. He was an entertainer, radio and television personality, comic writer, television producer, and comic strip writer, most recognized for his role as the man behind (and inside) Ossie Ostrich on Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Cartoon Corner, and The Daryl and Ossie Show.
Miffy Marsh Children
Carroll is survived by Marsh, his two children, daughter Lynne, son Bruce, and his grandchildren.
Ernie Carroll Death
Her partner Ernie Carroll, died on March 30, 2022, aged 92, surrounded by loved ones at Racecourse Grange Aged Care where he lived with her. The two had been together for almost 50 years.
The news of his partner’s death was confirmed online by friend and Hey Hey host Daryl Somers, who said Carroll died peacefully and of natural causes inside his unit at a Mornington retirement village in Victoria. “It is with overwhelming sadness I announce the passing of my beloved friend and mentor Ernie Carroll,” Somers wrote on Facebook. “I am so grateful for Ernie’s early guidance of my career. He auditioned me for the hosting role on Cartoon Cornerback in early 1971.
