Wendy Froud, born Wendy Midener in Detroit, is an American doll-artist, sculptor, and puppet-maker, best known for her work creating
Yoda for the 1980 film
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and creatures for the
Jim Henson films
The Dark Crystal and
Labyrinth. Her work is featured in three books for children, paired with stories by fantasy author
Terri Windling:
A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale,
The Winter Child, and
The Faeries of Spring Cottage. Wendy Froud is married to, and often collaborates with, the English "fairy artist"
Brian Froud, with whom she has a son
Toby, a visual artist, performance artist and filmmaker.