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Alyson Court, The beloved former child star opens up to PEOPLE about her time as Loonette the Clown

Alyson Court, 50, looks back on her time as Loonette the Clown on the '90s children's series The Big Comfy Couch, telling PEOPLE what the role has meant to her.

When local productions needed child actors, they'd check the students at Court's school, which led to her going on some auditions and ultimately meeting agent Sandra Newton, who still represents her to this day. Court points out that many who attend these conventions and fan expos "are there for a thing they chose later on in life, as a tween or a teenager" without expecting to have a Big Comfy Couch moment, too. Today, Court continues to work in children's television, having recently wrapped on a series called Let's Go Bananas, which she describes as "an animated preschool show that's comedy for little kids," in addition to the whimsical Canadian program Miss Persona(pictured) and stints on Blue's Clues & You and My Little Pony.

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