Justine Johnston (1921-2006) was a character actress on Broadway and occasionally in film and television. Often cast as snobbish dowagers or matrons, she appeared in the 1998 Sesame Street video Big Bird Gets Lost as a prim customer. Attired in an ornate feathered hat and yellow suit, a crouching Johnston is mistaken by Maria for Big Bird, prompting an indignant "I beg your pardon!" Faced with this tower of respectability and dignity, Maria tries to explain the situation: "I thought your hat was my friend's behind." Slowly growing more aghast, the customer repeats "Your friend's... behind?" and with raised eyebrows and a distressed "Ohh!," beats a shocked retreat, in the grand tradition of Marx Brothers movie foil Margaret Dumont.