Diane Pershing (born May 27, 1943) is an American voice actress. She began her singing career as a back-up singer for Johnny Mathis and went on to appear in the show group, The Establishment, on tour and on TV. She also voiced Poison Ivy in the

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Early years

Pershing has a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.

Career

As a writer, she has written for TV (The Love Boat, What's Happening Now), 19 romance novels, published film reviews for various small newspapers and Rotten Tomatoes, and is a member of Romance Writers of American and Mystery Writers of America and The Authors' Guild. As a voice actress, she is perhaps most well known for providing the voice of the villainess Poison Ivy on '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and its subsequent spin-offs. She has also lent her voice to series such as ''

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Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

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Living people American television writers American video game actresses American voice actresses American women novelists American women television writers 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers 1943 births {{voice-actor-stub