Ellen Gerstell (born October 16, 1954) is an American

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Mihoshi Kuramitsu The following is a list of the major characters from the anime and manga series '' Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki'' and its spin-offs '' Tenchi Muyo! GXP'', '' Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar'', '' Tenchi Universe'', '' Tenchi in Tokyo'', and '' Ai Tenchi Mu ...

in the ''

Tenchi Muyo! is a Japanese anime, light novel and manga franchise. The original series began with a six-episode OVA called created by Masaki Kajishima and directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and released in Japan on September 25, 1992. The series was ...

'' franchise. She is the wife of the late

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-winning writer

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and mother of film producer

James Cullen Bressack James Cullen Bressack (born c. 1992 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is the son of Emmy Award-winning writer Gordon Bressack and voice actress Ellen Gerstell.Couch, Aaron (2015)Tom Gre ...

Early life and education

She is

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. She was a contestant on the $100,000 Pyramid in January 1986, where she won over $16,000 in cash and prizes.

Voice roles

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Aaahh!!! Real Monsters ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' is an American animated television series developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on three young monsters—Ickis, Oblina, and Krumm—who attend a school for monsters under a city dump and learn to ...

'' - Twarp *''

Blondie and Dagwood ''Blondie'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young. The comic strip is distributed by King Features Syndicate, and has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930. The success of the strip, which features the eponym ...

'' - Cookie Bumstead *''

Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys ''Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys'' is an American science-fiction-comedy animated television series. The show premiered on August 1996 in the United Kingdom and September 7, 1996 in the United States, and ended after 26 episodes on June 21, 1 ...

'' - Dr. Kelb *''

Darkwing Duck ''Darkwing Duck'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation (formerly Walt Disney Television Animation) that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block ''The Disn ...

'' - Ample Grime *''

Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television a ...

'' - Princess Daphne *'' Jem'' - Rapture/Phoebe Ashe, Astral *''

Little Clowns of Happytown ''The Little Clowns of Happytown'' is an American animated television series that aired as part of ABC's Saturday morning lineup from September 26, 1987 to July 16, 1988. Plot The series is set around young clowns from Happytown, whose goal is t ...

'' - Tickles *'' Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland'' - Page *''

Magical Girl Pretty Sammy is a Japanese original video animation (OVA) series produced by AIC and Pioneer LDC, and released from 1995 to 1997 as three videos. It features character Sasami from the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' series as a magical girl, and is noted for recastin ...

'' - Mihoshi Mizutani, Yuka, Chihiro Kawai (ep. 1) *'' Mighty Max'' - Flight Attendant, Sarah *'' Monchhichis'' - Tootoo *''

My Little Pony 'n Friends ''My Little Pony'' is a 1986–1987 American cartoon series, animated television series produced by Sunbow Entertainment, Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions and animated by Toei Animation and AKOM based on the My Little Pony toys released ...

'' - Locket, Lofty, Scoops *'' My Little Pony: The Movie'' - Magic Star *'' Poochie'' - Poochie *'' Rude Dog & the Dweebs'' - Ditzy Kibble, Gloria; Additional Voices *''

TaleSpin ''TaleSpin'' is an American animated television series first aired in 1990 as a preview on Disney Channel and later that year as part of '' The Disney Afternoon''. It features characters adapted from Disney's 1967 animated feature ''The Jungle Bo ...

'' - Katie Dodd *''

'' -

(''OVAs 1-2''), (''

Tenchi Universe is a Japanese anime television series animated by AIC and produced by Pioneer LDC. It is loosely based on the first six episodes of the ''Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki'' OVA series. The series premiered on April 2, 1995 in Japan and concluded its a ...

''), (''

Tenchi Muyo! Mihoshi Special , known as simply ''Tenchi Muyo!'' in North America, is a collection of Japanese OVAs created by Masaki Kajishima and animated by AIC. Initially released in 1992, it marked the beginning of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' franchise, composed of s ...

''), (''

Tenchi Muyo in Love ''Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi in Love!'', also known in Japan as , is a 1996 Japanese animated film and the first of three films set in the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' multi-verse. The film takes place after the conclusion of ''Tenchi Universe'', and so varies ...

''), (''

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Ellen Gerstell
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