Elizabeth Ann Guttman, (born September 11, 1961) better known as E. G. Daily and Elizabeth Daily, is an American actress and singer. Daily is best known for her animation voice roles as Tommy Pickles on '' Rugrats'' and its spin-off ''

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on '' The Powerpuff Girls'', Rudy Tabootie on '' ChalkZone'', and Julius on ''

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'' She also voiced the title character in the live-action film '' Babe: Pig in the City'' and

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in the live-action film '' The Flintstones''. Daily is also known for her roles in a variety of live-action films such as ''

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'', '' Dogfight'', ''

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'', '' Fandango'', '' Streets of Fire'', '' The Devil's Rejects'', '' My Sister's Keeper'', and Pee-wee Herman's potential girlfriend in '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure''. As a singer, Daily has released four studio albums: '' Wild Child'' (1985), '' Lace Around the Wound'' (1989), '' Tearing Down the Walls'' (1999), and ''Changing Faces'' (2008).

Career

Voice acting

Daily has voiced animated characters such as Tommy Pickles in '' Rugrats'', a role that she reprised for its revival on Paramount+, and actually was in the middle of labor while recording a few of his lines for an episode, and Freefall / Roxy Spaulding in the film ''

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'' and Private Isabel "Dizzy" Flores in '' Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles''. She provided the voice for the lead role in the live-action feature film '' Babe: Pig in the City'', replacing Christine Cavanaugh. More recently from 2013 to 2015, she played the title character on the Nick Jr. TV show ''

'', and was recently Hinoka from ''

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''.

Live-action roles

Besides doing

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s, Daily has acted in film and on TV. She played Sandy Burns on the PBS series ''The Righteous Apples'' from 1980 to 1981. In 1985, she starred as Dottie in '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure, as'' Loryn in ''

,'' and as a singer in the comedy '' Better Off Dead''. She also appeared on such television shows as '' Laverne & Shirley'', '' CHiPs'', '' Fame'' and ''

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''. She was also in the music video for

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's song " Young Turks" as Patti, one of the runaway teens. She has been cast in several Rob Zombie films, most recently in 2015 as Sex-Head in Rob Zombie's '' 31'', the woman on the side of Torsten Voges, who plays Death-Head.

Music

Daily signed with A&M Records in 1985, working with Madonna's frequent collaborators

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and

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. In 1986, that label released the R&B/Rock single " Say It, Say It". The song made it to No. 70 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and the No. 1 spot on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. (Other versions of the song appeared as early as 1981). Her songs "Shake It Up" and "I'm Hot Tonight" were included in the soundtrack to the film ''Scarface''. Those same songs were later included in the lineup of fictional radio station Flashback 95.6 FM in the '' Grand Theft Auto III'' video game. They were also included in the '' Scarface: The World Is Yours'' video game, based on the 1983 film. Her hit " Love in the Shadows" was featured in the films ''

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'' and '' Circuit''. Also in 1985, she provided backup vocals for The Human League frontman Philip Oakey's debut solo album, '' Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder''. That same year, she appeared in the comedy film '' Better Off Dead'', singing the songs "One Way Love (Better Off Dead)" and "A Little Luck" as a member of a band performing at a high school dance. Both songs were included on the soundtrack album credited to E. G. Daily. She performed a song on '' The Breakfast Club'' soundtrack called "Waiting". In 1987, she released the song " Mind over Matter", which is featured in the film '' Summer School''. Daily plays

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, keyboards, and

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s. In her 1989 song, " Some People", from her '' Lace Around the Wound'' album, produced by Lotti Golden and Tommy Faragher, she plays guitar and harmonica. In 1999, she released her third studio album '' Tearing Down the Walls''. Daily released a song titled "Changing Faces" in 2003. The song was used on the end credits of '' Rugrats Go Wild''. She also released a single titled "Beautiful" which she made available through

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on April 29, 2008. She also sang the song "Dawn's Theme", which was used at the end of the movie '' Streets''. From 2003 to 2011, Daily did the voice-over of Jake Harper singing the '' Two and a Half Men'' song. Her genres are

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, and rock. In fall 2013, Daily sang as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality show '' The Voice''. In the blind audition broadcast on September 24, 2013, she sang " Breathe" from Faith Hill. Two of the four judges on the show, Blake Shelton and CeeLo Green, turned around their chairs for her. She chose to be on Team Blake. Daily proceeded to win her battle in the show's battle rounds singing the song " Something to Talk About". She lost in the Knockout Rounds, with a performance of

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's " I Can't Make You Love Me".

Personal life

Daily previously dated actor Jon-Erik Hexum, and was his girlfriend at the time of his accidental death in 1984. She subsequently spent a short time living with her ''

'' co-star

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for emotional support. Daily married poker player Rick Salomon in 1995. They have two daughters, named Hunter and Tyson, before divorcing in 2000. She is

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Filmography

Film

Short films

Television and animation

Video games

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

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