Gaille Heidemann is an American voice actress, singer and songwriter.
She is known as the voice of Myriam the Mystic in ''
Diablo III
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'', Tempestra in ''
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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'', and has had guest starring roles in ''
World of Warcraft
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'' (''
Warlords of Dreanor'', ''
Legion
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'', ''
Battle for Azeroth''), ''
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness'', ''
James Bond Jr.
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The series debuted in September 1991 and ran for 65 episodes bef ...
'', ''
All Grown Up'', ''
Primetime Glick
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Format
The half-hour show is a spoof of late night talk shows such as ''The Toni ...
'', ''
The California Raisin Show
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'', and ''
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
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'', among many others.
As a teenager she became a studio
session singer
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, appearing on television and film soundtracks with
The Jimmy Joyce Singers. She dubbed the singing voice for
Patty Duke
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in ''
Valley of the Dolls'', and played the girl singer with co-stars
Kim Milford
Richard Kim Milford (February 7, 1951 – June 16, 1988), known professionally as Kim Milford, was an American actor, singer-songwriter, and composer. He was known for his stage acting in musicals such as ''The Rocky Horror Show'' and ''Jesu ...
and the rock band Moon in ABC's ''
The Wide World of Mystery
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'', produced by
Don Kirshner
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. Her song "Hollywood Movie Girls" was recorded by
Dusty Springfield
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and became the title and theme for the TV special ''Ann-Margret: Hollywood Movie Girls'', for which she also wrote special material.
Heidemann's
rock and roll
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impressions were featured on stage and film in ''Stars on 45 in Concert''; ''Dream Street'' in
Las Vegas
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, which won the Eppie Award for Best Show of the Year; and ''
Forbidden Broadway
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The original version of the revue opened on January 15, 1982, at Palsson's S ...
'' in
San Francisco
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. The
Olsen twins
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performed nine of her songs in their musical party series,
''You're Invited To Mary-Kate and Ashley's'' ''Camp Out Party'' ("Raptor") and ''Ballet Party'', including "Dancing Your Dreams", "Practice, Practice, Practice" and "Moonbounce Madness", all co-written with
Adam Fields
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. She wrote, sang, produced and appears in "Obama Girl's Mama", the
YouTube
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parody of the Obama Girl election videos directed by
John Moffitt. Heidemann has voiced over a hundred commercials, including national campaigns for clients such as McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Toyota, and Goodyear Tires. Her interview is featured in Bill Filipiak's ''Voice Over Etiquette''.
She co-wrote and produced ''Chuck & Di – the Tabloid Musical!'' for a standing-room-only run at the Long Beach Playhouse.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
American voice actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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