Joanne Daniels is an American
voice actress
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. She is best known as the voice of telephone company time and temperature announcements for the Weatherchron company of
Atlanta, Georgia
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(a competitor of
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), used in various parts of the United States including
Los Angeles, California
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.
David Lazarus
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Early life and education
He attend ...
"Time of day calling it quits at AT&T"
''Los Angeles Times
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.'' 29 Aug 2007.
She also provided the voice for a significant number of number change announcements. Automated messages advising callers that the number had been changed and what the new number was were
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from recorded samples of her pronouncing the digits and other relevant phrases.
Other notable appearances
Daniels, as the time lady, is the first voice heard in the opening sequence of ''
Real Time with Bill Maher
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''.
See also
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Jane Barbe
Jane Barbe ( ; July 29, 1928 – July 18, 2003) was an American voice actress and singer. She was known as the "Time Lady" for the recordings she made for the Bell System and other phone companies. The ubiquity of her recordings eventually made he ...
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Pat Fleet
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References
External links
Audio interview with Joanne DanielsSFGate.com
1970s-era Bell System AIS featuring Joanne Daniels' voice, Flushing, Queens, New York; recorded in 1992
American voice actresses
Bell System
Telephone voiceover talent
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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