Linda Gary (born Linda Gary Dewoskin, November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995)
was an American actress.
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Career
Live-action appearances
Gary worked as a voice-over artist in animation and also appeared in two live-action films, 1977's ''Joyride To Nowhere'' with husband Charles Howerton and 1980's '' Cruising''[ with ]Al Pacino
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. She lent her voice in such movies as '' Wolfen''[ and '']Switch
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Radio
Linda played Dr. Maura Cassidy on Lee Hansen's ''Alien Worlds
''Alien Worlds'' is an American science fiction anthology comic that was published by Pacific Comics and, later, Eclipse Comics, in the early 1980s. It was edited by Bruce Jones and April Campbell.Johnston, Rich"When Diamond Comic Distributor ...
''.
Voice-over work
Early career
She got her start dubbing Italian films into English while living in Rome with her husband Charles Howerton
Charles Howerton (born June 24, 1938) is an American actor. He is best known for such films and television series as ''The Black Gestapo'', ''Eat My Dust'', ''Up from the Depths'', ''Smokey Bites the Dust'', ''Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype'', and ''As ...
, then returned to the U.S. in 1974.
Gary started going to voice acting classes taught by Daws Butler
Charles Dawson Butler (November 16, 1916May 18, 1988) was an American voice actor. He worked mostly for the Hanna-Barbera animation production company where he originated the voices of many familiar characters, including Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Ho ...
. She later claimed "When I got my first voice over job, I just sent Daws the check...He believed in me, and I really have him to thank for my career."
Hanna-Barbera
Gary voiced different characters on several Hanna-Barbera
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television series: '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo''; ''The Smurfs
''The Smurfs'' (french: Les Schtroumpfs; nl, De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, humanoid creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest. ''The Smurfs'' was first created and in ...
'' as Dame Barbara in one episode; ''Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
''Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats'' is a 1988 animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera as part of the ''Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10'' series. The two-hour film was aired in broadcast syndication. The movie's plot is essent ...
'' as Mrs. Vandergelt; ''The Pirates of Dark Water
''The Pirates of Dark Water'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by David Kirschner and produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series premiered as a five-part miniseries on Fox Kids early 1991. The first season, consisting of 13 ...
'', where she did additional voices; and '' Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron'' as Doctor Abby Sinian. She voiced Queen Morbidia & Nekara in ''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and the seventh incarnation of the studio's ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise. It premiered on , and ran for one season on ABC as a half-hour ...
''.
''ABC Weekend Specials''
''The ABC Weekend Special
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'' was a Saturday morning TV series that aired from 1977 to 1997. It featured stories in both the live-action and animated realms. Gary's voice could be heard on '' Scruffy'', ''The Puppy Saves the Circus'', ''The Amazing Bunjee Venture'', ''The Return of the Bunjee'', ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' and ''The Magic Flute''.[
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Disney
During the 1980s and 90's, Gary did several guest voice-over appearances in such Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
television series as ''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 ...
'',[ '']DuckTales
''DuckTales'' is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation. The original cartoon series premiered on syndication and on Disney Channel on September 18, 1987 and ran for a total of 100 episodes over four sea ...
'', ''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 ...
'', ''The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a h ...
'' and '' Bonkers''. She voiced a gazelle and a hippo on the ''Lion King
''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance, it ...
'' tie-in read-along cassette story ''The Brightest Star''. She also voiced Maleficent
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and the opening narrator in ''Fantasmic!
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''. She voiced Muffy Vanderschmere in ''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 ...
'' and Blender, Floor Lamp and Green Car in ''The Brave Little Toaster
''The Brave Little Toaster'' is a 1987 American animated musical film directed by Jerry Rees. It is based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Thomas M. Disch. The film stars Deanna Oliver, Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Tim Stack, and Thu ...
''.
Read-Alongs
She narrated Disney read-along stories in 1977: ''Three Little Pigs
"The Three Little Pigs" is a fable about three pigs who build three houses of different materials. A Big Bad Wolf blows down the first two pigs' houses which made of straw and sticks respectively, but is unable to destroy the third pig's house ...
'', ''Cinderella
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'', ''Alice in Wonderland
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'', and ''It's a Small World
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''. She also narrated a quartet of the ''Rainbow Brite
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'' read-along stories.
Sunbow/Marvel Productions
Gary voiced several additional characters on the 1984 ''Transformers
''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, suc ...
'' animated series. She also voiced Raven, a Cobra Night Raven pilot in the ''G.I. Joe
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'' episode "In the Presence of Mine Enemies".
Marvel Productions
Gary voiced Colleen in an episode of the short-lived 1981 ''Spider-Man
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'' with Ted Schwartz as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
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, and voiced Aunt May
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in the first season of the 1994-1998 ''Spider-Man
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'' with Christopher Daniel Barnes
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as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. She was later replaced by Julie Bennett
Julie Bennett (January 24, 1932 – March 31, 2020) was an American actress and later talent agent and realtor.
Early years
Bennett was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 24, 1932.
Acting career
A native of Hollywood, Bennett worked as a ...
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Filmation
Her voice acting was mostly for the Filmation
Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live-action programming for television from 1963 until 1989. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1962. Filmation's founders and ...
studio. She voiced characters in several of Filmation's TV series such as ''The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
''The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!'' is an NBC Saturday-morning cartoon produced by Filmation Studios in 1981. The half-hour show included two cartoon stories, with a variety of live-action wraparound segments.
'' Hero High'' featured a gr ...
'', ''BlackStar
''Blackstar'' is an American animated science fantasy television series, produced in 1981 by Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott for Filmation. The series was Filmation's second fantasy epic, the first being '' The Freedom Force'', a segment of '' ...
'', and as the title character in '' Web Woman''.
Gary voiced Jane
Jane may refer to:
* Jane (given name), a feminine given name
* Jane (surname), related to the given name
Film and television
* ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd
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on an episode of ''Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle
''Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle'' is an American animated series created by the Filmation studio for Saturday mornings on CBS, starting in 1976. This was the first animated series about the jungle hero. There are 36 episodes produced over four sea ...
''.
She also did voice work on ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line ''Masters of the Universe''. The show, often referred to as simply ''He-Man'', was one of the most popular anima ...
'' (initially miscredited as "Linda Gray"[He Man - Trivia - He Man in Hollywood!]
, He Man Official on YouTube, 23 April 2015.) and '' She-Ra: Princess of Power''. She was reunited with fellow voice-over actors Alan Oppenheimer
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Early life
Oppenheimer was born in New Yor ...
and George DiCenzo
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from ''BlackStar
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''. She provided many of the female voices on '' He-Man'' such as Teela
Teela is a fictional superheroine from the '' Masters of the Universe'' franchise. She is the Captain of the Royal Guard at the palace of Eternos and thus responsible for training and protecting Prince Adam of Eternia. While Adam is He-Man, T ...
, Evil-Lyn
Evil-Lyn is a supervillainess in the Masters of the Universe toy line and the accompanying cartoon series ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe''.
An evil witch who aids Skeletor as his second-in-command with her powers of darkness. She is v ...
, the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull
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Appearances Original MOTU mini-comics
The S ...
and Queen Marlena
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as well as several from ''She-Ra
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Her f ...
'' like Madame Razz
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Overview
The Rebellion
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, Glimmer
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, Shadow Weaver Shadow Weaver may refer to:
* Shadow Weaver, a character in the ''Princesses of Power'' franchise
* ''Shadow Weaver'' (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1992 album
* ''Shadow Weaver'' (Choir album), 2014 album
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, Scorpia and Entrapta
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.
She voiced several films for Filmation such as '' He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword'', ''Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
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'', '' He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special''[ and '' Happily Ever After''][ as Critterina and Marina.
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Universal Cartoon Studios
Gary voiced the role of Grandma Longneck in '' The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure'',[ '' The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving''][ and '' The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists''.][ She was later replaced by ]Miriam Flynn
Miriam Flynn (born June 18, 1952) is an American voice and character actress. She is best known as Cousin Catherine in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation'' and Grandma Longneck in ''The Land Before Time'' franchises. She has acted in other films ...
.
Video games
In video games, she provided voices in several adventure games such as '' King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow'' as the Oracle, Red Chess Queen, Mother Ghost and Queen Allaria, '' Thayer's Quest'' as Lady in the Woodlands and '' Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers'' as Grandma Knight/Tetelo.
Personal life
Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 4, 1944. She married actor Charles Howerton
Charles Howerton (born June 24, 1938) is an American actor. He is best known for such films and television series as ''The Black Gestapo'', ''Eat My Dust'', ''Up from the Depths'', ''Smokey Bites the Dust'', ''Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype'', and ''As ...
on December 21, 1967, and had two daughters, Alexis and Dana.[ Gary was also stepmother to Howerton's daughter from his previous marriage, Lynn Howerton.][ She died of ]heart failure
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that was caused by brain cancer
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on October 5, 1995, at her home in North Hollywood, California, at age 50.
Filmography
Voice over roles
Film
Television
Video games
Live action roles
Film
References
External links
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