Lisa Paulette Michelson (March 31, 1958 – September 14, 1991) was an American

voice actress Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

. She was best known for providing the voices of Satsuki Kusakabe in the Streamline Pictures dub of ''

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'' and Kiki in the Streamline dub of ''

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''. She also provided the voices for Rasa in ''

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'', Addy in ''

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'', the Android Girl in the "Presence" segment of ''

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'' and additional voices in '' Fist of the North Star Movie''. She was sometimes credited as or Lisa Michaelson or Lisa Snegoff. She was married to

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. Michelson died of injuries sustained in a car accident in

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on September 14, 1991. The end credits of the American localization of ''Robot Carnival'' are dedicated to her.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1988, Satsuki Kusakabe) ( Streamline Pictures) * ''

'' (1989, Kiki) (Streamline Pictures) "Mama's Family" (November 25, 1989 as Snake) in Ep. 120 "Bubba's House Band"

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Lisa Michelson
at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database 1958 births 1991 deaths American voice actresses Road incident deaths in California 20th-century American actresses {{US-voice-actor-1950s-stub