Eve Karpf (born 2 August 1947) is a British actress. Among her roles was the voice of Weed for the 2001 ''Bill and Ben'' reboot. She was a voice of Dennis' mum, Matilda in the 1996 '' Dennis the Menace'' television series, Mrs. Bird in ''

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'' and The Voice in Trapped!. Karpf also featured in several

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s, among them ''A Creepy Company'' who was praised as being "a marvelous performer whose storytelling talents keep the listener spellbound." She is known for being the voice of the

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commercial line, "Monsieur, with these Rocher, you're really spoiling us." She has numerous minor roles in video games from various franchises based on other media, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her credits include

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in the ''

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'' video games, including ''

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'' (released in the US as Sorcerer's Stone), ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Order of the Phoenix'', ''

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'' and '' Deathly Hallows – Part 2''. She also did the voice over for the role of

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the mother of St. Augustine in the movie ''

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'' (

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), Kristina Boaz in the 2003 video game '' Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness'', the cat Alvina in 2011 video game ''

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'' and the elf Fiona in the 2014 video game '' Dragon Age: Inquisition''. She is also represented by Hobson's International until 2009.

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