is a Japanese actress and
voice actress
Voice acting is the art of Acting, performing a character or providing information to an audience with one's voice. Performers are often called voice actors/actresses in addition to other names. Examples of voice work include animation, animated, ...
. Some of her major voice roles include
Genkai in ''
Yu Yu Hakusho
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while saving a child's life. After several tests presented to him ...
'',
Omusubiman in ''
Soreike! Anpanman
is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author's death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among ...
'' and
Yukari Godai in ''
Maison Ikkoku''. Kyōda is affiliated with the talent agency
Haikyō.
Filmography
Television animation
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Maison Ikkoku'' (1986) (Yukari Godai)
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Anpanman
is a Japanese children's superhero picture book series written by Takashi Yanase, running from 1973 until the author's death in 2013. The series has been adapted into an anime entitled , which is one of the most popular anime series among ...
'' (1988) (Omusubiman)
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Ranma ½
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from August 1987 to March 1996, with the chapters collected in 38 volumes by Shogakukan. The story revolves a ...
'' (1989) (Sentarō's Grandmother)
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Moomin
The Moomins (, ) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, picture books, and a comic strip by the Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Finnish publisher Schildts. They are a ...
'' (1990) (The Witch)
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Floral Magician Mary Bell
, or known as ''Mary Bell'' in some countries, is a Japanese magical girl anime series by Ashi Productions, aired from 1992 until 1993. The series was adapted as a theatrical film and two educational videos and the DVD version was released o ...
'' (1992) (Grandma Rose)
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Yu Yu Hakusho
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck and killed by a car while saving a child's life. After several tests presented to him ...
'' (1992) (Genkai)
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Fushigi Yūgi'' (1995) (Taiitsu-kun)
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Sailor Moon SuperS
The fourth season of the ''Sailor Moon'' anime series, ''Sailor Moon SuperS'' (originally released in Japan as , and later as ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon SuperS'') was produced by Toei Animation and directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. It adapts the ...
'' (1995) (
Zirconia
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)
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Ojarumaru
, known officially in English as ''Prince Mackaroo'', is a Japanese anime series created by Rin Inumaru, produced by NHK Enterprises, and animated by Gallop. The series has aired on NHK Educational TV since October 1998, making it the second ...
'' (1998) (Yoshiko Tanaka)
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Vandread
is a Japanese anime television series directed by Takeshi Mori and produced by Gonzo. The series is composed by two seasons consisting of 13 episodes each; ''Vandread'', broadcast from October to December 2000, and ''Vandread: The Sec ...
'' (2000) (Magno Vivan)
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Inuyasha'' (2000) (
Kaede)
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Ashita no Nadja'' (2003) (Anna Petrova / Granny)
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Paranoia Agent
is a Japanese anime television series created by director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (the English equivalent to ''Shōnen Bat' ...
'' (2004) (Old Woman)
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Sgt. Frog
''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in '' Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders t ...
'' (2004) (Akina Hinata)
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Fafner in the Azure
is a Japanese mecha anime franchise created by Xebec in collaboration with Starchild Records. The story focuses on a group of children who pilot the titular Fafners in an escalating war against giant aliens called Festum. The first ...
'' (2004) (Ikumi Nishio)
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Tweeny Witches
is a Japanese anime television and original video animation series. Produced by Studio 4°C, the series is directed by Yoshiharu Ashino and written by Shinji Obara. Inspired by '' Through the Looking-Glass'', the story follows a young huma ...
'' (2004) (Presatio)
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D.Grayman'' (2006) (Mother)
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Blade of the Immortal
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Samura. It was serialized in Kodansha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from June 1993 to December 2012, with its chapters collected in 30 volumes. The ...
'' (2008) (Yaobikuni)
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Stitch!
is a Japanese anime television series. It is a spin-off of Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise, serving as the franchise's second television series after '' Lilo & Stitch: The Series''. The anime series aired in Japan from Octob ...
'' (2008) (Obaa Kamihara (Grandma))
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Shangri-La
Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, Uses the spelling 'Kuen-Lun'. described in the 1933 novel '' Lost Horizon'' by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently ...
'' (2009) (Nagiko Hojo)
*''
Hunter × Hunter
''Hunter × Hunter'' (pronounced "hunter hunter") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 1998, although the man ...
'' (2011) (Ging and Mito's Grandmother)
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Natsume Yūjin-chō'' (2011) (Aokuchinashi)
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Yokai Watch'' (2014) (Narration)
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Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon'' (Kaede)
OVA
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Tenchi Muyo!
is a Japanese anime, light novel and manga franchise. The original series began with a six-episode Original video animation, OVA called . This original series was created by Masaki Kajishima and directed by Hiroki Hayashi, and it was rel ...
'' (1992) (Innkeeper)
Theatrical animation
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Urusei Yatsura: Only You'' (1983) (Babara)
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (1984) (Ōbaba)
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Memories
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is Encoding (memory), encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future Action (philosophy), action. I ...
'' (1995) (Grand Mother)
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Escaflowne'' (2000) (Old woman)
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Millennium Actress'' (2001) (Chiyoko's mother)
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Fafner in the Azure: Heaven and Earth'' (2010) (Ikumi Nishio)
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Shōwa Monogatari'' (2011) (Yoshi Yamazaki)
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Towa no Quon
Towa may refer to:
Japanese municipalities
* Tōwa, Fukushima, a town in Fukushima Prefecture
* Tōwa, Iwate, a town in Iwate Prefecture
* Tōwa, Kōchi, a village in Kōchi Prefecture
* Tōwa, Yamaguchi, a former town in Yamaguchi Prefecture
* ...
'' (2011) (Mayumi Sanada)
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Little Witch Academia
is a Japanese anime franchise created by Yoh Yoshinari and produced by Trigger. The original short film, directed by Yoshinari and written by Masahiko Otsuka, was released in theaters in March 2013 as part of the Young Animator T ...
'' (2013) (Old teacher)
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In This Corner of the World'' (2016) (Ito Morita)
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My Oni Girl'' (2024) (Gozen)
Video games
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Kingdom Hearts II
''Kingdom Hearts II'' is a 2005 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios, Buena Vista Games for the PlayStation 2 video game console. The game is a sequel to ''Kingdom Hear ...
'' (2005) (Fauna)
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Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
is an action role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix in collaboration with Disney Interactive Studios for the PlayStation Portable, serving as the sixth installment in the '' Kingdom Hearts'' series. The game was rele ...
'' (2010) (Fairy Godmother, Fauna)
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Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance'' (2012) (Laverne)
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Granblue Fantasy
''Granblue Fantasy'' is a Japanese role-playing video game developed by Cygames for Android, iOS and web browsers, which first released in Japan in March 2014. The game reunites music composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba, who pre ...
'' (2016) (Rosine)
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Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind
is a 2019 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, and Nintendo Switch. It is the third main installment in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series and the twelfth game overall, and serves ...
'' (2020) (Fairy Godmother)
Tokusatsu
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Android Kikaider
is a ''tokusatsu'' television series based on the superhero manga '' Kikaider'' by Shotaro Ishinomori. The show was produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, and was broadcast in Japan on NET (now TV Asahi) from July 8, 1972, to May ...
'' (1972) (
Crimson
Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple.
It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, '' Kermes vermilio'', but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red col ...
Jellyfish
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(ep. 16),
Violet
Violet may refer to:
Common meanings
* Violet (color), a spectral color with wavelengths shorter than blue
* One of a list of plants known as violet, particularly:
** ''Viola'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants
Places United States
* Vi ...
Turban shell
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family (biology), family of small to large marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea (superfamily), Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: W ...
(ep. 27))
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Ultraman Taro
is the fifth entry (sixth overall) in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, the series aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 6, 1973, to April 5, 1974, with a total of 53 episodes.
Plot
Kotaro Higashi is a wanderer who jo ...
'' (1973) Piccolo (ep. 46)
*''Robot 8-chan'' (1981) (8-chan (first voice))
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Kikaider 01
(Pronounced as ''Kikaider Zero One''), is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, and a sequel series to '' Android Kikaider''. Produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, it was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) from May 12, 1973 to March 30, 19 ...
'' (1973) (
Ghost
In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...
Woman (ep. 11), Shadow
Rokuro-kubi (ep. 13))
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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' (1975-1976) (
Witch
Witchcraft is the use of magic by a person called a witch. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic to inflict supernatural harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread meaning. According to ''Enc ...
Mask (ep. 9), Gon (ep. 32-62))
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J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
, known in the Philippines as ''Lucky Aces'', is a Japanese tokusatsu television show and the second installment in the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from 8 April to 23 December 1977, replacing ''Himitsu Sentai Gorenger'' and itself being re ...
'' (1977) (Devil
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...
(ep. 6), Atomic Witch (ep. 23))
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a superhero in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appearance, first appeared in the anthology comic book ''Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in ...
'' (1978) (
Mons Cat Beast (ep. 8), Witch
Monkey
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(ep. 23))
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Denshi Sentai Denziman'' (1980-1981) - (Denzi
Dog
The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...
IC)
*''
Choujuu Sentai Liveman'' (1988) (
Pierrot
Pierrot ( , ; ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a hypocorism, diminutive of ''Pierr ...
Zuno (ep. 17))
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Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
is a Japanese television show and the thirteenth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries and the first title of the Heisei period. it was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989, to February 23, 1990, replacing ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'' ...
'' (1989) (Tameiki Boma (ep. 13))
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Special Rescue Police Winspector'' (1990) (Vampire Human Face
Bat
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(ep. 29))
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Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' television series. It was Toei Company Limited's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai metaseries. It aired from February 18, 1994, to February 24, 1995, following its predecessor '' Gosei Sentai Dairanger'' and ...
'' (1994) (
Kyubi no Kitsune (ep. 40))
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Juukou B-Fighter'' (1995-1996) (Sorcerer Jagul/Destruction God Jagul (ep. 19-53))
Live-action film
*''Kami no Shima'' (2025) (voice)
Dubbing roles
Live-action
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10,000 BC
The 10th millennium BC spanned the years 10,000 BC to 9001 BC (c. 12 ka to c. 11 ka). It marks the beginning of the transition from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic via the interim Mesolithic (Northern Europe and Western Europe) a ...
'' (Old Mother (
Mona Hammond
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101 Dalmatians 101 Dalmatians may refer to:
* '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1956 novel written by Dodie Smith
* 101 Dalmatians (franchise), a Disney film franchise based on the novel
** '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', a 1961 animated film based on ...
'' (2001 TV Asahi edition) (Nanny (
Joan Plowright
Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier (; 28 October 1929 – 16 January 2025), commonly known as Dame Joan Plowright, was an English actress whose career spanned over six decades. She received several accolades including two Golden Globe Awards, an ...
))
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The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in ''The New Yorker'' between 193 ...
'' (
Grandmama (
Judith Malina
Judith Malina (June 4, 1926 – April 10, 2015) was a German-born American actress, director and writer. With her husband Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prominence in New York C ...
))
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Addams Family Values
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'' (Grandmama (
Carol Kane
Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952) is an American actress. She gained recognition for her role in '' Hester Street'' (1975), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She became known in the 1970s and 1980s in ...
))
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Alice Through the Looking Glass'' (Mallymkun (
Barbara Windsor
Dame Barbara Windsor (born Barbara Ann Deeks; 6 August 193710 December 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in the Carry On (franchise), ''Carry On'' films and for playing Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. ))
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Anne of Green Gables
''Anne of Green Gables'' is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a classic children's novel since the mid-20th century. Set in the late 19th century, t ...
'' (Aunt Josephine Barry (
Charmion King))
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The Birds'' (1973 Fuji TV edition) (Lydia Brenner (
Jessica Tandy
Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British actress. An icon in the film industry, she appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAF ...
))
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Blue Velvet'' (Mrs. Pam Williams (
Hope Lange
Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American film, stage, and television actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress f ...
))
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. The story features the adventures of young Charlie Bucket inside the chocolate factory of eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka.
The story was origina ...
'' (Grandma Josephine (
Eileen Essell
Eileen Joan Essell (8 October 1922 – 15 February 2015) was an English actress, noted in part for not beginning her screen acting career until the age of 79.
Career
Essell retired from stage acting in 1958 following her marriage to playwright ...
))
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Creepshow 2'' (Martha Spruce (
Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Lamour (born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton; December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the ''Road to...'' movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing C ...
))
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The Da Vinci Code
''The Da Vinci Code'' is a 2003 mystery thriller novel by Dan Brown. It is “the best-selling American novel of all time.”
Brown's second novel to include the character Robert Langdon—the first was his 2000 novel '' Angels & Demons''� ...
'' (Elegant Woman at Rosslyn (Rita Davies))
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Dog Day Afternoon
''Dog Day Afternoon'' is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, James Broderick and Charles Durning. The screenplay ...
'' (1979 Fuji TV edition) (Sonny's mother (Judith Malina))
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Godmothered'' (Agnes (
June Squibb
June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. She began her career by making her Broadway (theatre), Broadway debut in the musical ''Gypsy (musical), Gypsy'' (1959). Her film debut was in Woody Allen's romantic comedy ''Alice ...
))
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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1975 TV Tokyo edition) (Kate Fisher (
))
*''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. It is the fifth and longest novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwart ...
'' (Mrs. Karen Quarre (
'' (Dr. Lyn Waldheim (
'' (Mrs. Judson)
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