Paddi Edwards

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Paddi Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999) was a British-American actress. She worked steadily in film^[1] and television.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

She found a niche in television movies, and toward the end of her life, doing voice work in projects for Disney, such as the roles of Flotsam & Jetsam in The Little Mermaid franchise, as Atropos the Fate in Hercules and as Vera in Pepper Ann.^{[citation needed]}

Although a successful actress, she is remembered for her guest-starring role as Anya, a shapeshifting mother-figure, on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Dauphin", as well as providing the voice of the apocalyptic deity Gozer The Gozerian in Ghostbusters. She appeared on Night Court as Henrietta "Hank" Shannon, the mother of Bull Shannon (played by Richard Moll).^{[citation needed]}

Her American television guest appearances included Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Murder, She Wrote, 227, Life Goes On, Married... with Children, and Murphy Brown.^{[citation needed]}

Death[]

Edwards died of respiratory failure on October 18, 1999, aged 67, at her home in Encino, California.^[2]

Partial filmography[]

References[]

External links[]

• Paddi Edwards at Find a Grave
• Paddi Edwards at IMDb

• Paddi Edwards at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

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