Patricia Parris
Patricia Parris | |
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| Born | Patricia Elizabeth Parris October 22, 1950 Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Other names | Pat Parris, Patty Parris, Patti Parris, Patricia E. Parris |
| Alma mater | Brenau University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1976–2005 |
Patricia Elizabeth "Pat/Trish" Parris (born October 22, 1950, also professionally credited as Pat Parris, Patty Parris, Patti Parris, Trish Parris and Patricia E. Parris) is an American actress who provided voice-overs for several animated television series for such studios as Hanna-Barbera, The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company. She has voice acted in television, film, radio, read-along story recordings, video games and theme park attractions.[1]
Early life[]
Parris was born on October 22, 1950 in Hamilton, Ohio, the daughter of Col. Howard Lindsey Parris, a United States Air Force veteran, and Bernice Claire Rogers.[2] She graduated from the women's college of Brenau University in 1972 where she majored in drama, English and secondary education, directing and performing in plays such as My Fair Lady and The Children's Hour. She would also introduce her show on the school radio station with her ever-expanding uncanny knack for accents and impersonation.[3]
Career[]
Once she graduated, Parris moved to Hollywood, California and studied voice acting under the guidance of Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear) as a student in his voice acting workshop. Her first television voice-over role was Shelly on Jabberjaw (1976) produced by Hanna-Barbera. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, other voice-over credits included Yogi's Space Race, Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Shirt Tales, The Littles, The Smurfs, Sherlock Hound, Dumbo's Circus, Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series, DuckTales and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, as well as numerous roles on the 1977–1979 Disneyland Records read-along storybook recordings for Pinocchio, Bambi, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Mary Poppins and Pete's Dragon. She has voiced the character of Princess Leia for the read-along storybook records of the original Star Wars trilogy.
Parris has also voiced Daisy Duck on two occasions: the 1983 Mickey Mouse theatrical featurette Mickey's Christmas Carol and at the beginning of a song called "Girl Talk" having a brief telephone conversation with Minnie Mouse (voiced by Russi Taylor) on the 1986 children's LP Totally Minnie. She is also known for having frequently voiced the character of Kanga on Winnie the Pooh TV series, read-along storybooks and video games.
She occasionally voiced the role of Mary Barclay on the Focus on the Family radio drama Adventures in Odyssey from 1989 to 1992 and again in 2002.[4] Although she is primarily a behind-the-scenes actress, Parris has done a few on-camera appearances, including the made-for-television films My Husband is Missing (1978), Attack on Fear (1984), a 1985 episode of the prime time soap opera Knots Landing and several commercials. She has also provided vocals to live-action feature films such as Wolfen, Outlaw of Gor, White Fang and Look Who's Talking Now.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Adventures of Pinocchio | Pinocchio (voice) | English dub |
| 1981 | Wolfen | ESS voice | |
| 1983 | Firesign Theatre Presents Hot Shorts | Various characters | |
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Daisy Duck (voice) | Short film | |
| 1985 | Here Come the Littles | Helen Little (voice) | |
| 1988 | Manager of the Year: Effective Listening | Short film | |
| Outlaw of Gor | ADR voice | ||
| 1991 | Rover Dangerfield | Farm voices (voice) | |
| White Fang | ADR voice | ||
| 1993 | Look Who's Talking Now | Dog / Wolf voices | |
| 1995 | Balto | Additional voices | |
| 1997 | Cats Don't Dance | ||
| 2001 | Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse | Daisy Duck (voice) | Direct-to-video film |
| 2005 | Tarzan II | Additional voices | Direct-to-video film |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Jabberjaw | Shelly (voice) | 16 episodes |
| 1976 | Famous Classic Tales | Amanda / Susie / Wife (voices) | 1 episode: "Davy Crockett on the Mississippi" |
| 1977 | CB Bears | Additional voices | |
| 1978 | The All New Popeye Hour | ||
| My Husband is Missing | Television film | ||
| Dinky Dog | Additional voices | ||
| 1978–1979 | Yogi's Space Race | Cindy Mae / Rita (voices) | 13 episodes |
| Buford and the Galloping Ghost | 13 episodes | ||
| 1980 | Super Friends | Additional voices | |
| The Flintstones' New Neighbors | Oblivia Frankenstone (voice) | Television special | |
| 1980–1981 | The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | Additional voices | |
| 1981 | Laverne & Shirley in the Army | ||
| 1982–1983 | Shirt Tales | Pammy Panda (voice) | 23 episodes |
| 1982 | The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour | Additional voices | 1 episode: "The Puppy's Dangerous Mission" |
| 1983–1985 | The Littles | Helen Little (voice) | 29 episodes |
| 1984 | The Smurfs | Acorn (voice) | 3 episodes: "Papa's Worrywarts", "The Pussywillow Pixies", "Babes in Wartland" |
| Attack on Fear | Bonnie | Television film | |
| 1984–1985 | Sherlock Hound | Mrs. Hudson (voice) | 26 episodes (English dub) |
| 1985 | Smurfily Ever After | Acorn (voice) | Television special |
| Knots Landing | East (Bridge Player) | 1 episode: "Vulnerable" | |
| Adventures of the Gummi Bears | Trina (voice) | 1 episode: "What You See is Me" | |
| The Glo Friends Save Christmas | Additional voices | Television special | |
| 1985–1986 | Dumbo's Circus | Lilli the Cat (voice) | 81 episodes |
| 1985–1987 | The Berenstain Bears | Additional Female Voices | |
| 1986 | ABC Weekend Specials | Helen Little (voice) | Episode: "Liberty and the Littles" |
| 1987 | Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series | Ma Gorg (voice) | 13 episodes |
| Adventures of the Gummi Bears | Aquarianne (voice) | 1 episode: "Water Way to Go" | |
| DuckTales | Skittles / Lucky the Lemming (voices) | 2 episodes: "The Treasure of the Golden Suns", "Scrooge's Pet" | |
| Pound Puppies | Lucy (voice) | 1 episode: "Where Do Puppies Come From?/Pups on the Loose" | |
| 1988–1991 | The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Kanga / Christopher Robin's Mother (voice) | 30 episodes |
| 1988 | The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy | Additional voices | 2 episodes: "The Pixling Adventure", "Raggedy's Christmas Adventure" |
| 1989 | Dink, the Little Dinosaur | ||
| 1991 | Back to the Future: The Animated Series | 6 episodes | |
| 1992 | Fievel's American Tails | Aunt Sophie (voice) | 1 episode: "Aunt Sophie's Visit" |
| Tom & Jerry Kids Show | Additional voices | 1 episode: "Penthouse Mouse/12 Angry Sheep/The Ant Attack" | |
| 1993 | Droopy, Master Detective |
Audio recordings[]
Radio[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Adventures in Odyssey | Colleen Walker | 1 episode: "The New Kid in Town" |
| 1989 | Mary Barclay | 3 episodes: "Our Best Vacation Ever", "The Visitors", "The Barclay Family Ski Vacation" | |
| 1990 | 4 episodes: "Two Sides to Every Story", "Wishful Thinking", "Thanksgiving at Home", "The Adventure of the Adventure" | ||
| 1991 | 3 episodes: "The Vow", "Where There's a Will...", "The Meaning of Sacrifice" | ||
| 1992 | 1 episode: "Modesty is the Best Policy" | ||
| 2002 | 1 episode: "500" |
Walt Disney Records[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Pinocchio | The Blue Fairy |
| Cinderella | Cinderella | |
| Mary Poppins | Additional voices | |
| Pete's Dragon | Nora | |
| 1979 | Lady and the Tramp | Lady |
| Alice in Wonderland | Alice | |
| Star Wars | Princess Leia | |
| 1980 | Bambi: Disney Storyteller Series | Additional voices |
| Cinderella: Disney Storyteller Series | Cinderella, Anastasia | |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back | Princess Leia | |
| 1983 | Star Wars: Return of the Jedi | |
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Daisy Duck | |
| 1986 | Totally Minnie | |
| 1989 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | Kanga |
| Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | ||
| Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree |
Educational films[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Jabberjaw: The Silent Hunters | Shelly | Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips |
| Jabberjaw: A Whale of a Tale |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Disney's Animated Storybook: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | Kanga |
| Battle Beast | Additional voices | |
| 1996 | Arcade America | |
| 1997 | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | |
| Ready for Math with Pooh | Kanga | |
| Ready to Read with Pooh | ||
| Herc's Adventures | Hera | |
| 1998 | LeapPad |
Theme park attraction[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The American Adventure | Jane | EPCOT attraction, Walt Disney World |
References[]
- ^ Thomas S. Hischak (2011), Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary, McFarland & Company, p. 163, ISBN 978-0-7864-6271-1
- ^ Who's who in the West: A Biographical Dictionary of Noteworthy Men and Women of the Pacific Coast and the Western States, A.N. Marquis Company (1989), retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ^ Maria Behan (2007), Brenau University: If it looks like a Duck and sounds like a Duck, it could be Patty (PDF)
- ^ "The Odyssey Scoop - Cast & Crew: Patty Parris". www.odysseyscoop.com.
External links[]
- Patricia Parris at IMDb
- Patricia Parris at Behind The Voice Actors
- Patricia Parris at Voice Chasers
- 1950 births
- Living people
- American radio actresses
- American television actresses
- American video game actresses
- Actresses from Ohio
- People from Hamilton, Ohio
- Brenau University alumni
- Hanna-Barbera people
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses