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Tress MacNeille

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Tress MacNeille

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Overview

  • Born
    June 20, 1951 · Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Birth name
    Teressa Claire Payne
  • Height
    5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)

Biography

    • Tress MacNeille is one of the most talented women in the voice-over industry to date. With her versatile talent has done the voices of Dot Warner from Animaniacs, Babs Bunny from Tiny Toon Adventures to being a featured singer in the Weird "Al" Yankovic song "Ricky", She has also appeared in a small part in the full-length motion picture "Elvira Mistress of the Dark".
      - IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous

Family

  • Spouse
      Douglas Whitsett MacNeille(July 30, 1974 - ?)
  • Children
      No Children

Trademarks

  • Her extensive repertoire of imitations
  • The voice of Daisy Duck
  • Voice of Dot Warner on Animaniacs
  • Voice of Gadget from Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989)
  • The voice of Junior Asparugus in Veggietales In The House

Trivia

  • Spent ten years as a member of the improvisational comedy group, The Groundlings.
  • Attended and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Also attended broadcasting school, becoming a disc jockey.
  • Had an overly-obsessed fan named Dennis "Quozl" Falk, who sent her disturbing letters which caused her to fear for her life and cancel any convention appearances she was planning to make around where he lived.
  • Well known for providing many of the female voices on The Simpsons (1989).
  • Aside from her voice acting work, she also provided additional vocals in three of 'Weird Al' Yankovic's songs, "Ricky" (as Lucy Ricardo), "Pretty Fly For A Rabbi" (alongside another voice actress Mary Kay Bergman) and "Jerry Springer".

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