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词条 Cecil Roy
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Animation  Recordings 

  3. Personal life

  4. Death

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Cecil Roy
| image =
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| birth_name = Cecil H. Roy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|10|02}}
| birth_place = St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|01|26|1900|10|02}}
| death_place = Englewood, New Jersey, USA
| occupation = Radio Performer
Animation Voice Performer}}Cecil H. Roy (October 2, 1900 – January 26, 1995) was a radio actress who was well known in radio broadcasting of the 1930s and 1940s as The Girl of a Thousand Voices.[1]

Early life

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, she grew up in Oklahoma. Her father was an opera singer.[2]

She started her acting career with a Chicago stock company.

Career

Soon entered radio during the 1930s, appearing on The Rise of the Goldbergs, The Henry Aldrich Show, Pepper Young's Family. Marthy and Elmer, and many other programs.[3]

The "Girl of a Thousand Voices" label came about due to her ability to immediately shift through a wide range of characters and ages, from an elderly woman to a crying baby.[2]

Roy's roles on radio programs included those shown in the following table.

Program Role
The Adventures of Dari-Dan Stanley Hall[3]
Amanda of Honeymoon Hill Aunt Mazie[4]
Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories infant[5]
Big Sister Jerry Jr.[6]
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Ma Perkinsrp|page1=335}}
The Timid Soul rp|page1=187}}
Quiet Please rp|page1=187}}

She also was featured "enacting dilemmas" on Daily Dilemmas.{{r|rp|page1=89}}

Animation

Between 1944 and 1962, she provided voices for numerous animated cartoons, specializing in children's voices, originating the voice of Little Lulu.[5]

She also did the voice of Casper in the Casper the Friendly Ghost theatrical animated series of the 1940s and 1950s.

Recordings

Her recordings for children included the role of Winnie the Pooh on a recording with Jimmy Stewart.[2]

Personal life

Roy spoke German and French and sang in Italian and French. She was reported to have a "polished repertoire of 20 dialects."[5]

Death

In her last years, she lived in the Actors' Fund Home Extended Care Facility in Englewood, New Jersey, where she died in 1995 at age 94. She was survived by her son, Richard, of Montclair, New Jersey; four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

References

1. ^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-2834-2}}. P. 233.
2. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/11/obituaries/cecil-h-roy-voice-for-animated-films-94.html?scp=3&sq=cecil+roy&st=nyt "Cecil H. Roy; Voice for Animated Films, 94", The New York Times, February 11, 1995.]
3. ^{{cite news|title=Milkman's Adventures To Be on New Schedule|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6234600/the_evening_news/|work=The Evening News|date=April 14, 1937|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=33|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}
4. ^Terrace, Vincent (1999).Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. P. 21.
5. ^{{cite news|title=CBS Radio|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6233799/lubbock_avalanchejournal/|work=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|date=July 15, 1956|location=Texas, Lubbock|page=59|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}
6. ^{{cite news|title=High Frequency Questions|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6234506/the_nebraska_state_journal/|work=The Nebraska State Journal|date=February 28, 1943|location=Nebraska, Lincoln|page=32|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 13, 2016}} {{Open access}}

8.) Cecil Palmer of Nightvale (http://www.nightvalepresents.com) is said to be named after her.

External links

  • {{IMDb name|1182327}}
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6 : 1900 births|1995 deaths|American radio actresses|American voice actresses|20th-century American actresses|Actresses from Saint Paul, Minnesota

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