Melissa Disney
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Melissa Disney is an American voice actress, actress, singer-songwriter, writer, and film producer.
Biography
Disney is the daughter of actress Louise Gallagher and writer Carl Femling, the granddaughter of silent actress Tara Gallagher, and is a distant relative of Walt Disney.Vorlage:Citation needed
Career
Disney is one of a small number of women who do voice-over work for movie trailers. The trailer for Gone in 60 Seconds, which she voiced in 2000, was one of the first by a major film studio to use a female voice.[1]
She voices the title character Ginger Foutley in the animated cartoon As Told by Ginger. She is also known for her role as Elora the Faun in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage and as Courtney Gears (a parody of Britney Spears) in Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.
She appeared in actress Lake Bell's directorial debut,[2] In a World..., a movie that is about the world of voice artists.[3] Disney appears in the film as the character, Melinda Chisney.
Filmography
Film
- Batman Beyond: The Movie – Blade
- Foodfight! – Additional voices
- In a World... – Melinda Chisney
- Reasons of the Heart – Crystal
- Rusty: A Dog's Tale – Boo the Cat
- Superman Unbound - Thara (Video)
- Superman vs. The Elite - Menagerie (Video)
- The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus – Gardenia, Village Girl
- The Trumpet of the Swan – Billie
- Top Cat: The Movie – Trixie
Television
- 35th Annual Key Art Awards – Announcer
- 84th Academy Awards – Announcer
- As Told by Ginger – Ginger
- Batman Beyond – Blade, Curaré
- Detention – Brittney
- Hermie & Friends: Hermie: A Common Caterpillar – Lucy Ladybug
- Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas – Lucy Ladybug
- Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee – Lucy Ladybug, Hailey, Bailey
- Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin' Fly – Lucy Ladybug
- Hermie & Friends: Hermie and the High Seas – Hailey
- Hermie & Friends: Milo the Mantis Who Wouldn't Pray – Lucy Ladybug, Hailey, Bailey
- Hermie & Friends: Skeeter and the Mystery of the Lost Mosquito Treasure – Hailey
- Hermie & Friends: The Flo Show Creates a Buzz – Hailey
- Hermie & Friends: To Share or Nut to Share – Lucy Ladybug
- Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider – Lucy Ladybug
- I Am Weasel – Mike, Judge
- iCarly – Debbie
- Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks – Meggie
- Justice League Action - Mom / Brat
- Static Shock – Nurse
- Superman - College Girl
- The Christmas Lamb – Jacob, Talia, Little Boy
Video games
- 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue
- Animorphs: Know the Secret – Rachel
- Baldur's Gate – Imoen
- Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn – Imoen
- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal – Imoen
- Bee Movie Game – Vanessa Bloome
- Deadpool – Rogue, Psylocke, Spirit
- Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey – The Narrator/Zara
- Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
- EverQuest II – Various Voices
- Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel – Evita Eastwood
- Jade Empire – Doctor An, Scholar Cai, Attendant Kitan, additional voices
- Interstate '82 – Skye Champion
- Kingdom Hearts II – Vivi Ornitier
- Prototype 2 – Sabrina Galloway
- Ratchet & Clank – Hoverboard Girl
- Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Courtney Gears, Soap Actress Janice
- Ratchet: Deadlocked – Courtney Gears
- Secret Agent Clank – Courtney Gears
- Shark Tale – Angie
- Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage – Elora the Faun
- Marvel Heroes 2016 – American Dream
Awards
Disney won a Key Art Award for voicing the Gone in 60 Seconds movie trailer.
Personal life
Disney is married to actor/writer Ryan Paul James. They were married on October 15, 2010, in San Diego, CA.
Notes and references
External links
- ↑ C. Molly Smith: Lake Bell's New Movie Asks Why More Women Aren't Used to Narrate Movie Trailers In: Hollywood Reporter, August 9, 2013. Abgerufen im February 11, 2014
- ↑ A.O. Scott: All Those Voices: Can You Hear Her Now? In: New York Times, August 8, 2013. Abgerufen im February 11, 2014
- ↑ Matthew Jacobs: Lake Bell Talks 'In A World,' Mastering Accents, Voice-Over Sexism And William Shatner's Uniqueness In: Huffington Post, August 7, 2013. Abgerufen im February 11, 2014