Full Name Cecil H. Roy Name Cecil Roy | Role Actress Children Richard | |
Born October 2, 1900 ( 1900-10-02 ) St. Paul, USA Occupation Radio Performer
Animation Voice Performer Died January 26, 1995, Englewood, New Jersey, United States Movies Boo Moon, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy, The Enchanted Square Similar People Isadore Sparber, Seymour Kneitel, Dave Fleischer | ||
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Cecil H. Roy pronounced Ce-ceel (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.
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Early life
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, she grew up in Oklahoma. Her father was an opera singer.
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.
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.
Roy's roles on radio programs included those shown in the following table.
She also was featured "enacting dilemmas" on Daily Dilemmas.:89
Animation
Between 1944 and 1962, she provided voices for numerous animated cartoons, specializing in children's voices, originating the voice of Little Lulu.
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.
Personal life
Roy spoke German and French and sang in Italian and French. She was reported to have a "polished repertoire of 20 dialects."
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 Jersery; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Filmography
Actress
2019
Cartoon Classics - Vol. 3: 25 Favorite Cartoons - 3 Hours as
Little Lulu (voice)
1964
Homer on the Range (Short) as
Boy (uncredited)
1964
Reading, Writhing, and Rithmetic (Short) as
Wingy's Mother (voice)
1963
Hiccup Hound (Short) as
Goodie the Gremlin (voice)
1963
The Pig's Feat (Short) as
Timmy / Junior / Goat Child / ... (uncredited)
1963
A Sight for Squaw Eyes (Short) as
Minnie-Chacha (voice)
1963
Drum Up a Tenant (Short) as
Lady (voice)
1962
Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series) as
Parrot
- I Hate Captain Block (1962) - Parrot (voice, uncredited)
1962
Popcorn and Politics (Short) as
Specs (voice, uncredited)
1962
Frog's Legs (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice)
1961
Kozmo Goes to School (Short) as
Teacher / Old Lady (voice, uncredited)
1961
Alvin's Solo Flight (Short) as
Little Lulu / Alvin (voice)
1961
Terry the Terror (Short) as
Terry the Terror / Mother (voice)
1960
Scouting for Trouble (Short) as
Frisky (voice, uncredited)
1960
Bouncing Benny (Short) as
Bouncing Benny / Mrs. Brown / Nurse / ... (uncredited)
1959
Out of This Whirl (Short) as
Junior / Junior's Mom (uncredited)
1959
Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (TV Series) as
Casper / Additional Voices (voice)
1959
Doing What's Fright (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1958
Good Scream Fun (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1958
Which Is Witch? (Short) as
Casper, Witch Hazel (voice, uncredited)
1958
Ghost Writers (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1958
Spook and Span (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1958
Heir Restorer (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1958
Dante Dreamer (Short) as
Dante (voice, uncredited)
1957
Boo Bop (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1957
Ice Scream (Short) as
Older Boy (voice, uncredited)
1957
Ghost of Honor (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1957
Hooky Spooky (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1957
Peek-a-Boo (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1957
Pest Pupil (Short) as
Teacher / Duckling (voice, uncredited)
1957
Spooking About Africa (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1956
Lion in the Roar (Short) as
Louie the Lion (uncredited)
1956
Fright from Wrong (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1956
Line of Screammage (Short) as
Casper / Johnny / Tony / ... (voice, uncredited)
1956
Will Do Mousework (Short) as
Herman's Cousin #1 (uncredited)
1956
Penguin for Your Thoughts (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1956
Dutch Treat (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1955
Mouse Trapeze (Short) as
Herman's Nephew #1 (uncredited)
1955
Git Along Li'l Duckie (Short) as
Ducklings (voice)
1955
Keep Your Grin Up (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1954
Bride and Gloom (Short) as
Pip-eye / Pup-eye (uncredited)
1954
Zero the Hero (Short) as
Casper (voice, uncredited)
1954
The Seapreme Court (Short) as
Little Child Fish (uncredited)
1952
The Case of the Cockeyed Canary (Short) as
Forest News Bird (voice, uncredited)
1952
Clown on the Farm (Short) as
Ducklings (voice)
1952
Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) as
Bird (voice)
- A Bird in Hand (1952) - Bird (voice)
1952
Off We Glow (Short) as
Glow Worm Mother / Glow Worm Child (uncredited)
1951
Scout Fellow (Short) as
Ducklings (voice)
1951
Party Smarty (Short) as
Oscar / Ducklings (voice)
1951
Slip Us Some Redskin (Short) as
Indian Boy (voice)
1951
Land of Lost Watches (Short) as
Billy / Wally the Watch (voice, uncredited)
1951
Casper the Friendly Ghost - Boo Hoo Baby (Short) as
Nurse (uncredited)
1951
One Quack Mind (Short) as
Ducklings (voice)
1950
Casper the Friendly Ghost - Once Upon a Rhyme (Short) as
Mother Goose - Old Woman in a Shoe (voice, uncredited)
1950
Boos in the Night (Short) as
Black Ghost (voice)
1950
Teacher's Pest (Short) as
Junior Owl (voice, uncredited)
1950
Quack-a-Doodle-Doo (Short) as
Little Duckling / Mother Ducks (uncredited)
1950
How Green Is My Spinach (Short) as
Boy in Movie Theater (voice, uncredited)
1950
Land of the Lost Jewels (Short) as
Billy (voice, uncredited)
1949
Strolling Thru the Park (Short) as
Lady / Mother / Woman (voice)
1949
Little Red School Mouse (Short) as
Little Red (voice)
1949
Shortenin' Bread (Short) as
Gingerbread Boy / Shortenin' Bread (voice)
1949
The Lost Dream (Short) as
Lost Dream (voice)
1949
The Little Cut-Up (Short) as
Little George Washington (voice)
1948
The Mite Makes Right (Short) as
Tom Thumb (voice, uncredited)
1948
Land of the Lost (Short) as
Billy (voice, uncredited)
1948
Dog-Showoff (Short) as
Little Lulu / Little Boy with Dog (voice, uncredited)
1947
The Baby Sitter (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1947
Super Lulu (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1947
A Bout with a Trout (Short) as
Little Lulu / Little Lulu's Shoulder Angel / Little Lulu's Shoulder Devil (voice)
1947
Cad and Caddy (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1947
Much Ado About Mutton (Short) as
Blackie's Three Lamb Nephews (uncredited)
1947
Loose in the Caboose (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1947
The Enchanted Square (Short) as
Billie (voice, uncredited)
1947
A Scout with the Gout (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1947
Musica-Lulu (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1946
Chick and Double Chick (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1946
Bored of Education (Short) as
Little Lulu / Students (voice)
1946
Bargain Counter Attack (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1945
Man's Pest Friend (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1945
Casper the Friendly Ghost (Short) as
Bonnie (voice, uncredited)
1945
Snap Happy (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1945
Daffidilly Daddy (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1945
A Lamb in a Jam (Short) as
Lambs (voice)
1945
Beau Ties (Short) as
Little Lulu / Fifi (voice, uncredited)
1945
Magica-Lulu (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Lulu's Birthday Party (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Gabriel Churchkitten (Short) as
Gabriel Churchkitten / Trumpet the Dog (voice, uncredited)
1944
Lulu at the Zoo (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Lulu's Indoor Outing (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
I'm Just Curious (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
It's Nifty to Be Thrifty (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Lucky Lulu (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Lulu in Hollywood (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Suddenly It's Spring (Short) as
Toys / Mother (voice, uncredited)
1944
Lulu Gets the Birdie (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Hullaba-Lulu (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1944
Eggs Don't Bounce (Short) as
Little Lulu (voice, uncredited)
1943
No Mutton fer Nuttin' (Short) as
Lambs (voice)
1941
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy (Short) as
Raggedy Ann (voice, uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1948
The Time of Your Life (singing voice: Lanny Rees - uncredited)
Archive Footage
2002
Casper and Wendy's Ghostly Adventures (Video) as
Casper / Witch Hazel (uncredited)
References
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