Occupation Voice actress, singer Siblings Donald Erlandson Role Voice actress | Name Ginny Tyler Years active 1937–1993 | |
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Full Name Merrie Virginia Erlandson Born August 8, 1925 ( 1925-08-08 ) Berkeley, California, U.S. Died July 13, 2012, Issaquah, Washington, United States Spouse Albert Jacobson (m. 1980–1995) Parents Harrieth Erlandson, Erland Erlandson Movies and TV shows The Sword in the Stone, Space Ghost, Davey and Goliath, The New Fantastic Four, Winnie the Pooh and the Hone Similar People Wolfgang Reitherman, Thurl Ravenscroft, Paul Frees, Bill Lee, Art Clokey | ||
Ginny tyler dies at 86
Ginny Tyler (born Merrie Virginia Erlandson; August 8, 1925 – July 13, 2012) was an American voice actress who performed on dozens of cartoons and animated films from 1957 to 1993. In 2006, she was inducted into the Disney Legends program.
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Early life
Tyler was born the elder of two children of Erland Alfred and Harriet (nėe Ruttenberg) Erlandson in 1925 in Berkeley, California, United States. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, where her brother Donald was born. Later her parents were divorced and her mother remarried and Ginny's step-father adopted Ginny and she became Merrie Virginia Eggers.
Work
Tyler grew up in Seattle and her family had a rich legacy of storytelling and imitation of animal sounds, which proved very useful to her later on in her career as an artist. She first appeared before a radio microphone sometime in the 1930s and co-hosted, alongside Al Priddy the radio show Make Believe Island on KOL station. The show was moved to television, on KOMO-TV and renamed Magic Island by the early 1950s.
Tyler began to work more and more offscreen as a voice artist, appearing in several cartoons and narrating vinyl recordings of Disney classics like Bambi and Babes in Toyland. She provided the voice of an amorous squirrel who falls in love with the young King Arthur (while he is in the form of a male squirrel) in The Sword in the Stone. She sang the voices of several barnyard animals in the "Jolly Holiday" sequence of Mary Poppins.
From 1960 to 1962, she also performed several voices for the series Davey and Goliath, including Davey's mother and his sister Sally. She was replaced by Nancy Wible, who had a similar voice (from both of their works in other series), but would use a louder tone than Ginny. The two played roles of carhops on the Flintstones episode "The Drive Inn" (made around the same time as the first episodes of Davey & Goliath) in 1960. In 1964, Tyler appeared as the Genie in several performances of Aladdin and His Genie for the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1968, she was Flirtacia on Hanna-Barbera's The Adventures of Gulliver. She also played Jan on Space Ghost and Sue Richards, the Invisible Woman in the 1978 television series Fantastic Four. Although Tyler later retired and moved back to Seattle, she still did some recording for local productions.
She died on July 13, 2012, aged 86 at a Washington nursing home.
Audio recordings
Television
Filmography
Actress
1992
Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol (TV Movie) as
Miz Possum (voice)
1991
Brer Rabbit Tales (TV Movie)(voice)
1988
Gumby Adventures (TV Series) as
Princess Ann
- Birthday Party in the Middle Ages (1988) - Princess Ann (voice)
1986
Wildfire (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Once and Future Queen (1986) - Additional Voices (voice)
1979
Plastic Man (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Plastic Mummy Meets Disco Mummy/Doctor Icicle/The Deep Sea Demon Caper/The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold/City of Ice/The Glutunous Glop (1980) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Count Graffiti Meets Plastic Man/The Diabolical Dr. Locust/The Case of the Vicious Voodoo Villain/The Evil Design of Vulture Man's Mind/Sale of the Century/Where There's a Will, There's a Creep (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Dr. Duplicator Strikes Again/The Malevolent Marble Man/The Mysterious Warnings of Doom/Royal Trouble With the King's Double/Thunderman/Evil Notions With Evila's Potions (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Terrible 5+1/Copycat/The Case of the Fearsome Phantom/A Goofy Bungle in the Filipino Jungle/Joggernaut/The Sinister Super Suit (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Kitty Katt Caper/The Video Villain/The Horrible Headless Horseman Caper/The Stone-Cold Dragon of Gold/The Colossal Crime of Commodore Peril/Krime Klown's Circus of Evil (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Ghostfinger/Dog Gone Days/The Count Draculon Caper/The Film Fiasco of Director Disastro/Highbrow/The Evil Evo-Ray (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Badladdin/Kragg the Conqueror/The Mad Mummy Mystery/The Defiant Casablanca Giant/Toyman/The Menacing Mindreader (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Maniacal Computerhead/The Fiendish Fishface/The Mysterious, Serious Circus Caper/The Ill-Will of Dr. Chill/The Hippotist/Catman (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Empire of Evil/Bye Bye Biplane/The Creepy Creature Caper/The Sinister Plan of Lizard Man/The Corruptible Carrotman/Beach Bum's Crime Wave (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Dangerous Dr. Dinosaur/The Perils of Paulette/The Super-Duper Race Cage/Who Do the Voodoo/The Spider Takes a Bride/The Dangerous Dr. Gadgets (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Diabolical Dr. Dome/The Rooster/The Alien Egg Caper/A Time-Machine Trip to the Pirate's Ship/Honey Bee/Rob Around the Clock (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Superstein/Bad News Snooze/The Rickety Robbery/Dr. Lupiter and the Thing From Jupiter/Dogmaster/Coach Crime's Big Play (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Minuscule Seven/Trouble Brews When Glue Man Glues/The Golden Crystal Caper/A Scary Affair in the Skullman's Lair/Moonraider/Shake Up With Ms. Make-Up (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Horrible Half-Ape/Goldteeth's Bad Bite/The Spaceship Caper/The Creepy Goon from the Spooky Lagoon/Hugefoot/Baby Man (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- Wham-Bam! Beware of the Clam!/Anthead/The Mysterious Robot Critic Caper/There Is Nothing Worse Than A Stony Curse/The Day the Ocean Disappeared/Never Retire With Mr. & Mrs. Van Pire (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
- The Weed (1979) - Additional Voices (voice)
1979
Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (TV Movie) as
Lovella / Dowager / Rural Lady (voice)
1979
Adventures of the Polar Cubs as
Muushika / Maashika / Rika / ... (voice)
1978
The Fantastic Four (TV Series) as
Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl
- Blastaar, the Living Bomb Burst (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- Calamity on the Campus (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Frightful Four (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Diamond of Doom (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Impossible Man (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Fantastic Four Meet Doctor Doom (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Menace of Magneto (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- Medusa and the Inhumans (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Olympics of Space (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Mole Man (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Phantom of Film City (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- The Final Victory of Doctor Doom (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
- A Monster Among Us (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice)
1977
Fred Flintstone and Friends (TV Series)(voice)
1976
The Jeffersons (TV Series) as
Police Dispatcher
- Jenny's Discovery (1976) - Police Dispatcher
1976
Sesame Street (TV Series) as
M in Space cartoon
- Bert's bath with a Sing-Along (1976) - M in Space cartoon (voice)
1975
The Oddball Couple (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Spiffy's Man Friday/Who's Zoo (1975) - Additional Voices (voice)
1974
Devlin (TV Series) as
Aunt Martha / Polly
- The Storyteller (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Sandy's Decision (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Sandy's Turn (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- The Stowaway (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Jester's Secret (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Like Father, Like Son (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Innocent or Guilty (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- The Big Blast (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Sandy's Idol (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Sandy's Choice (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- The Challenge (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Up, Up, and Away (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Todd's Triumph (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Save That Lion (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Hero Worshipper (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
- Victory Over Fear (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice)
1973
Jeannie (TV Series) as
Mes. Anders / Bunny / Little Girl / ...
- The Blind Date (1973) - Mes. Anders / Bunny / Little Girl / -
- The Dognappers (1973) - Mrs. Van Pelt (voice)
1972
ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) as
Bird Calls
- The Last of the Curlews (1972) - Bird Calls (voice)
1971
Here's Lucy (TV Series) as
Parrot
- Lucy in the Jungle (1971) - Parrot (voice)
1971
Pinocchio as
The Fairy / Little Dove
1968
The Adventures of Gulliver (TV Series) as
Flirtacia
- The Hero (1969) - Flirtacia (voice)
- Gulliver's Challenge (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Missing Crown (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Masquerade (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Runaway (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Dark Sleep (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Rescue (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- Hurricane Island (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Perils of the Lilliputs (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Forbidden Pool (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Tiny Viking (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- The Capture (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
- Dangerous Journey (1968) - Flirtacia (voice)
1966
Space Ghost (TV Series) as
Jan / Black Widow
- The Molten Monsters of Moltar/Two Faces of Doom/The Final Encounter (1968) - Jan / Black Widow (voice)
- The Meeting/Clutches of Creature King/The Deadly Trap (1968) - Jan / Black Widow (voice)
- The Gargoyloids/The Worm People/The Looters (1967) - Jan (voice)
- The Ovens of Moltor/The Spear Warriors/Transor - The Matter Mover (1966) - Jan (voice)
- The Sorcerer/The Marksman/The Space Piranhas (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Glasstor/The Sacrifice/The Space Ark (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Jungle Planet/The Terrible Chase/Ruler of the Rock Robots (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Space Armada/The Vampire Men/The Challenge (1966) - Jan / Black Widow (voice)
- The Time Machine/Danger River/Nightmare Planet (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Space Birds/The Wolf People/Attack of the Saucer Crab (1966) - Jan (voice)
- The Iceman/The Vampire Men/The Time Machine (1966) - Jan / Black Widow (voice)
- The Cylopeds/The Fire God/Space Sargasso (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Lokar - King of the Killer Locusts/Danger River/Brago (1966) - Jan (voice)
- The Schemer/The Rock Pygmies/The Evil Collector (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Hi-Jackers/Giant Ants/The Lure (1966) - Jan (voice)
- The Robot Master/Marooned/The Energy Monster (1966) - Jan (voice)
- The Drone/The Moss Men/The Sandman (1966) - Jan (voice)
- The Web/The Sacrifice/Homing Device (1966) - Jan (voice)
- Creature King/The Treeman/The Lizard Slavers (1966) - Jan / Black Widow (voice)
- The Heat Thing/The Worm People/Zorak (1966) - Jan / Black Widow (voice)
1967
Doctor Dolittle as
Polynesia (voice, uncredited)
1967
Fantastic Four (TV Series) as
Princess Anelle
- Behold a Distant Star (1967) - Princess Anelle (uncredited)
1960
The Gumby Show (TV Series) as
Gumby / Gumba / Witty Witch / ...
- El Toro (1967) - Gumby (voice)
- All Broken Up (1967) - Gumby (voice)
- Grub Grabber Gumby (1967) - Gumby (voice)
- Pokey Minds the Baby (1967) - Gumby / Baby (voice)
- Weight and See (1967) - Gumby (voice)
- Behind the Puffball (1967) - Gumby (voice)
- Do-It-Yourself Gumby (1966) - Gumby (voice)
- Santa Witch (1960) - Witty Witch (voice)
- Hot Rod Granny (1960) - Granny (voice)
- The Witty Witch (1960) - Witty Witch (voice)
- Chicken Feed (1960) - Gumba (voice)
- Trapped on the Moon - Gumba (voice)
- Lost and Found - Gumba (voice)
1966
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Short) as
Bees (voice, uncredited)
1963
Mister Ed (TV Series) as
Parrot / Tootsie / Claudia
- Cherokee Ed (1966) - Parrot (voice)
- Animal Jury (1965) - Tootsie (voice, uncredited)
- Ed the Emancipator (1963) - Claudia (voice, uncredited)
1962
The Lucy Show (TV Series) as
The cockatiel / Sheep
- Lucy Gets the Bird (1964) - The cockatiel (voice)
- Lucy Buys a Sheep (1962) - Sheep (voice, uncredited)
1964
Mary Poppins as
Lambs (voice, uncredited)
1963
The New Casper Cartoon Show (TV Series) as
Wendy / Witch / Wildcat / ...
- The Enchanted Prince (1963) - Wendy (voice, uncredited)
- Wendy's Wish (1963) - Wendy (voice, uncredited)
- Twin Trouble (1963) - Wendy / Wildcat / Witch (voice, uncredited)
- The Witching Hour (1963) - Wendy (voice, uncredited)
- The Enchanted Horse (1963) - Wendy (voice, uncredited)
- Mother Goose Land (1963) - Wendy / Mother Goose Characters (voice, uncredited)
- Little Lost Ghost (1963) - Something / Something's Mother (voice, uncredited)
- Growing Up (1963) - Wendy / Witch / Little Boy (voice, uncredited)
1963
The Sword in the Stone as
Little Girl Squirrel (voice)
1962
Son of Flubber as
Baby Walter (voice, uncredited)
1960
The Flintstones (TV Series) as
Singer / Daisy
- The Twitch (1962) - Singer (voice)
- The Drive - In (1960) - Daisy (voice)
1961
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series)
- Jack Goes to Cafeteria (1961)
1960
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as
Juck
- My Own Master (1960) - Juck (voice)
1960
Davey and Goliath (TV Series) as
Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Bettes / ...
- The Time Machine (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Bettes / - (voice)
- All Alone? (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen (voice)
- The Mechanical Man (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Kitten (voice)
- The Polka Dot Tie (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Nathaniel's Mother (voice)
- The Pilgrim Boy (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Aunt Anne / - (voice)
- On the Line (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen (voice)
- The New Skates (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Jimmy's Mother (voice)
- Cousin Barney (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen (voice)
- The Winner (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen (voice)
- Stranded on an Island (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen (voice)
- The Wild Goat (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen / Lady (voice)
- Lost in a Cave (1960) - Sally Hansen / Elaine Hansen (voice)
1959
New Year's Trip (Short) as
Kolya (voice)
1959
The Huckleberry Hound Show (TV Series) as
Mother
- Lion Tamer Huck/Cat-Nap Cat/Daffy Daddy (1959) - Mother (voice, uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1997
Address Unknown (adr loop group)
1996
Coyote Summer (adr loop group)
1996
The Undercover Kid (adr loop group)
1995
Just Like Dad (TV Movie) (adr loop group)
Sound Department
1996
Wish Upon a Star (TV Movie) (adr loop group: provider)
1995
Breaking Free (adr loop group: provider)
Soundtrack
1990
Disney Sing Along Songs: I Love to Laugh! (Video short) (performer: "Jolly Holiday")
1967
Doctor Dolittle (performer: "Doctor Dolittle")
1964
Mary Poppins (performer: "Jolly Holiday" - uncredited)
Casting Department
1996
The Paper Brigade (TV Movie) (adr voice casting)
Self
1957
The Truth About Mother Goose (Documentary short) as
Mary Mary Quite Contrary / Various (voice, uncredited)
References
Ginny Tyler Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA