Occupation Actress Name Pat Welsh | Role Film actress Spouse Tom Welsh (m. ?–1995) | |
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Full Name Patricia A. Carroll Born February 11, 1915 ( 1915-02-11 ) San Francisco, California, United States Died January 26, 1995, Green Valley, Arizona, United States | ||
Pat Welsh (born Patricia Anderson Carroll; February 11, 1915 – January 26, 1995) was an American film actress, known as the raspy voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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Career
Welsh was a radio soap opera actress and only appeared in three films, most famously as the voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The only movie in which she was seen was the 1940 WW1 film Waterloo Bridge.
As a chain smoker, she had a raspy voice that gave E.T. his trademark speech sound. She also had been hired by George Lucas to be the voice of Boushh in the film Return of the Jedi. Lucas had said he was in the laundromat when he thought her ambiguous voice was perfect.
Personal life and death
Welsh died of pneumonia on January 26, 1995 in Green Valley, Arizona.