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American actress
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Female
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Birth:
29 July 1935(Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, U.S.A.)
Death:
22 August 2011(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
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The details
Biography
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Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 – August 22, 2011) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons.
Her most challenging voice role was "all the children in a Japanese train wreck" for a Godzilla television episode. She voiced Freddy the Flute for H.R. Pufnstuf, which she identified as a favorite role. She also voiced the Queen of Oz in the animated cartoon Dorothy in the Land of Oz. She was described as talented and possessing a "golden throat" and a "splendid singing voice".
She had one daughter from her marriage to Frank Dowse. Gerber died on August 22, 2011, at the age of 76.