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Paddi Edwards

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Paddi Edwards
Born(1931-12-09)9 December 1931
Bristol, England[1]
Died18 October 1999(1999-10-18) (aged 67)
Encino, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1999

Paddi Penelope Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999)[2] was a British actress. She worked steadily in film[3] and television.[1]

Career

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She found a niche in television movies, and toward the end of her life, doing voice work in projects for Disney, such as the roles of Flotsam & Jetsam in The Little Mermaid franchise.[1]

Across a career spanning many live-action and voice-acting performances, she worked on Ghostbusters (in which she provided the voice of Gozer the Gozerian), 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and Pepper Ann.[1] Paddi played Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon's mother Henrietta "Hank" Shannon on two episodes of Night Court: Season 8, episode 15 "Mama Was a Rollin' Stone" and season 9, episode 10 "Get Me to the Roof on Time". She also played the role of Anya on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Dauphin" (season 2, episode 10).[4] She also appeared as a secretary on Murphy Brown (season 2, episode 5)

Death

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Edwards died of respiratory failure and a heart attack on October 18, 1999, aged 67, at her home in Encino, California.[1]

Partial filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1960Inn for TroubleDeirdre
1978Corvette SummerLoop Gaffer
1982Halloween III: Season of the WitchSecretary
1983To Be or Not to BePub Waitress
1984GhostbustersGozerVoice
Fatal VisionPerry MacDonald
1986Blue CityKate
Stewardess SchoolOlder Woman
1987SurrenderJudge
1989The Little MermaidFlotsam & Jetsam[5]Voice
1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueLab Computer[5]
HerculesAtropos
1998The Brave Little Toaster Goes to MarsSatellite 1[5]
2000An Extremely Goofy MovieReceptionist at Office (posthumous final role)[5]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1957Hancocks Half Hour Episode: “There's an airfield at the bottom of my garden”
1988Cheers Sylvia Episode: “Woody For Hire Meets Norman of the Apes”
1989Star Trek: The Next GenerationAnyaEpisode: "The Dauphin"
1991Night Court Henrietta "Hank" Shannon 2 episodes
1992 Batman: The Animated Series Maggie Page Voice, episode: "Eternal Youth"[5]
1994–1996 Phantom 2040 Gorda Voice, 7 episodes[5]
1997–2000 Pepper Ann Vera Groober-Schwartz Voice, 18 episodes

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paddi Edwards: Voice Performer in Disney Movies". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1999. p. 43. Retrieved May 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Paddy Edwards in Social Security Death Index".
  3. ↑ "Paddi Edwards Filmography". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Paddi Edwards | TVSA".
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paddi Edwards (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 3, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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