Linda Gary (born Linda Gary Dewoskin, November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995) was an American actress.

Career

Live-action appearances

Gary worked as a voice-over artist in animation and also appeared in two live-action films, 1977's ''Joyride To Nowhere'' with husband Charles Howerton and 1980's '' Cruising'' with

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. She lent her voice in such movies as '' Wolfen'' and ''

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''.

Radio

Linda played Dr. Maura Cassidy on Lee Hansen's '' Alien Worlds''.

Voice-over work

Early career

She got her start dubbing Italian films into English while living in Rome with her husband Charles Howerton, then returned to the U.S. in 1974. Gary started going to voice acting classes taught by

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. She later claimed "When I got my first voice over job, I just sent Daws the check...He believed in me, and I really have him to thank for my career."

Hanna-Barbera

Gary voiced different characters on several

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television series: '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo''; ''

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'' as Dame Barbara in one episode; ''

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats ''Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats'' is a 1988 animated made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera as part of the '' Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10'' series. The two-hour film was aired in broadcast syndication. The movie's plot is essenti ...

'' as Mrs. Vandergelt; '' The Pirates of Dark Water'', where she did additional voices; and '' Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron'' as Doctor Abby Sinian. She voiced Queen Morbidia & Nekara in '' The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo''.

''ABC Weekend Specials''

'' The ABC Weekend Special'' was a Saturday morning TV series that aired from 1977 to 1997. It featured stories in both the live-action and animated realms. Gary's voice could be heard on '' Scruffy'', ''The Puppy Saves the Circus'', ''The Amazing Bunjee Venture'', ''The Return of the Bunjee'', ''The Velveteen Rabbit'' and ''The Magic Flute''.

Disney

During the 1980s and 90's, Gary did several guest voice-over appearances in such

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television series as ''

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'', ''

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'', '' TaleSpin'', '' The Little Mermaid'' and '' Bonkers''. She voiced a gazelle and a hippo on the '' Lion King'' tie-in read-along cassette story ''The Brightest Star''. She also voiced Maleficent and the opening narrator in ''

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''. She voiced Muffy Vanderschmere in '' TaleSpin'' and Blender, Floor Lamp and Green Car in ''

The Brave Little Toaster ''The Brave Little Toaster'' is a 1987 American animated musical film directed by Jerry Rees. It is based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Thomas M. Disch. The film stars Deanna Oliver, Timothy E. Day, Jon Lovitz, Tim Stack, and Thu ...

''.

Read-Alongs

She narrated Disney read-along stories in 1977: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

It's a Small World "It's a Small World" is a water-based boat ride located in the Fantasyland area at various Disney theme parks worldwide, including Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California; Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida; Tokyo D ...

''. She also narrated a quartet of the ''

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'' read-along stories.

Sunbow/Marvel Productions

Gary voiced several additional characters on the 1984 ''

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'' animated series. She also voiced Raven, a Cobra Night Raven pilot in the '' G.I. Joe'' episode "In the Presence of Mine Enemies".

Marvel Productions

Gary voiced Colleen in an episode of the short-lived 1981 ''

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'' with Ted Schwartz as Peter Parker/

, and voiced

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in the first season of the 1994-1998 ''

'' with Christopher Daniel Barnes as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. She was later replaced by Julie Bennett.

Filmation

Her voice acting was mostly for the

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studio. She voiced characters in several of Filmation's TV series such as ''

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'', '' BlackStar'', and as the title character in '' Web Woman''. Gary voiced

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on an episode of ''

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''. She also did voice work on ''

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation based on Mattel's toy line ''Masters of the Universe''. The show, often referred to as simply ''He-Man'', was one of the most popular anim ...

'' (initially miscredited as "Linda Gray"He Man - Trivia - He Man in Hollywood!
, He Man Official on YouTube, 23 April 2015.) and '' She-Ra: Princess of Power''. She was reunited with fellow voice-over actors

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and George DiCenzo from '' BlackStar''. She provided many of the female voices on ''

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'' such as

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, the

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and Queen Marlena as well as several from '' She-Ra'' like

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, Scorpia and

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. She voiced several films for Filmation such as '' He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword'', '' Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night'', '' He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special'' and '' Happily Ever After'' as Critterina and Marina.

Universal Cartoon Studios

Gary voiced the role of Grandma Longneck in '' The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure'', '' The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving'' and '' The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists''. She was later replaced by Miriam Flynn.

Video games

In video games, she provided voices in several adventure games such as '' King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow'' as the Oracle, Red Chess Queen, Mother Ghost and Queen Allaria, ''

Thayer's Quest ''Thayer's Quest'' is a LaserDisc video game initially developed by RDI Video Systems in 1984 for their unreleased Halcyon console, and later released in arcades as a conversion kit for ''Dragon's Lair'' and ''Space Ace''. In 1995 it was ported ...

'' as Lady in the Woodlands and '' Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers'' as Grandma Knight/Tetelo.

Personal life

Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 4, 1944. She married actor Charles Howerton on December 21, 1967, and had two daughters, Alexis and Dana. Gary was also stepmother to Howerton's daughter from his previous marriage, Lynn Howerton. She died of

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that was caused by

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on October 5, 1995, at her home in North Hollywood, California, at age 50.

Filmography

Voice over roles

Film

Television

Video games

Live action roles

Film

References

External links

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