Susan Haydn Thomas (18 March 1947 – 8 August 2015) better known as Susan Sheridan, was an English voice actress. Her roles included Noddy in '' Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', Princess Sylvia in '' Muzzy in Gondoland'', Trillian in the BBC radio series ''

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Princess Eilonwy Princess Eilonwy ( ) is a fictional character in Lloyd Alexander's '' The Chronicles of Prydain''. She appears in four of the five novels in the series, as well as Disney's 1985 animated film adaptation '' The Black Cauldron''. Eilonwy is a memb ...

in the animated film '' The Black Cauldron''.

Early and personal life

Sheridan trained at the

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. Sheridan married the musician Max Brittain and had three daughters. She died from breast cancer on 8 August 2015, aged 68.

Voice roles

Sheridan's voice roles include; *''Alex Builds His Farm'' - Alex *''

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(English version)'' - Shu *''

Moomin The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of white ...

(English dub)'' - Moomin *'' Noddy's Toyland Adventures'' - Noddy, Tessie Bear and other character voices *''

Budgie the Little Helicopter ''Budgie the Little Helicopter'' is a British animated television series, relating to a fictional helicopter and his friends, based on a series of children's books. The characters were based on the books by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. The s ...

'' - Additional characters *''

The Little Polar Bear ''The Little Polar Bear'' (in nl, Lars de kleine ijsbeer) is a franchise about a polar bear cub named Lars who first starred in a number of books written by Dutch author, Hans de Beer. The first of several animated adaptations of the books is a ...

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Round the Bend ''Round the Bend!'' is a satirical British children's television series, which ran on Children's ITV for three series from January 6, 1989, to May 7, 1991. The programme was produced by Hat Trick Productions for Yorkshire Television. After its ...

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The Goose Girl "The Goose Girl" (german: Die Gänsemagd) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and first published in ''Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1815 (KHM 89). It is of Aarne-Thompson type 533. The story was first translated into English b ...

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The Family-Ness ''The Family-Ness'' is a British cartoon series first produced in 1983. It was originally broadcast on BBC One from 5 October 1984 to 5 April 1985, with repeats airing throughout most of the 90s and early 00s, eventually ending with a short run ...

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Jimbo and the Jet-Set ''Jimbo and the Jet-Set'' (often shortened to simply ''Jimbo'') is a British animation, animated cartoon series centered on the eponymous Jimbo, an anthropomorphic aeroplane. The series, created by Peter Maddocks and produced by Maddocks Cartoon ...

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Albert the Fifth Musketeer ''Albert the Fifth Musketeer'' is an animated series based on the 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers'' by Alexandre Dumas. It is a France Animation, Ravensburger and Cinar co-production, for Children's BBC and Canal+ in association with PolyGra ...

'' - Milady *'' Muzzy'' - Princess Sylvia *''

Preston Pig ''Preston Pig'' is a British traditionally animated children's television series which aired on CITV. It was based on a series of books, published by Colin McNaughton. It was shown at weekdays from 3pm until 3:15pm, on the television channel ...

'' - Pumpkin and other character voices *''

The Animal Shelf ''The Animal Shelf'' is a British 1997–2000 children's television series produced by Cosgrove Hall Films and based on the books written and illustrated by British writer Ivy Wallace about a group of talking toy animals who live in Timothy's b ...

'' - Timothy, Little Mutt, Getup the Giraffe *''The Beano Video'' - Dennis the Menace, Walter's Mum / Pink Glove, Minnie the Minx, Boys, Minnie's Fans, Danny, 'Erbert, Fatty, Toots, Wilfrid, Olive, Cheap-o Airways Lady, Ma *''The Beano Videostars'' - Dennis’ Mum, Walter's Mum, Cynthia, Newsreader, Mrs Ramsbottom, Baby #1, Mrs Blenkinsop, Danny, Sidney, Smiffy, Toots, Olive, Toots’ Mum, Baby #2, Ma, Pedestrian #4, Ivy's Mum, Poolgoer #2 *''Father Christmas and the Missing Reindeer'' - Simon Watson, Wanda *'' The Lampies'' - Livewire, Contact

Theatre

She was active in theatre with roles in touring companies. *''The Merry Wife of Wilton'' (1988) *''

Howl's Moving Castle ''Howl's Moving Castle'' is a fantasy novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, first published in 1986 by Greenwillow Books of New York. It was a runner-up for the annual Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and won the Phoenix Award twenty years ...

'' (2011) (Adaptation)

Radio and television roles

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'' - (1980) *'' Midsomer Murders'' (2011) *''Sheila Hodgon's Here Am I Where Are You?'' - A boy (1977) *''

'' - Trillian

Filmography

References

External links

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Susan Sheridan's website
(Archived 3 January 2014) 1947 births 2015 deaths 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Deaths from breast cancer Deaths from cancer in England English radio actresses English stage actresses Audiobook narrators English television actresses English video game actresses English voice actresses {{England-actor-stub