Chris Anthony Lansdowne, born Christine D'Antonio, is an American
voice actress
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talen ...
best known as host of
Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizatio ...
's ''
Adventures in Odyssey
''Adventures in Odyssey'' (AIO), or simply ''Odyssey'', is an Evangelical Christian radio drama and Radio comedy, comedy series created and produced by Focus on the Family. Aimed at families with children age 12 and younger, the series first air ...
'' and, along with
Katie Leigh
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, is the only remaining original cast member of the show.
Career
As host of ''Adventures in Odyssey'' for over three decades, she is heard weekly on more than 2,000 radio stations worldwide. Aside from her work in radio drama, video games, animation, and TV/radio commercials, Anthony is also known for having voiced more than 100
Mattel
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talking Barbie games, toys, dolls, and button sound books, from 1994 to 2006.
Anthony has been the host of ''Adventures in Odyssey'' since it was started in 1987, and has also played several characters in the series.
She was in the ''Adventures in Odyssey'' video series for ''A Flight to the Finish'' and ''Star Quest''. Other radio drama work includes the role of
Ronda
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in the children's radio drama ''
Jungle Jam and Friends: The Radio Show!'' and Marsha in ''
Paws & Tales''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Official Facebook Page
American voice actresses
Living people
People from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Actresses from Pennsylvania
1957 births
21st-century American actresses
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