Erika C. Scheimer (born March 28, 1960) is an American voice actress in cartoons of defunct animation studio

Filmation Filmation Associates was an American production company that produced animation and live-action programming for television from 1963 until 1989. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1962. Filmation's founders and p ...

. She is the daughter of

Lou Scheimer Louis Scheimer (October 19, 1928 – October 17, 2013) was an American producer and voice actor who was one of the original founders of Filmation. He was also credited as an executive producer of many of its cartoons. Early life and education ...

, who was an integral member of Filmation and a voice actor in his own right. She is best recognized for her work on the original ''

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'' cartoon, where she provided additional female voices and occasional voice-acting for young boys (such as Prince Adam's cousin). She is often mistaken for her mother Joanne "Jay" Wucher (1931–2009) as the second voice for Queen Marlena, originally voiced by

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. Scheimer also provided many voices for the spin-off series, '' She-Ra: Princess of Power'', including

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, Peekablue,

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, and

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. Additionally, she, along with her father Lou, provided voices for

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's ''

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''. In 2007, Scheimer publicly declared her homosexuality. In an interview with Terrance Griep, Scheimer explained that she felt comfortable as a lesbian working for

: "I was a strong female voice myself, and—guess what?—I happened to be gay. Does that make any difference about anything? I'll tell you one thing, it didn't matter, because Filmation was one of the gayest places in town." She has an older brother Lane (born 1956).

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