Iona Morris is an American actress. She has performed in numerous films and television shows, including extensive voice work in animation.

Early life

Iona was born in

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, and is the daughter of late actor

Greg Morris Francis Gregory Alan Morris (September 27, 1933 – August 27, 1996) was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Barney Collier on the television series '' Mission: Impossible'' and Lieutenant David Nelson on ''Vega$''. Early lif ...

(1933–1996) and older sister of Phil Morris.

Career

Morris was the original voice of

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in the ''

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'' and '' Spider-Man: The Animated Series''. Her voice work also includes

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in the 1994 '' Fantastic Four series'', Claudia Grant in ''

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'', Nia/Betty in '' Phantom 2040'', Luba on ''

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'' and Principal Stringent on ''

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''. When she was a child, she appeared (with her brother and future recurring Trek guest actor, Phil) in an episode of the original ''

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'' entitled "

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". Later, Iona appeared in the two part episode of '' Star Trek: Voyager'', "

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" and was one of few to star in one of the episodes of the second '' Twilight Zone'' series. She has also made numerous guest appearances on many television shows, including ''

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''. In 2006, she was the voice of Jean Grant in '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles''. She also appeared as Colonel Louise James in the cinematic version of '' Command and Conquer 4''.And in Command and Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight Mobile

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Iona Living people American voice actresses Actresses from Columbus, Ohio American television actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century African-American actresses 21st-century African-American actresses