Janice Karman Bagdasarian is an American filmmaker, designer, actress, and singer. She is the co-owner of Bagdasarian Productions with her husband Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

Early life

Karman was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father was psychologist Harvey Leroy Karman (born Harvey Walters). Her mother, Felice Karman, was also a psychologist. Karman played the role of Bunny in the 1975 film '' Switchblade Sisters'' (alternate title: The Jezebels), and Hank in the 1976 exploitation film '' Slumber Party '57''.

Bagdasarian Productions

The focus of Bagdasarian Productions company is on creating albums, cartoons, and other products based on the

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characters, who were created by Bagdasarian's father Ross Bagdasarian Sr., besides helping to produce the records and cartoons. Karman provides the singing voices of Theodore and the members of the female spin-off group

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: Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor (since 2015, she replaces

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as the voice of Miss Beatrice Miller). In 1983, Karman, as writer and producer, assisted with the creation of an Alvin and The Chipmunks version of the Christmas Carol. This version of the film is available on DVD. In ''Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks'', Janice also got to play the role of La-Lu. She originally voiced Theodore in the

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, but for promotional reasons Theodore was re-recorded by the singer and actor Jesse McCartney. However, her singing was kept in.

Personal life

Karman and her husband Ross Bagdasarian Jr. were married in 1980, together they have two children, a daughter Vanessa and a son Michael.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karman, Janice Living people Actresses from Los Angeles Alvin and the Chipmunks American voice actresses American women record producers Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni Record producers from California 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people)