Marilyn Sue Schreffler (June 14, 1945 – January 7, 1988) was an American voice actress who provided

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s for several

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, mostly for Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Biography

Marilyn Schreffler was born in

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, on June 14, 1945. She graduated from Topeka West High School in 1963. She briefly attended Washburn University before moving on to Chicago and Cleveland, where she worked in several comedy groups. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Schreffler had moved to Los Angeles and began her career doing voice-overs for animated TV programs.Kansan gave voice to Olive Oyl
at The Wichita Eagle Her first television voice-over roles for

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were Brenda Chance on '' Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' and Daisy Mayhem on '' Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics'' in 1977. (For the "

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" segment, she reprised the role of Brenda from ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' which was airing concurrently.) Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, she voiced a variety of characters on other Hanna-Barbera shows such as '' Yogi's Space Race'', ''

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'', '' Buford and the Galloping Ghost'', '' Fred and Barney Meet the Thing'', '' Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'', '' The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show'', '' The Kwicky Koala Show'', '' The Flintstone Comedy Show'', '' The Smurfs'', '' Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour'', as well as

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series including '' Thundarr the Barbarian'', '' Heathcliff and Dingbat'', '' Heathcliff and Marmaduke'', ''

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'', '' Saturday Supercade'' and ''

Dragon's Lair ''Dragon's Lair'' is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer. The series is notable for its film-quality animation by ex-Disney animator Don Bluth, and complex decades-long history of being ported to many platforms. It has also been adapte ...

''. Schreffler was best known as the voice of Olive Oyl on '' The All New Popeye Hour'' (1978–83) and '' Popeye and Son'' (1987), also produced by Hanna-Barbera. Although she was a behind-the-scenes actress, Schreffler did several on-screen acting roles on television shows in the 1980s such as ''

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'', '' Remington Steele'', '' Airwolf'' and '' Newhart''. She had voice parts in the 1987 thriller films '' Fatal Attraction'' and '' Jaws: The Revenge''. She was also a voice in numerous TV commercials including some for Alka-Seltzer and Dole pineapple. Her last voice-acting role was the voice of Winnie Werewolf for the animated TV film '' Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School'' which aired posthumously in 1988.

Filmography

Films

Television

Live-action

Death

Schreffler became ill in summer of 1987, experiencing abdominal pain and weight loss. She received a diagnosis of advanced liver cancer, and with a terminal prognosis opted to start palliative care. She also recorded her final voice-over projects from home, where she died on January 7, 1988, at the age of 42.

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