Paddi Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999) was a British actress. She worked steadily in film and television.

Career

She found a niche in television movies, and toward the end of her life, doing voice work in projects for Disney, such as the roles of Flotsam & Jetsam in ''The Little Mermaid'' franchise. Across a career spanning many live-action and voice-acting performances, she worked on ''

Ghostbusters ''Ghostbusters'' is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric ...

'' (in which she provided the voice of Gozer the Gozerian), '' 101 Dalmatians'', ''

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

'', and ''

Pepper Ann ''Pepper Ann'' is an American animated television series created by Sue Rose and aired on Disney's One Saturday Morning on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It first premiered on September 13, 1997, and ended on November 30, 2001. It was the f ...

''. Paddi played Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon's mother Henrietta "Hank" Shannon on two episodes of ''

Night Court ''Night Court'' is an American television sitcom that premiered on NBC on January 4, 1984, and ended on May 31, 1992, after nine seasons consisting of List of Night Court episodes, 193 episodes. The show is set in the night shift of a Manhattan ...

'': Season 8, episode 15 "Mama Was a Rollin' Stone" and season 9, episode 10 "Get Me to the Roof on Time". She also played the role of Anya on the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "The Dauphin" (season 2, episode 10).

Death

Edwards died of

respiratory failure Respiratory failure results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide, or both cannot be kept at normal levels. A drop in the oxygen carried in the blood is known as hypoxemia; a r ...

on October 18, 1999, aged 67, at her home in Encino, California.

Partial filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Paddi 1931 births 1999 deaths Actresses from London Deaths from respiratory failure English emigrants to the United States English film actresses English television actresses English voice actresses 20th-century English actresses