Paula Winslowe (born Winifred Reyleche; March 23, 1910 – March 6, 1996) was an American television, radio and voice actress, best known for her role as the voice of Bambi's mother in the 1942 movie ''

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''.

Career

In the early 1930s, Winslowe acted with the Marta Oatman Players and McFadden Productions. Winslowe played the role of Mrs. Martha Conklin in ''

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'' on both radio and television. On radio, she played Peg Riley in ''

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'', She was also heard in '' Silver Theater'', ''

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'' and Elliott Lewis' shows '' Broadway Is My Beat'' and '' On Stage''. She briefly portrayed Mrs. Foster on ''

'', which starred Edward G. Robinson. She starred in several episodes of ''Suspense'', including June 14, 1955 ("The Whole Town's Sleeping") written by

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; July 11, 1956 ("Want Ad"); January 24, 1956 ("The Cellar Door"); and June 5, 1956 ("The Twelfth Rose"). Winslowe was cast in numerous TV shows, including ''

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'' and two episodes of the courtroom drama series '' Perry Mason'' : in season 1, 1957 episode entitled "The Case of the Drowning Duck" and in season 6, 1962 episode entitled "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle", in which she played a night court judge. She played multiple characters on ''

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''. She also voiced Greta Gravel on ''

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'' (ep. '' The Entertainer''). In animated films, she did two voices in Disney's ''

'': Bambi's mother and the pheasant who panics when the hunters come leading to her demise.

Personal life and death

She married American producer and ''

'' co-star John Sutherland in 1939, and had four children. They remained married until Winslowe's death in 1996. Winslowe died in

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, on March 6, 1996, at the age of 85.

Filmography

*'' The Little Mole'' (1941), Mother Mole *''

'' (1942), Pheasant / Bambi's Mother (voice, uncredited) *''

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'' (1959), Woman at Auction (uncredited)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winslowe, Paula 1910 births 1996 deaths 20th-century American actresses American radio actresses American voice actresses American television actresses American stage actresses Actresses from North Dakota People from Walsh County, North Dakota Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City