Susan Silo (born July 27, 1942) is an American actress who is known for her work in voice-over roles.

Early life

Susan Silo was born in New York City. Both her parents were actors Jon Silo and Ruth Silo.

Career

Her acting career started in television on the episode "The Dick Clark Show" of '' The Jack Benny Show''. Silo co-starred with Larry Blyden, Dawn Nickerson and Diahn Williams in the NBC sitcom ''

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'', about a vaudeville troupe touring Europe. Her first TV appearance was when she entered and won a contest over 350 people who auditioned across the US, at age 15, to sing (Mr. Wonderful) on '' The Jerry Lewis Show'' on November 5, 1957. She also made guest appearances in episodes of numerous TV series from the 1960s to the 1990s, including ''

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'' and '' The Wild Wild West''. In 1964, Silo appeared in an episode of Jack Palance's '' The Greatest Show on Earth''. She also played Rita Lane on ''

'' in 1969. Susan Silo is a successful voice actress, and she teaches workshops in this field and lectures all over the country. She is also a successful singer, which she has brought to her work in cartoons. Silo began her voice-acting career as a talking cow in a series of Land O' Lakes Margarine commercials for over ten years. In addition, she has done animated cartoon voices for

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, DIC, Film Roman, Murakami Wolf Swenson and many others. Her most known roles include Wuya in '' Xiaolin Showdown'', Sartana of the Dead in '' El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera'', Dr Karbunkle in '' Biker Mice from Mars'', White Queen on '' Pryde of the X-Men'', multiple voices on '' What A Cartoon'', Sue on '' Pac-Man'' and Tess on '' Zazoo U''. She also played the roles of Mama Mousekewitz in '' Fievel's American Tails'' and Petaluma in '' The Smurfs''. She has also done voices for video games, such as '' Crash Tag Team Racing'' and ''

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'', where she reprised the White Queen. She later voiced Auntie Roon on ''

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'' and Flamestrike in '' Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight'' in 2008. From 2009 to 2022, Silo guest-starred as the cat empress Neferkitty on '' The Garfield Show''. In 2014, she voiced Yin on

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''.

Personal life

Silo was married to actor Burr DeBenning, who died in 2003. They have two sons together. Later, she married Michael Irwin Nave.

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Silo, Susan 1942 births Living people Actresses from New York City American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American stage actresses American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses Singers from New York City 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women singers