Barbara Luddy
Luddy in 1929
Born	(1908-05-25)May 25, 1908 Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Died	April 1, 1979(1979-04-01) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1920s–1977
Known for	Original voice of Kanga from the first three Winnie The Pooh featurettes and in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Original voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp Original voice of Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty
Spouse	R. Ned LeFevre ​ (m. 1942)​

Barbara Luddy (May 25, 1908^{[citation needed]} – April 1, 1979) ^[1] was an American actress best known for her voiceover work for Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

Born in Great Falls, Montana in 1907 or 1908, Luddy was the daughter of Will^[2] and Molly Luddy^[3] of Helena, Montana.^[2] She sang in vaudeville as a child.^[4] She attended Ursuline Convent in Great Falls, Montana.^[5]

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In 1929, Luddy toured with Leo Carrillo in Australia as part of a touring company that presented the play Lombardi, Ltd. A review in the Sydney Morning Herald cited Luddy's work portraying a mannequin as "a role in which Miss Barbara Luddy made a great hit by her pert audacity and vivaciousness."^[6]

Luddy was a member of the dramatic cast of the Chicago Theater of the Air.^[7] One of Luddy's better known roles on radio was being a regular performer on The First Nighter Program from 1936 until the series ended in 1953.^[7]: 118 In 1937, she and fellow First Nighter actor Les Tremayne set what a contemporary newspaper article called "a precedent ... when these signed long term contracts calling for their exclusive services" on the program."^[8]

She also played Veronica Gunn in the comedy Great Gunns.^[7]: 138 In soap operas, she played Judith Clark in Lonely Women^{[7]: 205-206} Carol Evans Martin in The Road of Life,^[7]: 285 and Janet Munson in Woman in White.^[5]

Luddy's film career began with silent pictures in the late 1920s. She is perhaps best remembered for her voice work in Disney animated films such as Lady and the Tramp (in which she played the titular Lady), Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Robin Hood and the Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too,^[9] all of which were edited into the composite feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Her other film credits include Terrified (1962) and the TV film Lost Flight (1969).

Luddy guest starred in episodes of such television programs as Hazel, Dragnet, Adam-12, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Luddy married R. Ned LeFevre, an actor and announcer, on September 18, 1942.^[10] The couple had one daughter, Barbara, and a son, Chris LeFevre, who preceded Barbara in death.^{[citation needed]}

Luddy died of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California, on April 1, 1979, at the age of 70.^{[citation needed]}

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