Paddi Edwards

Paddi Edwards
Born(1931-12-09)9 December 1931
Bristol, England[1]
Died18 October 1999(1999-10-18) (aged 67)
Encino, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1999

Paddi Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999)[2] was a British-American actress. She worked steadily in film[3] and television.[1]

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.[1]

Across a career spanning many live-action and voice-acting performances, she worked on Ghostbusters (in which she provided the voice of Gozer the Gozerian), 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and Pepper Ann.[1] Paddi played Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon's mother Henrietta "Hank" Shannon on two episodes of Night Court: 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).[4]

Death

Edwards died of respiratory failure on October 18, 1999, aged 67, at her home in Encino, California.[1]

Partial filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1960 Inn for Trouble Deirdre
1978 Corvette Summer Loop Gaffer
1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch Secretary
1983 To Be or Not to Be Pub Waitress
1984 Ghostbusters Gozer Voice
Fatal Vision Perry MacDonald
1986 Blue City Kate
Stewardess School Older Woman
1987 Surrender Judge
1989 The Little Mermaid Flotsam & Jetsam[5] Voice
1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Lab Computer[5]
Hercules Atropos
1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Satellite 1[5]
2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie Receptionist at Office (posthumous final role)[5]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation Anya Episode: "The Dauphin"
1992 Batman: The Animated Series Maggie Pie Voice, episode: "Eternal Youth"[5]
1994–1996 Phantom 2040 Gorda Voice, 7 episodes[5]
1997–2000 Pepper Ann Vera Groober-Schwartz Voice, 18 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Paddi Edwards: Voice Performer in Disney Movies". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1999. p. 43. Retrieved May 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Paddy Edwards in Social Security Death Index".
  3. ^ "Paddi Edwards Filmography". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Paddi Edwards | TVSA".
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Paddi Edwards (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 3, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.


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