Thelma Boardman

Thelma Boardman
Born
Thelma Joyce Hubbard

(1909-10-31)October 31, 1909
Panama Canal Zone
DiedApril 21, 1978(1978-04-21) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Voice actress, writer
Years active1937–1971
Spouses
  • Russell Erwin Diehl
    (m. 1929; div. 19??)
​
(m. 1935)​
Children2

Thelma Boardman (born Thelma Joyce Hubbard, October 31, 1909 – April 21, 1978) was an American voice actress and writer best known for her work with the Walt Disney Studios, particularly as the voice actress for Minnie Mouse from 1937 to 1938 and from 1941 to 1942.

Biography

Thelma Joyce Hubbard was born in the Panama Canal Zone on October 31, 1909, to Edward Lucius and Rebecca Cecelia (née Delevante) Hubbard. She married Russell Erwin Diehl on July 7, 1929,[1] before marrying True Boardman, with whom she had two children.[2] She began voicing Minnie Mouse as part of the radio show The Mickey Mouse Theater of the Air in 1937 and made her film debut in 1938 as Donald's Angel in Donald's Better Self. She died on April 21, 1978, in Los Angeles, California.[3]

In 1932, she was campaign manager for her father when he sought nomination to be a Democratic candidate for Congress from California.[4]

Selected filmography

As an actress

As a writer

References

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850–1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
  2. ^ Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00376; Page: 63A; Enumeration District: 60-55B
  3. ^ "Register". search.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Thelma Diehl directs campaign for father". The San Francisco Examiner. 25 July 1932. p. 18. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Hischak, T.S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 9780786486946. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
Preceded by Voice of Minnie Mouse
1941–1942 		Succeeded by