- Russi Taylor
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birthplace =Cambridge, Massachusetts ,United States
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emmyawards =Russi Taylor (born on
May 4 ,1944 inCambridge, Massachusetts ) is the current voice actress for Disney'sMinnie Mouse character. She has held this role since1986 , longer than any other voice actress. This includes performances in the "Disney's House of Mouse " and "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse "television series and the "Kingdom Hearts "video game series, among many others.She also has also voiced
Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck andWebbigail Vanderquack in the "DuckTales " television series, the "" video game, and in other appearances such as in the holiday movies "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas " and "Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas ". In appearances where the three young ducks appear at an older age, such as in "Mickey Mouse Works " and "Disney's House of Mouse ",Tony Anselmo , the voice ofDonald Duck , reprises Taylor's role as their voice actor. In Mickey's Boo to You Halloween Parade atWalt Disney World 'sMagic Kingdom , Mickey Mouse Works and in Disney's House of Mouse, she playsClara Cluck . She voicedDaisy Duck inFantasia 2000 .Russi also did the voice of Phantasma The Phantom in the 1988 TV-movie "Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School".
Taylor also provides the voices of various characters, including
Martin Prince , Sherri, Terri andÜter in the animated series "The Simpsons ". In addition, she has participated in two Anime dubbing projects. The first is Daisy Nohara, Max, and Shin's Grandmother in the first English dub ofCrayon Shin-chan , while the other is the voice of Otama in Disney's re-dubbing ofPom Poko .She was the original voice of
Strawberry Shortcake in the six 1980's TV specials (Currently, this character is portrayed bySarah Heinke in the current franchise). Taylor was also the voice of Baby Gonzo in "Muppet Babies",Queen Rapsheeba in Nickelodeon's "ChalkZone " (where she was credited as "Rosslyn Taylor"), Nova in "Twinkle, the Dream Being ", Pac-Baby in the "Pac-Man" TV series, the high-pitched Nurses that were mice in "The Rescuers Down Under ", Morning Glory in "My Little Pony", and currently does the voice of Birdie the Early Bird in McDonald's commercials. She is also the current voices of Drizella and Fairy Godmother in the Cinderella sequels. [http://www.emuck.com:3000/archive/allwine-taylor.html] .She also appears in "", playing Fauna, alongside her "Simpsons" castmates,
Tress MacNeille andFrank Welker . She was nominated for an Emmy for her voice work in PBS' series "Jakers" in 2006.Russi Taylor is married to
Wayne Allwine , the current voice ofMickey Mouse , much in the same way in private life (according toWalt Disney ) the fact that Mickey and Minnie are married.External links
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