Today we respectfully tip the Max Linder top hat to one of the all-time greats from the cartoon voice world, the super-talented character actress Janet Waldo (a.k.a. Janet Waldo Lee), born on this day in 1919.
The cornucopia of clips presented here barely scratch the surface regarding her 5+ decade career in radio, television and as, along with June Foray, Martha Wentworth and Sara Berner, one of the top female voice artists in animated cartoons.
While diehard animation fans know all about the numerous roles Janet Waldo crushed in animated cartoons, especially those of Hanna-Barbera Productions, what is less known is that she also had a prolific career as an on-camera character actress in television and guest starred, as she had on radio, in many programs.
Lucille Ball was definitely a Janet Waldo fan and cast her in both I Love Lucy and The Lucy Show.
Fortunately, Janet lived to be 97 and did lots of interviews over the decades.
In closing, to get an idea of how diverse Janet Waldo's acting career was, by all means check out the history she left to the Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections.
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Happy birthday to the late Janet Waldo Lee!
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