![]() ![]() Gary said her children are her worst critics-”far worse than any director,” she said The couple’s daughters, ages 11 and 13, also occasionally do voice-over or on-camera acting. ![]() They know what they want from voice actors, so jobs are done quickly.Īs for Howard, he’s moved out from behind the microphone and soon will be seen in the television movie “Nutcracker” with Lee Remick. Gary said she feels closer to the producers and directors in voice work than on-camera work. First of all, no one really knows who you are, so you have more room to experiment.” She said actors have “a freedom in voice-over that you wouldn’t have on camera. “It gives me more opportunity to play different characters that I wouldn’t ordinarily be cast for, such as a Gracie Allen character or an old woman or a witch. “So I had to do it.” Now Gary’s face, as well as her voice, is on several national commercials, including a Sine-Off ad in which she plays a sergeant in a take-off on a scene from the movie “Private Benjamin.”īut she prefers voice-over work because of its variety. You know I have no ability in that.’ And he just said, ‘I’ll see you on the set tomorrow’ and hung up,” Gary said. Recently, Welles called her to do an on-camera role. When Gary got discouraged after returning to the United States, Welles encouraged her to stick with it and “get up and do it.” “He believed in me, and I really have him to thank for my career.”Īs for Welles, he had helped find dubbing jobs for Gary and Howard in Europe years before. “When I got my first national voice job, I just sent Daws the check,” Gary said. ![]() Gary studied with Butler for a year, long after she ran out of money for lessons. Two people helped Gary out at this point: Daws Butler, who created the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and a dozen more cartoon figures, and Mel Welles, a director, producer and actor who created the role of “Mushnik” in the original, cult film version of director Roger Corman’s “Little Shop of Horrors” made in 1960. “We had to start from scratch,” Gary said. ![]()
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