Janet Waldo
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Waldo in 2013
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Janet Marie Waldo February 4, 1920 Yakima, Washington, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 2016 (aged 96) Encino, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, voice actress |
| Years active | 1938–2013 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Edwin Lee (m. 1948; d. 1994) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Elisabeth Waldo, older sister |
Janet Marie Waldo (February 4, 1920 – June 12, 2016) was an American radio and voice actress. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Nancy in Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop, and Josie in Josie and the Pussycats, and on radio as the title character in Meet Corliss Archer.
Waldo was born in Yakima, Washington. Her mother, Jane Althea Blodgett, was a singer trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and her father, Benjamin Franklin Waldo, was a distant cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her sister, Elisabeth Waldo (born June 18, 1918), is an authority on pre-Columbian music and an award-winning composer-violinist who appeared in the film Song of Mexico (1945).
Waldo attended the University of Washington, where her performance in a student theatrical garnered her an award and brought her to the attention of Bing Crosby. A Paramount Pictures talent scout, who was with Crosby at the time, signed Waldo for a screen test, which led to a contract with the studio.
Waldo appeared in several films in uncredited bit parts and small roles, although she was the leading lady in three Westerns, two of them starring Tim Holt.
Her big break came in radio with a part on Cecil B. DeMille's Lux Radio Theater. In her radio career, she lent her voice to many programs, including Edward G. Robinson's Big Town, The Eddie Bracken Show, Favorite Story, Four Star Playhouse, The Gallant Heart, One Man's Family, Sears Radio Theater and Stars over Hollywood. She co-starred with Jimmy Lydon in the CBS situation comedy Young Love (1949–50), and she had recurring roles on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (as teenager Emmy Lou), The Red Skelton Show and People Are Funny. She also recorded with jazz vocalist Mel Torme and his vocal group the Mel-Tones.
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