Little Audrey
| Little Audrey | |
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| First appearance | Noveltoon Santa's Surprise (December 5, 1947) |
| Created by |
Seymour Kneitel Bill Tytla (design) |
| Portrayed by | Mae Questel |
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| Aliases | Audrey Smith |
| Gender | Female |
| Relatives | Suzie (cousin) Grandma Pal (dog) |
| Nationality | American |
Little Audrey (full name: Audrey Smith) is a fictional character, appearing in early 20th century folklore prior to her appropriation as the star in a series of Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios cartoons from 1947 to 1958. She is considered a variation of the better-known Little Lulu, devised after Paramount decided not to renew the license on the comic strip character created by Marjorie Henderson Buell (AKA: "Marge"). Despite some superficial similarities between the two characters, the Famous animators were at pains to design Audrey in contrast to Lulu, adopting an entirely different color scheme and employing the stylistic conventions common to Famous Studios' later 1940s repertoire, as opposed to Buell's individualistic rendering of Little Lulu. Veteran animator Bill Tytla was the designer of Little Audrey, reportedly inspired by his daughter Tammy (who was also his inspiration for Famous' version of Little Lulu, which he also worked on and directed several shorts with that character). The original voice of Little Lulu was performed by actress Cecil Roy (who also provided the voice of Casper the Friendly Ghost). Little Audrey was instead voiced by Mae Questel, who also voiced most of Paramount's other major female cartoon characters including Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.
Coordinates: 37°48′41″S 145°00′39″E / 37.8113°S 145.0108°E Prior to her adoption by Famous in 1947, Little Audrey had a long career in folklore as the butt of a series of mostly dirty jokes, some going as far back as the First World War.
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