Maddie Blaustein
| Maddie Blaustein | |
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| Born |
Adam Seth Blaustein October 9, 1960 Long Island, New York, United States |
| Died | December 13, 2008 (aged 48) Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| Cause of death | Acute stomach failure |
| Other names | Madeleine Joan Blaustein, Addie Blaustein, Kendra Bancroft, Adam Blaustein, Jeremy Welch |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 1997–2008 |
| Notable credit(s) | Pokémon as Meowth |
Madeleine Joan "Maddie" Blaustein (formerly credited as Addie Blaustein; October 9, 1960 – December 13, 2008) was an American voice actress. She was known for her voice acting work for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video and NYAV Post.
Blaustein was born the second oldest of 5 children in Long Island, New York. She was intersex, and was raised as a male. She lived as her assigned sex for many years before transitioning to female. Her experience as an activist in the transgender community helped her to organize and support groups of people in Second Life.
Until her death she was a voice actress at 4Kids Entertainment who was known for voicing Sartorius in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. She was also best known as the voices of Meowth in Pokémon (Episodes 29-Season 8) and Solomon Muto (Sugoroku Mutou) from Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime. She was also Chef Kawasaki from Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Doctor Kureha in One Piece, and Arngrim, Lawfer, and Lezard in Valkyrie Profile and she was also the third English-speaking voice actor for E-123 Omega of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She was also a comic book writer and artist, having worked for both Marvel Comics and Milestone Comics, and an animation director. Later she served as Creative Director for the Weekly World News. Video-game localization coordinator and translator Jeremy Blaustein is her brother.
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