Marilyn Schreffler
| Marilyn Schreffler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marilyn Sue Schreffler June 14, 1945 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 7, 1988 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Liver cancer |
| Occupation | Actress, voice actress |
| Years active | 1977–1988 |
| Notable credit(s) |
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels as Brenda Chance The All New Popeye Hour as Olive Oyl |
Marilyn Sue Schreffler (June 14, 1945 – January 7, 1988) was an American voice actress and actress who provided voice-overs for several animated television series, mostly for Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Marilyn Schreffler was born in Wichita, Kansas on June 14, 1945. She graduated from Topeka West High School in the early 1960s. She briefly attended Washburn University before moving on to Chicago and Cleveland, where she worked in several comedy groups. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Schreffler had moved to Los Angeles and began her career doing voice-overs for animated TV programs.
Her first television voice-over roles for Hanna-Barbera were Brenda Chance on Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels and Daisy Mayhem on Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics in 1977. (For the "Laff-A-Lympics" segment, she reprised the role of Brenda from Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels which was airing concurrently). Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, she voiced a variety of characters on other Hanna-Barbera shows such as Yogi's Space Race, Galaxy Goof-Ups, Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Fred and Barney Meet The Thing, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, The Kwicky Koala Show, The Flintstone Comedy Show, The Smurfs, Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, as well as Ruby-Spears series including Thundarr the Barbarian, Heathcliff and Dingbat, Heathcliff and Marmaduke, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Saturday Supercade and Dragon's Lair. Despite her numerous voice acting credits, Schreffler was best known as the voice of Olive Oyl on The All New Popeye Hour from 1978 to 1983, also produced by Hanna-Barbera.
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