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Julie McWhirter


Julie McWhirter Biography

Julie McWhirter (born October 12, 1947) (also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees) is an American voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Jeannie in the animated version of Jeannie and as Bubbles in Jabberjaw.

Biography

McWhirter graduated from Depauw University in 1970, with a degree in speech. She studied acting and improvisational comedy under the guidance of Howard Storm and Charles Conrad.

One of her first voice roles was as the title character in Jeannie, alongside Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings and Joe Besser. She also portrayed the character in her multiple appearances in other Hanna-Barbera series. She did the voice of Kanga in Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, taking over the role from Barbara Luddy. Her voice acting also includes numerous other animated programs, such as Casper and the Angels, Drak Pack, The Smurfs, The Flintstone Kids, and the Ruby-Spears series Thundarr the Barbarian.

Julie McWhirter made her stage debut as Eliza Doolittle in the Lawrence Theatre production of My Fair Lady. She dubbed the singing voice for Blousey Brown in the film Bugsy Malone. The actress was also one of the hosts of the 1977 sketch comedy series Wacko. She portrayed Betty Rubble in The Flintstones franchise in the mid-to-late 1980s, including in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones and was the voice of Huckleberry Pie in the 1980s Strawberry Shortcake specials.

She has been married to disc jockey Rick Dees since 1977.

Filmography

Animated series

  • Tales of Washington Irving (1970)
  • The Barkleys - Terri Barkley (1972)
  • Jeannie - Jeannie (1973-1975)
  • The New Scooby-Doo Movies - Jeannie (Ep. "Mystery in Persia") (1973)
  • Partridge Family 2200 AD - Marion (1974-1975)
  • Sooper Goob - Additional voices (TV Short) (1976)
  • Clue Club (1976-1977)
  • The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour - Queen Hornet (Ep. "The Queen Hornet") (1976)
  • Jabberjaw - Bubbles (1976-1978)
  • Fred Flintstone and Friends - Additional voices (1977-1978)
  • Laff-A-Lympics - Jeannie (1977-1979)
  • Dynomutt, Dog Wonder - Queen Hornet (1976-1977)
  • Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother - Casper (TV Film) (1979)
  • Casper's First Christmas - Casper (TV Film) (1979)
  • The World of Strawberry Shortcake - Huckleberry Pie (TV Film) (1980)
  • Drak Pack - Vampira (1980-1982)
  • The Flintstones' New Neighbors - Pebbles Flintstone and Hidea Frankenstone (TV Short) (1980)
  • Thundarr the Barbarian - Straia (Ep. "Attack of the Amazon Women") (1980)
  • Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City - Huckleberry Pie and T.N. Honey (TV Short) (1981)
  • Laverne & Shirley in the Army - Additional voices
  • The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma - Additional voices (TV Short) (1981)
  • Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade - Huckleberry Pie (TV Short) (1982)
  • The Adventures of the Little Prince - The Little Prince (English dub) (1982)
  • Stanley, the Ugly Duckling - Additional voices (TV Film) (1982)
  • Pandamonium - Amanda Panda (1982-1983)
  • Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour - Additional voices
  • The Little Rascals - Alfalfa, Porky and Woim (1982-1984)
  • Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore - Kanga (1983)
  • ABC Weekend Specials - Pollywog, Green Lady and Woman's voice (Ep. "The Secret World of Og") (1983)
  • Saturday Supercade - Q*Bertha, Q*Mom and Viper (Ep. "Episode #1.3) (1983)
  • The Smurfs - Baby Smurf and Sasette Smurf (1983-1989)
  • The Smurfic Games - Baby Smurf (TV Film) (1984)
  • The Littles - Additional voices (1983-1985)
  • The Jetsons - Additional voices (1985)
  • The Chipmunks - Additional voices (1983-1984)
  • The Flintstone Kids - Wilma Slaghoople, Wilma Flintstone (1986-1987), Mica Slaghhople, Mickey Slaghoople and Tarpit Tommy (1986-1988)
  • The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones - Betty Rubble, JetRivers and Investor (1987)
  • 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy - Baby Smurf and Sassete Smurf (1987)
  • The Pirates of Dark Water - Additional voices (1991-1993)
  • The Town Santa Forgot - Additional voices (1993)

Television live-action appearances

  • Happy Days (1970)
  • Information Processing (1971)
  • The Hollywood Squares - Herself (1976)
  • The Alan Hamel Show - Herself (1977)
  • Wacko - Host (1977)
  • All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special - (1980)
  • The Alan Thicke Show - Herself (1981)
  • Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes - (1984)
  • The New Hollywood Squares - Herself (1988)



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