Susanne Blakeslee
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Born |
Susan Ann Blakeslee January 27, 1956 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Susan Blakeslee, Suzanne Blakeslee, Suzanne Blakesley |
Occupation | Stage and voice actress |
Years active | 1985–present |
Known for |
Voice of Wanda and Mrs. Turner in The Fairly OddParents (2001 - present) Voice of Maleficent in Kingdom Hearts (2002 - present) |
Awards | Ovation Award |
Susanne Ann Blakeslee (also known as Susan Blakeslee, Suzanne Blakeslee and Suzanne Blakesley; born January 27, 1956) is an American voice and musical theatre actress. Among her notable roles are the voices of Wanda and Mrs. Turner on Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents; and Maleficent in the Kingdom Hearts video game series and Disney media.
In 2012, Blakeslee won an Ovation Award for Lead Actress in a Musical for Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2.
Stage
Blakeslee performed on the stage set of Forbidden Broadway from 1990 to 1994 and worked as the show's choreographer in 1994. Her other stage appearance's include On the Twentieth Century as Dr. Johnson (2003); and What If? (2004). Blakeslee won the Lead Actress in a Musical Ovation Award in 2012 for her role as Woman 1 in Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2.
Voice
Since the 1990s, Blakeslee has been voice acting in animation, video games, and theme parks. She is best known as the voice of Timmy Turner's fairy godmother, Wanda, and Timmy's mother, Mrs. Turner on The Fairly OddParents. She also voiced other characters on the same show including Anti-Wanda and the Spanish Teacher.
Blakeslee voiced Maleficent in the Kingdom Hearts video game series and provided Disney as the longest current voices of various Disney characters in Disney media, including: Cruella de Vil since 1998; the Evil Queen and Madame Leota since 2001; and Lady Tremaine and Maleficent since 2002.
Filmography
TV roles
- Saved by the Bell: The New Class - Woman (episode "No Smoking", 1995)
- The Home Court - Tricia (episode "Touched by an Anger", 1996)
- Caroline in the City - Singing Woman (episode "Caroline and the Long Shot", 1997)
Anime roles
- Vampire Princess Miyu - Machiko (ep. 8), Ja-Ka (ep. 10)
Animated roles
- American Dragon: Jake Long - Principal Dercerto
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! - Charlene (episode "Poodle Justice")
- Channel Umptee-3 - Additional voices
- Brandy & Mr. Whiskers - Rodent in Stands
- Cow and Chicken - Additional Voices
- Crash Nebula - Princess Galaxandra
- Danny Phantom - Dora Mattingly (Dorethea the Dragon Ghost)
- Disney's House of Mouse - Cruella de Vil, Evil Queen, Maleficent
- Green Lantern: The Animated Series - Sayd
- I Am Weasel - Loulabelle (season 2)
- Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil - Librarian
- Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Mei Ling (season 3)
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons - Wanda, Mrs. Turner
- Phineas and Ferb - Additional Voices
- The Fairly Oddparents - Wanda, Mrs. Turner, Spanish Teacher, Anti-Wanda
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Crabina (episode My Fair Mandy)
- The Legend of Tarzan - Kala
- The Loud House - Mrs. Johnson (episode "Along Came a Sister")
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show - Mother Nature (1999–2001)
- The Penguins of Madagascar - Teacher
- The Replacements - Mistress Serena (episode "Fiddlin' Around)
- The Secret Saturdays - Rani Nagi, Dr. Miranda Gray
- The Zula Patrol - Black Zulean Chess Queen
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? - Penelope Bailey (episode "Recipe for Disaster")
- Winx Club - Griselda, Bloom's Guardian of Sirenix
Movie roles
- 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure - Cruella de Vil
- Cinderella II: Dreams Come True - Lady Tremaine
- Cinderella III: A Twist in Time - Lady Tremaine
- Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams - Narrator
- Ernest & Celestine - Additional Voices[1]
- Howl's Moving Castle - Additional Voices
- Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast - Wanda
- Mickey's House of Villains - Cruella de Vil
- Planet 51 - Additional Voices
- Shrek the Third - Evil Queen
- Star Tours - Kaink (from Star Wars: Ewoks)
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour - Wanda
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide - Wanda, Mrs. Turner, Anti-Wanda
- Tales from Earthsea - The Queen
- Tangled - Additional Voices
- Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom - Griselda
Video game roles
- 102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue - Cruella de Vil
- Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits - Selkis
- BioShock - Julie Langford, various Splicers
- BioShock 2 - Lady Smith Splicers
- Coraline - Miss Forcible
- Destroy All Humans! - Rural Crazy
- Destroy All Humans! 2: Make War Not Love - Japanese Woman, Russian Woman
- Diablo 3 - Maghda
- Disney Infinity 3.0 - Maleficent
- Disney Villains Challenge - Maleficent, Lady Tremaine, Cruella de Vil
- Disneyland Adventures - Madame Leota
- EverQuest II - Generic Bixie Enemy, Generic Centaur Enemy, Generic Dark Elf Enemy, Generic Barbarian Guard
- Evil Dead: Regeneration (2005) - Female Deadite #2, Female Deadite #3
- Extreme Skate Adventure - Additional voices
- Final Fantasy XIV - Various
- Freelancer - Additional voices
- God of War - Village Oracle, Oracle of Athens
- God of War III - Gaia
- God of War: Ascension - Village Oracle (cameo)
- Kingdom Hearts - Maleficent
- Kingdom Hearts II - Maleficent, Twilight Town Computer
- Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep - Maleficent, Lady Tremaine, Evil Queen
- Kingdom Hearts Re:coded - Maleficent
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - Maleficent
- Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX - Maleficent
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX - Maleficent, Lady Tremaine, Evil Queen, Twilight Town Computer
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue - Maleficent
- Kingdom Hearts III - Maleficent
- Lands of Lore III - Jaden, Rosalinda
- Nicktoons: Movin' - Wanda
- Nicktoons Unite! - Wanda
- Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island - Wanda
- Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots - Wanda
- Nox - Woman 1-3
- Shadows of the Damned - Sister Grim Shisatsu
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions - Madame Web
- Spyro: A Hero's Tail - Ineptune
- Summoner 2 - Bashra, Perduellion, Nepanthies
- Sword of the Berserk - Dunteth's Wife
- Tarzan - Kala
- Tarzan Untamed - Kala
- The Fairly OddParents: Breakin' Da Rules - Wanda
- The Fairly OddParents: Shadow Showdown - Wanda
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge - Helgamine the Big Witch
- Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon - Admiral Amelia
- Epic Mickey - Madam Leona
Theme parks
- Wishes - Evil Queen
- Fantasmic! and Halloween Screams - Cruella De Vil, Maleficent
- HalloWishes - Maleficent
- Magic, Music and Mayhem - Flora
- Haunted Mansion Holiday - Madame Leota (voice)
- Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast - Wanda
- Nightfall Glow - Flora
Stage appearances
- Forbidden Broadway 1990, Theatre East, New York City, 1990
- Forbidden Broadway 1991 ½, Theatre East, 1991–92
- Forbidden Christmas, Theatre East, 1991–92
- Forbidden Broadway featuring Forbidden Christmas, Theatre East, 1992
- Forbidden Broadway 1993, Theatre East, 1993
- Forbidden Broadway 1994, Theatre East, 1994
- On the Twentieth Century as Dr. Johnson, UCLA Freud Playhouse, Los Angeles, 2003
- What If?, Hudson Main Stage, Los Angeles, 2004
Stage work
- Choreographer, Forbidden Broadway 1994, Theatre East, New York City, 1994
Discography
- Cinderella Read-Along Storybook and CD (2009/Disney Book Group) - Lady Tremaine
Awards and nominations
- 2012: Won the award for Lead Actress in a Musical for her role as Woman 1 in the Musical Theatre West production of "Forbidden Broadway Greatest Hits, Volume 2"[2]
References
- ↑ Ernest & Celestine (film). 2013.
- ↑ "Center Theatre Group Tops 2012 Ovation Awards.". 13 November 2012.
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