Linda Gary

Linda Gary (born Linda Gary Dewoskin, November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995)<ref name="OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS: Linda Gar">Template:Cite journal</ref> was an American actress. Gary was best known for her work in animated series and films, such as providing voices of several female characters in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power.

Career

Gary's height was a contributing factor that took her to voice acting.<ref name="LAT">Template:Cite news</ref> Gary stood at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters), and once stated that she never had a lot of work due to her height.<ref name="LAT" /> Gary also preferred voice acting because she had "more [opportunities] to play different characters."<ref name="LAT" /> Gary dubbed Italian films after landing in Rome, Italy from a five-month travel around Europe with her husband Charles Howerton.<ref name="LAT" /> Director Mel Welles helped Gary, along with Howerton, find dubbing jobs in there.<ref name="LAT" /> According to Gary on The Los Angeles Times in 1987, she was "playing not only the young lead and the heroine, but [she] was [also] the mother, the grandmother, and the child."<ref name="LAT" /> Gary and Howerton returned to the United States in 1974, starting their careers on their own.<ref name="LAT" />

Gary went to voice acting classes taught by Daws Butler.<ref name="LAT" /> She later claimed "When I got my first voice over job, I just sent Daws the check...He believed in me, and I really have him to thank for my career."<ref name="LAT" /> Gary voiced Teela, Evil-Lyn, Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, and Queen Marlena in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.<ref name="LAT" /> Gary also voiced Madame Razz, Scorpia, Glimmer, and Shadow Weaver in She-Ra: Princess of Power.<ref name="LAT" /> Outside of acting, she worked as a counselor at a nonsectarian crisis counseling center affiliated with Temple Beth Hillel Beth Abraham in North Hollywood, California.<ref name="LAT" />

Personal life

Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 4, 1944.<ref name="OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS: Linda Gar" /> She married actor Charles Howerton on December 21, 1967,<ref name="OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS: Linda Gar" /> and had two daughters, Alexis and Dana.<ref name=LAT/> Gary was also stepmother to Howerton's daughter from his previous marriage, Lynn Howerton.<ref name=LAT/> She died of heart failure and complications of brain cancer on October 5, 1995, at her home in North Hollywood, California, at age 50.<ref name="OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS: Linda Gar" /> She is buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.<ref name="OBITUARIES AND MEMORIALS: Linda Gar"/>

Filmography

Voice over roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Lady Frankenstein	Tania	Uncredited
1981	Wolfen	ESS
1984	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	Queen Selena, Old Lady	1985 English dub; uncredited
1985	The Secret of the Sword	Teela, Queen Marlena, Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, Shadow Weaver, Glimmer, Madame Razz
1985	He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special	Teela, Queen Marlena	Television special
1987	Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night	Bee Atrice
1988	Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats	Mrs. Vandergelt
1989	Happily Ever After	Critterina / Marina
1991	Switch	God
1993	The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Stories	Narrator
1994	The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure	Grandma Longneck
1995	The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving	Grandma Longneck	Posthumous release
1996	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	Grandma Longneck	Posthumous release, (final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976–1980	Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle	Jane
1981–1989	The Smurfs	Dame Barbara (seasons 2 and 3), Chlorhydris (seasons 3–8)	Name misspelled in credits as "Linda Gray"
1981	Blackstar	Mara, Taleena, Amber, Storm, Leilanna
1981	Spider-Man	Colleen
1983	The Dukes	Additional voices (Season 1)
1983–1984	The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show	Additional voices
1983–1985	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe	Teela, Evil-Lyn, Queen Marlena, Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, additional characters
1985	The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo	Queen Morbidia, Nekara
1985–1986	She-Ra: Princess of Power	Scorpia, Entrapta, Madame Razz, Shadow Weaver, Glimmer, additional characters
1985–1986	The Transformers	Chromia, Fairy-tale princess, Witch, Disco Girl #2
1991–1993	The Pirates of Dark Water	Additional voices
1992–1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Additional voices
1993–1994	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron	Dr. Abby Sinian
1994	Spider-Man: The Animated Series	Aunt May

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Thayer's Quest	Lady in the Woodlands
1992	King's Quest VI	Oracle, Red Chess Queen, Mother Ghost, Queen Allaria
1993	Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers	Grandma Knight / Tetelo

Theme parks

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Disney's Fantillusion	Maleficent
1998	Fantasmic!	Maleficent, Opening Announcer

Live action roles

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	My Name Is Rocco Papaleo	Jenny
1977	Joyride to Nowhere	Boutique Clerk
1980	Cruising
1981	Smokey Bites the Dust	Woman Sheriff
1996	Father Frost	Storyteller	Posthumous release

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