1919 - 2016 (97 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
Janet Marie Waldo |
Born |
4 Feb 1919 |
Grandview, Yakima, Washington |
Gender |
Female |
Occupation |
Actress, voice artist. She appeared on many radio shows including a eight year run as the star of "Meet Corliss Archer". She appeared on three episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. She had a few Television appearances and, found huge success as a voice actress in TV cartoons. |
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CBS Radio Mystery Theater Logo. CBS Radio Mystery Theater Logo. |
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Judy Jetson. Janet played Judy Jetson and other voice rolls in 73 episodes of "The Jetsons" and two Jetsons TV movies.
She completed recording the roll for the 1990 feature movie "The Jetsons" when Universal Pictures decided to replace her with pop star Tiffany. The casting director resigned in protest and asked to have her name removed from the credits. The 2004 book "The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors" reported that the voice director asked Tiffany to "sound more like Waldo".
The movie was a box-office disappointment and a critical failure. Most of the negative reviews were directed at Tiffany's acting and the replacement of the original Judy Jetson.
In his book; "Iwao Takamoto: My Life with a Thousand Characters" The supervising director wrote; "The problem was animated films take a long time to produce, in 1990 by the time the picture was released Tiffany's career was already on the wane." And, "The punch line, of course, is that fifteen years after the fact, Janet Waldo is still working while for most people, saying the name Tiffany automatically brings to mind a lamp." |
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Penelope Pitstop. Janet was Penelope Pitstop in "The Wacky Racers" and "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop. |
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Josie and the Pussycats. Janet was Josie in "Josie and the Pussycats" and "Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space". |
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Scooby Dee. Janet was Scooby Dee on the only appearance of that character. She appeared 36 times in various incarnations of Scooby Doo cartoons. |
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Addams Family Cartoon. Janet Waldo was Morticia Addams and Grandma Adddams in the 16 episodes of the animated Addams Family as well as hundreds of other appearances as a voice on Saturday morning TV.
Jackie Coogan the original Uncle Fester reprised his roll n animation. |
Died |
2 Jun 2016 |
Encino, Los Angeles, California |
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Janet Waldo Death Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaii), 14 Jun 2016, Tuesday, Page B4 |
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Janet Waldo Sound Of Sweetness The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 19 Jun 2016, Sunday. Page E8 |
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Janet Waldo Death The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California), 14 Jun 2016, Tuesday, Page B7 |
Buried |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Siblings |
3 siblings |
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2. Virginia Waldo, b. 31 Oct 1912, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington , d. 14 Jul 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California | |
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Headstones |
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Person ID |
I64676 |
Nagel |
Last Modified |
4 Jun 2022 |
Father |
Benjamin Franklin Waldo, Sr, b. 5 Dec 1869, Royalton, Windsor, Vermont , d. 18 Dec 1956, Los Angeles County, California (Age 87 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Jane Althea Blodgett, b. 15 Nov 1878, Clarkson, Monroe, New York , d. 24 Jul 1954, Los Angeles County, California (Age 75 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Married |
1 Oct 1906 |
Tacoma, Pierce, Washington |
Family ID |
F20030 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Died - 2 Jun 2016 - Encino, Los Angeles, California |
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| Buried - - Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| Janet Marie Waldo Janet Marie Waldo |
| Janet Waldo Janet Waldo was Judy Jetson as well as hundreds of other voices that came out of your Saturday morning TV. |
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