Barbara Goodson

Barbara Goodson
Born	Barbara Dale Goodson August 16, 1949 (1949-08-16) Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1972 - present
Spouse	Bruce Gustafson, 1984 - present
Children	Andrew Gustafson, born 1988
Website
http://www.barbaragoodson.com

Barbara Goodson (born August 16, 1949; Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress known mostly for her versatility in voicing original and dubbed cartoons. She is voted one of the ten best women to do the voices for young males in cartoons. She was the voice of Red Fraggle and Wingnut in Jim Henson's cartoon Fraggle Rock as well as the voice of Empress Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Power Rangers: Zeo, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, Power Rangers in Space, and most recently Mother Talzin on Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

In addition to Rita Repulsa, she has also voiced both Prince Sprocket and Orbus in Power Rangers: Zeo (giving her at least 3 credits listed in the show's end credits). She also was the female voice of Mandilok in Power Rangers: Wild Force and Ladyborg in Beetleborgs Metallix.

As for her anime dubbing, she has an extensive list of credits. Shows such as HBO's Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom, Tekkaman Blade as Star, Dragon Ball, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Naruto as Granny Chiyo and Lady Shima and FLCL as Naota. She was also the first woman to dub Kiki's mom in Kiki's Delivery Service. The series CloudBread in which she is a cast member as Wooley, Ruiz, Grandma and Teacher Ellie was nominated for Best Children's Programming in 2011 for an Annie Award. She was also awarded an Earphones Award for narrating Blair Clemons in the Time/Warner book On A Night Like This.

Notable roles

Anime

• Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy: Sentaro Kawanishi
• Ai Yori Aoshi: Aoi's Mother
• Akira: Kaori / Takashi (1989 dub)
• Angel Tales: Toki
• Aquarian Age the Movie: Hokuto
• Arc the Lad: Boy, Boy B, Nurse, Old Woman, Waitress
• Armitage: Dual-Matrix: Yoko's Kindergarten Teacher
• Around the World with Willy Fog: Additional Voices
• Bakuto Sengen Daigunder: Akira Akebono
• Barefoot Gen: Kimie Nakaoka (Streamline Pictures)
• Battle B-Daman: Terry (2nd)
• Biohunter: Mary
• Black Jack: Koichiro (young); Old Woman
• Blade of the Immortal: Fake Yaobikuni
• Bleach: Numb Chandelier
• Catnapped!: Queen, Toru's Friend
• Chirin no Suzu/Ringing Bell: Chirin (lamb)
• Crimson Wolf: Mizuo Mashio
• Crying Freeman: Bayasan (Streamline Dub)
• Cowboy Bebop: Pet Shop Owner
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: Old Woman
• Cyborg 009: Cathy, Jimmy's mother (2001 series)
• Daigunder: Akira Akebono
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue: President
• DearS: Baker's Wife
• Digimon: T.K.'s Mom, Salamon, Additional Characters
• Disgaea: Laharl
• Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds: Milady
• Doomed Megalopolis: Keiko
• Dragon Ball: Son Goku (Zero) (Harmony Gold dub)
• Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure: Akane Yamano
• El Hazard: The Magnificent World 2: Various
• El Hazard: The Wanderers: Millie
• Ergo Proxy: Lacan
• Eureka Seven: Coda
• Fafner: Dr. Kondo
• The Fantastic Adventures of Unico: Unico
• Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals: Queen Lenna
• Fist of the North Star: Alei
• Figure 17: Rin Ibaragi
• FLCL: Nandaba Naota
• Flint the Time Detective: Petra Fina/Mrs. Iknow, Getalong
• Fushigi Yūgi: Miboshi
• Gad Guard: Kyoko Sanada
• Gatchaman: Agatha June (G3), Pee-wee (G4) (Sparklin' Ent. dub)
• Gate Keepers: Kazuko Ukiya
• Geneshaft: Hyun, Judy
• G-Force: Guardians of Space: Agatha June, Pee Wee
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Maruta, Prime Minister Yoko Kayabuki
• Grenadier: Teppa Aizen (boy)
• Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics: Various
• Gun Frontier: Erole
• Gurren Lagann: Kunba
• .hack//Legend of the Twilight: Katsuyuki
• Haré+Guu: Sharon
• Here is Greenwood: Mrs. Ikeda (Media Blasters dub)
• Honey and Clover: Aunt Akiko
• Honeybee Hutch: Various
• Immortal Grand Prix: Misaki
• Jungle De Ikou: Rongo/Takuma
• Kamichu!: Mitsubamaru
• Karas: Tsuruta
• Kekkaishi: Tokiko Yukimura
• Kikaider: Masaru Komyoji
• Kiki's Delivery Service: Kiki's Mother (Streamline Dub)
• Koi Kaze: Woman
• Kyo Kara Maoh!: Doria, Queen Bear Bee (Ep. 18), Rick
• Laputa: Castle in the Sky - Pazu / additional voices (original English dub) (as Bertha Greene)
• Leave it to Piyoko!: Additional Voices
• The Legend of Black Heaven: Mother
• Little Women: Aunt March
• Love Hina: Mitsune 'Kitsune' Konno
• L/R: Licensed by Royalty: Sean
• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro: Clarisse d'Cagliostro (Young)
• Magic Knight Rayearth: Alcyone, Sang Yung
• Makai Senki Disgaea: Laharl
• Mars Daybreak: Elizabeth Liati
• Maple Town: Bobby Bear, Mama Rabbit, Mikey Mole
• Megazone 23: Yui Takanaka (Streamline Dub)
• The Melody of Oblivion: Bocca's Mother, Kei, Nurse, Old Woman, President
• Mermaid Forest: Old Lady
• Metropolis: Enmy
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Nadia Ronah
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team: Maria
• Monster: Mrs. Fortner
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit - Torogai
• My Favorite Fairy Tales
• Naruto - Grandma Sansho
• Naruto Shippuden - Chiyo, Shima
• Neo-Tokyo - Mother
• The New Adventures of Gigantor: Jimmy Sparks
• Noozles: Kelly Brown
• Otogi Zoshi: Narrator
• Outlaw Star: Additional Voices
• Overman King Gainer: Martina Lae, Woman in Restroom
• Panda! Go, Panda!: Various
• Paradise Kiss: Young George, Kozue Shimamoto
• Paranoia Agent: Sato
• Phoenix: Obaba, Boy
• Planetes: Fadlan's Daughter
• The Prince of Tennis: Sumire Ryuzaki
• Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama: Shoorpanakha
• Rave Master: Chino, Fortune Teller
• Requiem from the Darkness: Mrs. Ofaju, Otami, Shiragiku (young)
• Resident Evil: Degeneration: Additional Voices
• Robot Carnival: Old Lady (Presence)
• Robotech: Marie Crystal, Sera
• Rozen Maiden: Kazuki Shibasaki
• Rumiko Takahashi Anthology: Old Lady, Ruriko Tonegawa's Mother-in-law
• Rurouni Kenshin: Hana, Shougo and Saya's Mother
• Samurai Champloo: Ogin, Madam, Additional Voices
• Samurai Girl Real Bout High School: Akira Kinomiya
• Scrapped Princess: Baroness Bairach, Rita
• S-CRY-ed: Banka, Emergy Maxfell (Young). Girl at Party, Mama-san, Ms. Yoshii
• Shin-chan: Max (phuuz 2004)
• Shinzo: Additional Voices
• Silent Möbius: Lebia
• Sol Bianca: The Legacy: Jani
• Space Adventure Cobra: Jane
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Queen Regina
• Submarine 707R: Aldemis
• Tekkaman Blade: Star Summers
• Tenchi Muyo!: The Daughter of Darkness (Manatsu no Eve): Child Yosho, Yuzuha
• Tenchi Muyo! GXP: Ryoko Balta
• The Castle of Cagliostro: Young Clarisse
• The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye: Ingrid
• Tweeny Witches: Credelle, Menow
• The Twelve Kingdoms: Bishin, Gyokuyou, Takki
• Twilight of the Dark Master: Takamiya
• Ultra Maniac: Bamboo
• Unico in the Island of Magic: Unico
• Vampire Hunter D: Doris Lang
• When They Cry - Higurashi: Keiichi's Mother/Aiko Maebara, Oryou Sonozaki, Suguru Okamura
• Wild Arms: Twilight Venom: Elizabeth, Ex Laila, Olivia, Pregnant Woman
• Windaria: Princess Veronica
• Witch Hunter Robin: Toudo's Mother
• Wolf's Rain: Hanabito
• Wowser: Various
• X: Saya Monou
• Yukikaze: Lynn Jackson
• YS-II: Bana
• Zillion: Apple
• Zillion: Burning Night: Apple

Non-anime roles

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Song's mother
• Buttons & Rusty: Buttons Bear
• Cats Don't Dance: Various characters
• Chucklewood Critters: Buttons, Christy, Frisky
• Fraggle Rock: Red Fraggle, Wingnut Doozer
• Fly Me to the Moon: Maggot 3
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero: Various characters
• Goldengirl: Onyx, Moth Lady
• Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol: Jin Jin
• Katy Caterpillar: Katy
• The Kids from Room 402: Various characters
• Kissyfur: Various characters
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure: Darling
• Lucky Luke: Three Hillbilly Women
• Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist: Princess Annushka
• The Ren and Stimpy Show: High Fashion Log Girl
• Rover Dangerfield: Farm Voices
• The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs: Various characters
• Spider-Man: The Animated Series: Dr. Ashley Kafka
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Mother Talzin
• What's with Andy?: Various characters
• Wildfire: Various characters
• Wisdom of the Gnomes: Various characters
• The Wizard: Billy
• Wolf Rock TV: Mayor's Wife

Live-action roles

• Beetleborgs Metallix: Ladyborg (voice)
• Hallo Spencer: Galactica (voice)
• MMPR/PRZ/PRIS: Rita Repulsa (voice)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: - Turbanshell (voice, uncredited)
• Power Rangers: Zeo: Prince Sprocket, Orbus (voices, credited), Somnibot (voice, uncredited)
• Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy: Icy Angel (voice)
• Power Rangers: Time Force: Notacon (voice)
• Power Rangers: Wild Force: Mandilok (Upper Mouth (Female Voice)) (voice)

Video games

• Aedis Eclipse: Generation of Chaos - Gon
• Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed: Spike (uncredited)
• Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana: Additional voices (uncredited)
• Brave Fencer Musashi: Kojiro
• Dead Head Fred
• Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Laharl
• Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories: Laharl
• Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice: Laharl
• Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten: Laharl
• Final Fantasy XIII - Additional Voices
• Grim Fandango: Lola
• Guild Wars Nightfall: Spearmarshal Kormir
• Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome: Laharl
• Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 - Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 - Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 - Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 - Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 - Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising - Chiyo

• Phantom Brave: Laharl
• Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?: Moab Grunt (Boss), Laharl
• Resonance of Fate - Theresa
• Soul Nomad & the World Eaters: Penn, Laharl
• Space Adventure Cobra: Dominique Royal, misc.
• Star Ocean: Till the End of Time: Ryoko Leingod, Dribe
• Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne: Lady Vashj
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade: Lady Vashj (Boss)

Documentaries

• Adventures in Voice Acting - Herself

External links

• A Woman of many Hats. Official website.
• Barbara Goodson at the Internet Movie Database
• Barbara Goodson at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia