Christine Cavanaugh
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| Christine Cavanaugh | |
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| Born | August 16, 1963 Utah, United States |
| Occupation | Voice actress |
| Years active | 1986 |
| Awards | Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production 2000 Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip |
Christine Cavanaugh (born August 16, 1963) is an American former voice actress who had a distinctive speaking style and had provided the voice for a large range of cartoon characters. She is best known as the voice of Babe in the hit film, Babe, Chuckie Finster on Rugrats, and Dexter for the original Dexter's Laboratory seasons. In 2002, she retired from voice acting for personal reasons.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Utah, Cavanaugh moved to Los Angeles, California to become an actress and ended up doing voice work for a friend's film.
In 1991, Cavanaugh voiced Gosalyn Mallard, the title character's adopted daughter on Disney's Darkwing Duck as well as the voice of Chuckie Finster on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats and later, in 1994, the voice of Oblina, one of the three main monster-students on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.
Cavanaugh can also be heard on The Critic as the voice of Marty, Jay Sherman's son, along with Nancy Cartwright, who would be her replacement as Chuckie Finster later in 2002. Her voice credits also include the animated series Sonic the Hedgehog, 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Hercules: The Animated Series, The Powerpuff Girls, The Wild Thornberrys, and Recess, as well as the voice of Birdie in McDonald's commercials. In the early 1990s, Cavanaugh also served as an announcer for The Disney Channel for "coming up next" bumpers.
In 1995, Cavanaugh lent her voice to the live-action film Babe in the starring role of Babe the Gallant Pig.[1] She was offered to reprise her role for the sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, but decided the salary was not enough (the role was instead played by her Rugrats co-star E.G. Daily who voices Tommy Pickles).[2] In 1996, she started doing the voice of boy-genius Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory and won an Annie Award in 2000 for the hour-long TV special Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip.[3]
Cavanaugh also guest starred on several TV shows including Salute Your Shorts, Cheers, Empty Nest, Wings, The X-Files, Everybody Loves Raymond and ER and had supporting roles in the feature films Soulmates and Jerry Maguire.
[edit] Voiceography
| Year | Animated Series/Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | David and the Magic Pearl | David | |
| 1989 | P.J. Funnybunny | Potts Pig | ABC Weekend Specials, credited as Chris Cavenaugh |
| 1991 | Darkwing Duck | Gosalyn Mallard | |
| 1991 | Rugrats | Chuckie Finster | (1991-2002) |
| 1992 | Raw Toonage | Gosalyn Mallard | |
| Gramps | Alien Kid #2 | ||
| 1993 | Recycle Rex | Voice | |
| A Flintstone Family Christmas | Stony | ||
| P.J.'s Unfunnybunny Christmas | Ritchie Raccoon | ABC Weekend Specials | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog | Bunnie Rabbot | ||
| 1994-1995 | The Critic | Marty Sherman | |
| 1994-1998 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Oblina | |
| 1994 | Aladdin | Sadira/Additional Voices | |
| Beethoven | Additional Voices | ||
| 1995 | Babe | Babe | |
| Balto | Additional Voices | Uncredited | |
| 1995-2002 | Dexter's Laboratory | Dexter | |
| 1996 | P.J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool Easter | Potts Pigg | credited as Chris Cavanaugh |
| 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Dumpling, Wizzer | ||
| The Flintstones Christmas in Bedrock | Additional Voices | ||
| Nickelodeon 3D Movie Maker | Oblina | CD-Rom | |
| Cave Kids | Bamm-Bamm Rubble | ||
| 1997 | The Brothers Flub | Valentina | |
| King of the Hill | Bobby Hill (additional dialogue only), Pamela Adlon regularly performed his voice. | ||
| Recess | Library Kid, Digger #2, Sue Bob Murphy | ||
| Unbeatable Harry | Voice | ||
| 1998 | Hercules: The Animated Series | Alcides | |
| Dexter's Rude Removal | Dexter | Unaired short | |
| The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Scared Silly | Birdie the Early Bird | Video movie | |
| Rugrats: Search for Reptar | Chuckie Finster | Video game | |
| The Powerpuff Girls | Bunny, Bud Smith | ||
| The Rugrats Movie | Chuckie Finster | ||
| The Wild Thornberrys | Short Tail Macqaque | ||
| 1999 | Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip | Dexter, D22, Old Man Dexter | TV movie |
| The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Legend of Grimace Island | Birdie | Video movie | |
| The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space | Birdie | Video movie | |
| Sing Me a Story with Belle | Carol the Book Worm | ||
| 2000 | Cartoon Cartoon Fridays | Dexter | |
| Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Chuckie Finster | ||
| 2001 | Rugrats: Still Babies After All These Years | Chuckie Finster | TV documentary |
| The Rugrats: All Grown Up | Chuckie Finster | TV movie | |
| The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Birthday World | Birdie | Video movie | |
| The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Have Time, Will Travel | Birdie | Video movie |
[edit] Filmography
| Year | TV Series/Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Cheers | Terry Gardner | Episode # 8.24: "Mr. Otis Regrets" |
| 1991 | Salute Your Shorts | Mona Tibbs | Episodes: "They Call Me Ms. Tibbs", "Mail Carrier Mona" |
| Empty Nest | Kimberly | Episode # 4.7: "Country Weston" | |
| 1992 | Salute Your Shorts | Mona Tibbs | Episode: "Park Ranger Mona" |
| Herman's Head | Martha Fitzer | Episode # 2.13: "A Charlie Brown Fitzer" | |
| 1993 | Wings | Fan | Episode # 4.17: "I Love Brian" |
| 1994 | Wild Oats | Kathee | |
| 1995 | Little Surprises | Pepper | Short |
| Down, Out & Dangerous | Leslie McCoy | TV movie | |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Mrs. Remo | Credited as Christina Cavanaugh |
| 1997 | Delivery | Bridgette | |
| Soulmates | Anna Weisland | ||
| The X-Files | Amanda Nelligan | Episode # 4.20: "Small Potatoes" | |
| Everybody Loves Raymond | Erin | Episode # 2.12: "All I Want for Christmas" | |
| 1998 | You Lucky Dog | Bernice | TV movie |
| 2000 | ER | Gloria | Episode # 7.3: "Mars Attacks" |
[edit] References
- ^ Moret, Jim (August 7, 1995). "'Babe' the pig really sizzles". CNN Showbiz News (CNN). http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/Babe/index.html. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ Goldstein, Patrick (December 18, 2001). "A Voice Actor Speaks for Herself". The New York Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/18/entertainment/et-gold18/3. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ "Legacy: 28th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2000)". AnnieAwards.org. http://annieawards.org/28thwinners.html. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
