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Melissa Altro
Born (1982-05-16) May 16, 1982 (age 42)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Other namesMissy Altro
Occupation(s)Voice actress, voiceover coach[1][2]
Years active1994–present
Websitemelissaaltro.com

Melissa Altro (born May 16, 1982) is a Canadian voice actress and voiceover coach from Montreal, Quebec.

Biography

Prior to having a career to voice acting, Altro guest-starred on a 1994 episode of the YTV/Nickelodeon horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.[3] She also starred as Heather in the 1995 film Kids of the Round Table and as Barb in The Woods. Altro is perhaps best known as the voice actor of Muffy Crosswire in the hit television series Arthur and she has been voicing her ever since she was a little kid at 12 years of age, which makes her the only child voice actress of the show to continue voicing her character while being an adult.[4] She has also voiced her Arthur character in the series Postcards from Buster, and the specials Arthur's Perfect Christmas and Arthur's Halloween. She also has voiced other characters in Arthur,[5] Altro also provides the voice for Gretchen in the Teletoon/Disney XD animated series Camp Lakebottom.[6] She has also provides the voice for Pippi Longstocking in the 1997 film and the series of the same name.

Altro is an alumna of St. George's School of Montreal and McGill University, where she majored in English, Drama and Theatre, both located in her hometown.

In 2019, Altro became the announcer of Subway across Canada.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Kids of the Round Table Heather
1997 Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking Voice
Sesame Street: Fiesta! Anna Uncredited
2006 The Woods Barb As Missy Altro
2009 Totally Spies! The Movie Zoé Voice; uncredited (English dub)
2012 I Declare War — Talent coordinator
2016 Acting Up — Short film; special thanks

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Alex Episode: "The Tale of the Room for Rent"
1996–2022 Arthur Muffy Crosswire Voice
1997–1998 Pippi Longstocking Pippi Longstocking
1999–2003 Mona the Vampire Additional voices
2000 Arthur's Perfect Christmas Muffy Crosswire
2002 Cyberchase Pearl Voice; episode: "Back to Canalia's Future"
Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll Muffy Crosswire Voice
2004 Arthur's Halloween
2005–2007 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Ray Ray
2006–2007 Z-Squad Grindel
Grossology Paige Logan Voice; 11 episodes
2007 Being Erica Stephanie Episode: "The Unkindest Cut"
2008 Teddy Bear Shelley Television film
2008–2009 Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist Sally Voice; 2 episodes
World of Quest Way / Deceit Voice
2010–2011 Bolts and Blip Saedee
2011 InSecurity Ms. Perkins Episode: "Recycle After Reading"
2013–2017 Camp Lakebottom Gretchen Voice
2015–2019 Supernoobs Additional voices
2017 Arthur and the Haunted Tree House Muffy Crosswire
2018 Max Voltage Rose
2019 Esme & Roy Mommy Ooga Voice; episode: "Ooga, Party of Six"

References

  1. ^ Voice Pro Studio With Melissa Altro. Accessed February 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Melissa Altro's Page at Voiceover Universe. Accessed February 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Green, Paul (June 9, 2017). Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Film, Television, Games and Other Media. ISBN 9781476628745.
  4. ^ "Arthur (TV Series 1996– ) - IMDb".
  5. ^ "Melissa Altro".
  6. ^ Showtime2345 (February 19, 2014). "Camp Lakebottom (TV Series 2013– )". IMDb. Retrieved February 8, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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