Adrienne Alexander
Adrienne Alexander | |
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| Born | January 7, 1954 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, voice actress, sound editor |
| Notable work | Pound Puppies |
| Spouse | Tom Ruegger (divorced) |
| Children | Nathan Ruegger Luke Ruegger Cody Ruegger |
Adrienne Alexander (born January 7, 1954) is a former American actress, voice actress and a sound editor. She may be remembered as the voice of Brattina from Hanna-Barbera’s Pound Puppies and the original voice of Bright Eyes in the Pound Puppies TV special. Her husband was Tom Ruegger, creator of memorable shows such as Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain. Her oldest son is writer and director Nathan Ruegger.
She was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and later moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, where she graduated from Hanover High School in 1972. She attended Dartmouth College where she majored in psychology. She also met Tom Ruegger at the college and they would later marry.
Career
Her most popular role is the voice of Brattina, Katrina’s equally evil minion in Pound Puppies. Nancy Cartwright replaced her as the voice of Bright Eyes for the TV series. Aside from Pound Puppies, she also worked on The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show, Challenge of the GoBots, and Ultraman: The Adventure Begins. She was the voice of Dr. Phrankenstein an episode of Animaniacs. For a long while now, she hasn’t been doing any acting and is out of the spotlight. Recently, she was working as a sound editor and won an award for her work.
Personal life
Alexander now lives in Van Nuys, California. She has three sons Nathan Ruegger, Luke, and Cody. All three of her sons have provided certain voices in some of their father's cartoon shows.
Filmography
- Histeria! - Marie Curie
- Falling Words – Party Girl #2
- The Stranger - Additional Voice
- Animaniacs – Dr. Phrankenstein (Episode: Phranken-Runt)
- Pound Puppies - Brattina, Additional Voices (1986-1987)
- Pound Puppies TV Special – Bright Eyes
- Ultraman: The Adventure Begins
- Challenge of the GoBots – Additional Voices (1985)
- The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show – Additional Voices (1983)
Sound department
- Suburban Mayhem - Assistant Sound Editor
- The Bet - Sound Editor
- Man-Thing - Sound Attachment
- The Brother (Short) - Sound Designer
- The Incredible Genie - ADR Consultant
- Dragonworld: The Legend Continues - ADR Consultant
- Little Ghost - ADR Consultant
- The Midas Touch (Video) - ADR Consultant
- The Sweeper (Video) - ADR Consultant