She was a joy to work with and made me look good as a novice voice-over director. So I went in, and I didn't study it, because I just thought, "You know what? A police officer pronounced her dead at 10:18 p.m. Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), initially credited on South Park as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher.. Born in Los Angeles, she had an interest in fantasy and animation early in her life. Throughout her career, Bergman performed voice work for over 400 television commercials and voiced over 100 cartoon, film, and video game characters. This included her only live-action role, a few voice roles, still photography, and work as executive producer for the film. Mary Kay Bergman was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher, best known for providing the voices for Daphne Blake from the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1998-1999, Snow White for Disney media from 1989 to 1999, and almost all female character voices in the animated comedy series South Park from 1997 to 1999. And I was, like, "I didn't really think about it like that." Born in Los Angeles, California, US, she had an interest in fantasy and animation early in her life. [25], Bergman had privately confessed to her husband that she was "afraid of losing her talent," as sessions were not going well, and worried it would end her career after people discovered she had lost her abilities. And so we knew, and we know, we're still in the process of finding a lot of talented voice people there that can do one or two of the voices that she did. … Freeze: Subzero Receives 20th Anniversary Edition, ‘Batman & Mr. This is Mary Kay’s official website. My agents were trying to submit me on shows that are edgy, and they're laughing, 'Mary Kay, are you kidding? Her husband came and stayed with me at my house, because he said, "I can't stay over there, it's too painful." Mary Kay Bergman did not have a face known to many - her voice was recognized more than anything else in the world. 1 Animation Voice Work 1.1 Animation 1.2 Direct-to-Video Movies 1.3 Movies 1.4 Shorts 2 Audiobook/Comic Voice Work 2.1 Read-Along Storybooks 3 … But, yeah, it was an interesting turn of events to get to play Daphne, but I'm so glad that I have the role, and I was glad that I was able to carry that on for her. Actress, Voice Artist. [4][5][6][7], Her parents performed as a singing duo at lounges and clubs in Reno and Las Vegas and in Los Angeles. She was 38. [19], Bergman was the original voice for most of the female characters for South Park and the feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999). Born in Los Angeles, Bergman had an interest in fantasy and animation early in her life. [2], Bergman took many voice-over classes in order to do many different styles and voices. Bergman and her husband were also planning to purchase a new house within a year, but she still suffered physically. [10], Her parents were Jewish, but Bergman was non-practicing and converted to Roman Catholicism after exploring several Christian denominations; however, she still remained proud of her Jewish heritage. "It was a conscious decision to be anonymous at first, because none of us knew the show would be a hit, and if anyone tells you they did, they're lying", she said. Bergman said, "Everything fell apart. No way!'" Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice and television actress, sign language and voice-over teacher.Bergman was the lead female voice actress on South Park from the show's 1997 debut until her death. Bergman worked on over 400 television commercials, including the voice of Mrs. Butterworth in Mrs. Butterworth's syrup commercials. Mary Kay Bergman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Jewish parents and was a self-proclaimed nerd. [11], After getting cast in an equity-waiver play outside of school, Bergman decided to leave UCLA. Disney Ariel and the Mysterious World Above (Read-Along), An Evening with Friends of the Environment, The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy, Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All. After Bergman's death, the two episodes "Starvin' Marvin in Space" (the final episode for which she recorded original dialogue) and "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" (the final episode in which her voice was used via archive footage) were dedicated in her memory.[20]. Shortly after her death, Andrade established the Mary Kay Bergman Memorial Fund. Mary Kay Bergman has a wonderfully appropriate tombstone at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills. Here I am talking about crying again. And he said, "Grey, you have to do it, because Mary Kay would've wanted you to do it. Cartoons, The Fairly OddParents, and several female voices in The Tick animated series. Mary-Kay Bergman was an American Voice Actress. So sad to hear that this talented woman was so depressed and in so much pain that she didn't reach out to her friends before it was too late. I just kept crying and crying and... oh, would you look at me with the crying? [2][3] She grew up around the corner from the home of Adriana Caselotti, the original voice of Snow White. ... Because we are in this thing where we do shows two weeks ahead of time, when it happened it was really tough because we had three shows to do ... and we knew we weren't going to find anyone at the time, so we just wrote three episodes with no female characters in them. Disney received hundreds of complaints after the ceremony, noting the changes to the Snow White character that Jeffrey Katzenberg had made. [8] After leaving school, Bergman joined a small agency that had started six months earlier. It was like there was some other hand in it, because you sounded exactly like Mary Kay." "So I've been doing them forever. View the profiles of people named Mary Kay Bergman. List of South Park families-Wikipedia [30], Bergman's interview on Nightcap, a show by Chapman University, was recorded on November 5, 1999, but was aired posthumously. [18], Disney was pleased with her performance, but she agreed to accept future jobs only when Caselotti was unavailable. Freeze: Subzero, and The Iron Giant. When her mother was diagnosed with cancer, Bergman's depression was mistaken as a reaction to her mother's illness along with job-related stress. Although she was a big voiceover star in the 1990s, her true claim to fame was, Liane Cartman / Sheila Broflovski / Sharon Marsh / Wendy Testaburger / Clitoris / Additional Voices, Earthquake Lady / Wood Nymph / Water Nymph / Earth Nymph / Teenage Girls, Batman & Mr. Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), credited on the first three seasons of South Park as the voice actress for characters such as Sharon Marsh, and Wendy Testaburger. CINCINNATI — Mary Katherine Bergman, age 63, died in her home in the morning of Monday Aug. 3. In the DC Animated Universe, she replaced Melissa Gilbert as the voice of Batgirl, then Bergman was in turn replaced by Tara Strong. "I'm known for these sweet, cute little characters", she said, noting her roles in various Disney films. Bergman commented, "All the time I kept hearing, 'Gosh, you have a lovely speaking voice. [27] To benefit the Mary Kay Bergman Memorial Fund, a Memorial Celebration and Concert was held in March 2000. She had an audition for an exercise program that was going to be on TV and got the role. She set the bar very high.[33]. [24], On the morning of November 11, 1999, Bergman contributed to a radio program celebrating Disneyland's 45th anniversary. [28] Also contributing to the memorial fund was March 28, 2000's Los Angeles edition of the Daily Variety magazine, which ran a full-page Oscar version of the Open Letter to All by Andrade. She also provided the voice of Gwen Stacy in the final episode of Spider-Man. Because of this, she and her husband decided to have an elaborate vacation in Las Vegas, which they had planned a week before her death. [8] Characterizing her mother's previous work inking and painting cels for Fleischer, Bergman said it was a mechanical task, but it piqued her mother's interest in animation that was shared with Bergman years later by watching Saturday morning cartoon series with her. (Laughs) You're thinking, "This girl's a mess!" Mystery of the Fun Park Phantom, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Playin' Hookie/I.M. [21], Bergman married voice actor Dino Andrade on April 7, 1990. [13] To break the monotony, Bergman thought about becoming a disc jockey but could not find information about where to take classes[13] and considered a career in the Air Force. Bergman was the lead female voice actress on South Park from the show's 1997 debut until her death. In a March 2000 interview, South Park creators and stars Matt Stone and Trey Parker said about Bergman: We kind of realized right away that one person wasn't going to do it, cause that's what she was amazing at, which was she could do so many different voices, and we had her just do all of them cause she could. She provided the voice of Daphne Blake in the first three direct-to-video Scooby-Doo films as well as voiceovers in Rock-a-Doodle, Rover Dangerfield, Batman & Mr. She later learned that Disney had different plans. "[32], Bergman is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.[24]. Take a visual walk through her career and see 181 images of the characters she's voiced and listen to 18 clips that showcase her performances. I'm not going to try and sound-match her, because it would just be too sad to listen to her voice." Cartoons shorts of The Fairly OddParents. In the 1990s, she voiced Daphne Blake in three films from the Scooby Doo franchise. After the studio executives listened to her work, they chose to have Bergman record the scene instead. I know the third thing was … (@marykay815), Scooby Doo fan person(@scoobydooscenes) . [29], Bob's Video, made by Mary Kay & Dino's production company, Klaxon Filmworks, had been completed before Bergman died but was posthumously shown at the HBO Urban World Film Festival, at the Blue Sky Festival, and at a Mary Kay Bergman memorial screening. She … Bergman contributed vocals to the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi", alongside Tress MacNeille. [18], After her first voice role as a frightened woman in a radio commercial for a small home security company on a local station in 1986,[15][16] and a few more radio spots in 1989, Bergman was not making enough to earn a living, so she worked part-time at Robinson's department store. Mary Kay’s husband Dino Andrade released the following statement: If you are suffering, if you live with pain, fear, depression or despair, you must seek help. [31], Al Lowe, who had worked with Bergman on three Leisure Suit Larry video games, posted a tribute to her on his website. [34], Voice actress Tara Strong replaced Bergman as the voice of Timmy Turner in the Nickelodeon cartoon The Fairly OddParents, redubbing Bergman's lines from the Oh Yeah! Mary provides assorted voices in Family Guy, including Sherry in Sherry and the Anus in "The Story on Page One". "Then it did hit, and Shannen Cassidy was getting mail like Santa Claus, so we transitioned out of it." Freeze: SubZero’ Gets A Remastered Blu-ray Release for 20th Anniversary, my little pony friendship is magic 1990's cast, MY TOP 21 ACTORS IN THE "SPIDER-MAN"(1994-1998) TV SERIES, SoulCalibur (1999 - Project Soul, Eurocom Entertainment Software, Namco and Universal Interactive Studios), The Fairly OddParents: The Really Bad Day/Baxter and Bananas: Monkey See, Monkey Don't!/Tales from the Goose Lady: The Fisherman, the Fisherman's Wife, and the Fish, The Fairly OddParents: The Fairy Flu!/Lollygagin/Tales from the Goose Lady: The Tortoise and the Hairpiece, The Fairly OddParents!/Hobart and the Merman/Super Santa, Pop Art Johnny/Dude Ranch Doofus/A Cake Too Far, Scooby-Doo! PST. [22] They remained married until Bergman's death in November 1999. Katzenberg apologized, and Bergman did not publicly admit to voicing Snow White while Caselotti was still alive. Among Bergman's favorite series were Jonny Quest, The Flintstones, and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, which she considered a "precursor to The Simpsons. [24] Andrade later regretted that Bergman had told nobody about her distress. Her other film role was in Balto II: Wolf Quest (2002), released three years after her death, in which she voiced a vixen and a wolverine. Her characters included Liane Cartman, Sheila Broflovski, Shelly Marsh, Sharon Marsh, Carol McCormick and Wendy Testaburger. Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher known for her voice work in the earliest seasons of South Park and the Oh Yeah! Was a close friend of Grey Griffin, who took over voicing Daphne in further Scooby-Doo productions. Discover short videos related to Mary Kay Bergman on TikTok. She was last seen alive at 9 p.m. PST, while she was talking to her friend on the phone. [9][15] After voicing the villain Dr. Blight on the series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, replacing Meg Ryan, she acquired a reputation for voice matching and began doing these matches for other actors such as Jodie Foster, Gillian Anderson, Helen Hunt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Tilly, Emma Thompson, and Alfre Woodard. Among her most popular work was the voices she gave to many characters on the animated TV series South Park. The service was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in the Blossom Room, where the first Academy Awards was presented in 1929. [2] At age 16, Bergman received her first professional acting job in the TV movie Return Engagement, which starred Elizabeth Taylor. [26] As time progressed, Bergman's fears seemed to lessen as her mother was doing better. [23], Bergman suffered from generalized anxiety disorder, which she hid from her family, friends and co-stars. I basically wanted her to do the voice of Kyle's mom from South Park. Her agent wouldn't let her do it (thinking that it might get her in trouble with Comedy Central)—so Mary Kay wound up doing kind of a squeaky voice instead. I thought, 'I'm really not getting anywhere. Mary Kay Bergman, also credited Shannen Cassidy (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was an American actress, voice artist, and comedienne, who was the primary voice actress for female characters on South Park as well as South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. 1 Biography 2 In Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 2.1 A Zoo Out There 3 References Bergman was born in Los Angeles, California at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Paticularly, as it is being used to back up various claims about mary kay bergman's life.--Markensoft 14:21, 29 December 2020 (UTC) The domain used to be a Mary Kay Bergman memorial site, but it appears the domain expired a while ago and was recently made into a Kobe Bryant memorial site. Accents came very easily to her voice. 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