Barbara Goodson

Barbara Goodson
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other names	Bertha Greene Shirley Roberts
Occupation	Voice actress
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Bruce Gustafson ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	1
Website	web.archive.org/web/20200125124346/http://www.barbaragoodson.com/

Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the Power Rangers television series, starting with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , and including Power Rangers Zeo , Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie , and Power Rangers in Space .

Early life

Goodson was born in Brooklyn, New York. ^[1]

Career

In 1988, Goodson did her rendition of Red Fraggle in Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series . ^[2]

In the 1990s, Goodson was known for voicing Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and her other appearances in Power Rangers Zeo , Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie , and Power Rangers in Space . Other Power Rangers characters she has played include Prince Sprocket and Orbus in Power Rangers Zeo, and Mandilok in Power Rangers Wild Force . She also voiced Ladyborg in Beetleborgs Metallix , and Mother Talzin on Star Wars: The Clone Wars , receiving for the latter a Best Actress award from the website Behind The Voice Actors. ^[2]

She also voiced in HBO's Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom and FLCL as Naota. For her work in the series CloudBread, in which she is a cast member as Wooley, Ruiz, Grandma, and Teacher Ellie, she 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 . ^[1]

She reprised her role as Rita Repulsa revived into a robotic body in a 30th anniversary Power Rangers special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always . ^[3]

Filmography

Animation

• Avatar: The Last Airbender – Song's mother
• Bernadette: Princess of Lourdes – Various characters
• Buttons & Rusty – Buttons Bear
• Chucklewood Critters – Buttons, Christy, Frisky
• Fraggle Rock – Red Fraggle, Wingnut Doozer
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Various characters
• Goldengirl – Onyx, Moth Lady
• High Guardian Spice – Parnelle ^[4]
• Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol – Jin Jin
• The Kids from Room 402 – Various characters
• Kissyfur – Various characters
• The Legend of Korra – Shaman
• Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales – Mother Talzin
• Lucky Luke – Three Hillbilly Women
• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir – Marianne Lenoir/Backwarder
• Mr. Pickles – Agnes Gobbleblobber/Steve the Gimp
• OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes – Small Calf Demon, Monster
• Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist – Princess Annushka
• The Ren & Stimpy Show – High Fashion Log Girl
• 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
• Alien Xmas – Z

Live-action

• Better than Us – Elena Vladimirovna (English Dub)
• Beetleborgs Metallix – Ladyborg (voice)
• Hallo Spencer – Galactica (voice)
• MMPR/PRZ/PRIS – Rita Repulsa (voice), Prince Sprocket, Orbus (voices, credited), Mantis, Somnibot, Turbanshell (voices, uncredited)
• Power Rangers Lost Galaxy – Icy Angel (voice)
• Power Rangers Time Force – Notacon (voice)
• Power Rangers Wild Force – Mandilok (Upper Mouth) (voice)
• Violetta – Olga (voice: English dub)

Anime

• Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy – Sentaro Kawanishi
• Ai Yori Aoshi – Aoi's Mother
• Angel Tales – Toki
• 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 – Ryuta Kondo (Streamline Pictures)
• Battle B-Daman – Terry (2nd voice)
• B-Daman Crossfire – Derek Watari
• Beyblade X – Quinn Manju
• Biohunter – Mary
• Black Jack – Koichiro (young), Old Woman
• Blade of the Immortal – Fake Yaobikuni
• Bleach – Numb Chandelier
• Cardcaptors — Yuuki Tachibana
• Crimson Wolf – Mizuo Mashio
• Crying Freeman – Bayasan (Streamline Dub)
• Coppelion – Granny Ayame ^[5]
• Cowboy Bebop – Pet Shop Owner
• Cyborg 009 – Cathy, Jimmy's Mother (2001 series)
• Daigunder – Akira Akebono
• Dandadan – Turbo Granny ^[6]
• Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – President
• DearS – Oihiko's Mom
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Grandmother
• Digimon – T.K.'s Mom, additional characters
• 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 in the Azure – Ayano Kondou
• The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – Unico
• Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals – Queen Lenna
• Figure 17 – Rin Ibaragi
• FLCL – Nandaba Naota
• FLCL: Progressive – Tami Hanae
• Flint the Time Detective – Petra Fina/Mrs. Iknow, Getalong
• Fushigi Yūgi – Miboshi, Subaru
• Gad Guard – Kyoko Sanada
• Gate Keepers – Kazuko Ukiya
• Geneshaft – Hyun, Judy
• G-Force: Guardians of Space – Agatha June, Pee Wee
• Godzilla Singular Point — Tilda Mira
• 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
• Hello Kitty's Paradise – Moley
• Here is Greenwood – Mrs. Ikeda (Media Blasters dub)
• Honey and Clover – Aunt Akiko, Dr. Satsuki
• Honeybee Hutch – Various
• Hunter × Hunter 2011 series – Gon's Great-Grandmother ^[7] Old Lady (Ep. 2) ^[8]
• Immortal Grand Prix – Misaki
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Enya Geil
• Jungle de Ikou! – Rongo/Takuma
• Kamichu! – Mitsubamaru
• Karas – Tsuruta
• Kekkaishi – Tokiko Yukimura
• Kikaider – Masaru Komyoji
• Knights of Sidonia – Lalah Hiyama
• Koi Kaze – Woman
• Kyo Kara Maoh! – Doria, Queen Bear Bee (Ep. 18), Rick, Conrad (Young)
• Leave it to Piyoko! – Additional voices
• The Legend of Black Heaven – Mother
• Little Women – Aunt March
• Love Hina – Mitsune Konno ^[9]
• L/R: Licensed by Royalty – Sean
• Lupin III: Part II – Madame X
• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro – Clarisse d'Cagliostro (Young; Streamline dub)
• Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Baba (Eps. 4 & 5)
• 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
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Maria
• Monster – Mrs. Fortner
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Torogai
• My Favorite Fairy Tales – Additional voices
• Naruto – Grandma Sansho
• Naruto Shippuden – Chiyo, Shima
• Neo-Tokyo – Mother
• The New Adventures of Gigantor – Jimmy Sparks
• Noozles – Blinky, Kelly Brown
• One-Punch Man – Boy (Ep. 8), Shibabawa (Ep. 9)
• Otogi Zoshi – Narrator
• Outlaw Star – Additional voices
• Overman King Gainer – Martina Lee, Woman in Restroom
• Ox Tales – Moe the Mole, additional characters
• 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
• Resident Evil: Degeneration – (PFBC) Female News Reporter, Female Zombie
• Ringing Bell – Chirin (lamb)
• Robot Carnival – Old Lady (Presence)
• Robotech – Marie Crystal, Sera (as Shirley Roberts)
• Rozen Maiden – Kazuki Shibasaki
• Rumiko Takahashi Anthology – Old Lady, Ruriko Tonegawa's Mother-in-law
• Rurouni Kenshin – Hana, Shougo and Saya's Mother
• Sailor Moon SuperS – Zirconia (Viz Media Dub)
• 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 (Phuuz dub) – Max
• Shinzo – Additional voices
• Silent Möbius – Lebia
• Space Adventure Cobra – Jane
• Space Pirate Captain Harlock – Queen Regina
• Submarine 707R – Aldemis
• Tekkaman Blade – Star Summers
• Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Ryoko Balta
• The Boy and the Heron – Aiko (English Dub)
• The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye – Ingrid
• The Twelve Kingdoms – Bishin, Gyokuyou, Takki
• Tweeny Witches – Credelle, Menow
• Twilight of the Dark Master – Takamiya
• Ultra Maniac – Bamboo
• Unico in the Island of Magic – Unico
• 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 – Bob Lovely, additional voices
• X – Saya Monou
• Yukikaze – Lynn Jackson
• Ys II: Castle in the Heavens – Bana ^[10]
• Zillion – Apple
• Zillion: Burning Night – Apple

Films

• A Cat in Paris - Old Lady
• A Silent Voice – Ito Nishimiya
• Akira – Kaori, Takashi (Streamline dub), additional voices (Animaze dub)
• Aquarian Age the Movie – Hokuto
• Belle - Yoshitani
• Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – Descent – Griffith (Young), Old Fortuneteller
• Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation - Mrs. Kay, additional voices (voices)
• Birdboy: The Forgotten Children – Dinky's Mother, Mama Bir
• Laputa: Castle in the Sky – Pazu, Madge (original English dub) (as Bertha Greene)
• Cats Don't Dance – Various characters
• Catnapped! – Queen, Toru's Friend
• Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Old Woman
• The Dalton on the Run – Additional Voices
• Fist of the North Star – Alei
• Fly Me to the Moon – Maggot 3
• Katy Caterpillar – Katy, Denise
• Kiki's Delivery Service – Kiki's Mother, additional voices (Streamline Dub)
• Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure – Darling
• Lu over the Wall – Granny Octopus
• Metropolis – Emmy
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always - Robo-Rita Repulsa (voice)
• Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Nadia Ronah
• Ringing Bell – Chirin (lamb) (uncredited)
• Rover Dangerfield – Farm Voices
• Tenchi Muyo!: The Daughter of Darkness – Child Yosho, Yuzuha
• The Bad Guys - Old Lady
• The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – Unico (uncredited)
• Thumbelina: A Magical Story – Hoppy, Gladys (George's Wife/Hoppy's Mom), Croven, Aunt Ruth, The Human Witch, Bridesmaid #2 (uncredited)
• Unico in the Island of Magic – Unico (uncredited)
• Vampire Hunter D – Doris Lang (Streamline dub)
• Weathering with You – Fumi Tachibana (cameo)
• Zootopia – Bully ^[11]

Video games

• Armored Core: Verdict Day — Various pilots, AI ^[12]
• Brave Fencer Musashi — Kojiro
• Bugsnax — C.Clumby Clumbernut
• Dead Head Fred — Additional voices
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles — Old Woman ^[13]
• Disgaea: Hour of Darkness - Laharl
• Disgaea 2 - Laharl
• Disgaea 3 - Laharl
• Disgaea 4 - Laharl
• Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness - Laharl
• Final Fantasy VII Remake — Marle
• Final Fantasy XIII — Cocoon Inhabitants ^[14]
• Fire Emblem Heroes — Hel ^[15]
• Grim Fandango — Lola
• Guild Wars Nightfall — Spearmarshal Kormir
• Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 — Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising — 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: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 — Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 — Chiyo
• Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution — Chiyo
• Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... — Lighthouse Lady ^[16]
• Persona 5 Royal — Shinya Oda ^[10]
• Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid — Rita Repulsa ^[17]
• Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? - Laharl
• Resonance of Fate — Theresa ^[10]
• Shenmue III — Additional Cast
• Space Adventure Cobra — Dominique Royal, misc.
• The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — Nurse Campbell
• Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne — Lady Vashj
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade — Lady Vashj (Boss)

Documentary

• Adventures in Voice Acting – Herself

References

1. "Barbara Goodson - A Woman of Many Hats". barbaragoodson.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
2. "Barbara Goodson". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
3. "Power Rangers 30th-Anniversary Special Will Bring Back Major Classic Villain". Power Rangers. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
4. Luster, Joseph (October 10, 2021). "High Guardian Spice Soars to Crunchyroll with New Trailer and Premiere Date". Crunchyroll . Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
5. "Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley". Anime News Network. November 24, 2014.
6. "Just Announced at Anime NYC! 🎉 The English voice cast for #DANDADAN is bringing the energy you've been waiting for! 🔮 Seiko: @KariWahlgren ⚡ Aira: @LisaReimold 🔥 Jiji: @AleksLeVO 💨 Turbo Granny: Barbara Goodson🪐 Serpoians: @BenjaminDiskin". Twitter . August 24, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
7. "Departure × And × Friends". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 1. Viz Media. April 16, 2016. Adult Swim.
8. "Test × of × Tests". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 2. Viz Media. April 23, 2016. Adult Swim.
9. Love Hina, Volume 5 – Summer By The Sea. Bandai (DVD). 2002. ISBN   9781594097201. – select Extras, Credits, page to "Featuring the Voices Of"
10. "Barbara Goodson (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved March 27, 2021.
11. "Barbara Goodson | Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo". Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
12. FromSoftware. Armored Core: Verdict Day. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:13 in, CAST LIST. Credited as Barbra Goodson.
13. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved December 1, 2021.
14. "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
15. "Fire Emblem Heroes". Nintendo. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
16. Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 21:44.
17. "Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Adding Rita Repulsa". December 10, 2021.

External links

• Official website Archived January 25, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• Barbara Goodson at IMDb
• Barbara Goodson at Anime News Network 's encyclopedia
• Barbara Goodson convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
• Goodson at the English Voice Actor & Production Staff Database