Carmen Twillie (actress)

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Carmen Twillie
Born
Carmen Beth Twillie

(1950-04-08) April 8, 1950 (age 75)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1981–present

Carmen Beth Twillie (born April 8, 1950) is an American actress and singer. She is a longtime friend of Tommy Morgan and has appeared as guest contralto soloist with Morgan's choir. She is best known for singing the Elton John and Tim Rice song "Circle of Life" in the beginning of the 1994 Disney animated feature film The Lion King . [1] She provided the singing voice of Stormella in the 1998 Christmas animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie [2] and she was a singer in the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance . She did a few small voice roles in the 1993 stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas as the Undersea Gal and the Creature under the bed. [2] She also appeared on the Chowder episode "Sing Beans" doing one of the voices for the sing beans alongside voice actors Jess Harnell, John DiMaggio, and Tara Strong. [2]

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She also is a backup singer, having appeared on several albums released by artists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick and Pink Floyd for their 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 The Young Landlords Voice
1989 Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland Singer (uncredited)
1990 Solar Crisis Arm Band Singer
1991 Mobsters Blues Singer
1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas Man Under the Bed
Undersea Gal
Voice [2]
1994 The Swan Princess ChorusVoice
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Circle of Life Circle of Life Performer Short
Voice
1995 Vampire in Brooklyn Singer
1997A Walton EasterChoir Leader
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Modern Classics Voice
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Chorus (singing voice) Direct-to-video
Voice [2]
1998 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie Stormella (singing voice)Voice [3]
An All Dogs Christmas Carol Additional VoicesDirect-to-video
Voice
2001 The Flintstones: On the Rocks Tenor Singer TV movie
Voice
2002 Dark Blue Church Choir Singer
2003Gold DiggersGospel Singer
2006Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a BeanstalkChorusVoice [2]
2007 Norbit Choir Member
License to Wed St. Augustine's Choir
2010Queen Victoria's WeddingMonaShort
2011The Lion King Read-AlongVoice
2014Carmen Twillie Feat. Lebo M: Circle of LifeHerself Music video
2017WarpedMrs. WashingtonShort

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991-1992 Hammerman Additional voices11 episodes
1994 My So-Called Life Church Choir1 episode
1998 Nothing Sacred Singing Nun #31 episode
2004 Johnny Bravo Hot Babe #21 episode
Voice [2]
2004 Six Feet Under "O Happy Day" Singer1 episode
2006 VeggieTales Choir (voice)1 episode
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing ArtsSinger TV special
2007 Chowder Singing Bean #21 episode
Voice [2]
2015 Marry Me Female Patient Singer1 episode

References

  1. Rosenthal 2001, p. 380.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Carmen Twillie (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 17, 2025. 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.
  3. Soundtrack on Internet Archive