Catherine Battistone | |
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Other names | Catherine Luciani |
Occupation | Voice actress |
Years active | 1982-2008 |
Catherine Battistone is an American voice actress [1] who has provided voices for several anime titles and video games.
She is well known for having done the voice of Alpha 6 in the 1997 Power Rangers series, Power Rangers: Turbo .
Battistone has also made minor appearances on-screen, in TV shows including Murder, She Wrote , Simon & Simon , and Tales from the Darkside , and movies including Problem Child .
She officially retired from voice acting in 2008.
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