Diane Michelle

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Diane Michelle
Born
Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma mater University of California, Santa Barbara
Occupation(s)Voice actress, impressionist, painter, guitarist
Years active1982–present

Diane Michelle is an American voice actress, famous for voicing Daisy Duck in several modern Disney projects such as The Spirit of Mickey , Mickey Mouse Works and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas .

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Early life

Michelle is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Career

In 1984, Michelle formed the Goils, a group of three singers in World War II uniforms who emulate The Andrews Sisters but include jazz, swing, and popular tunes in their repertoire. The group has appeared on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, spent one year as resident performers at Las Vegas' New York, New York, and toured Japan four times.

She performs in many TV and radio commercials, including as the voice of Olive Oyl in commercials for Prego Spaghetti Sauce. Her numerous television V.O. credits include The Simpsons , Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (as Jane Jetson and Orbitty) and The West Wing . She has also done voices for many motion pictures, including RV (as the voice of the R.V.), The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea , and The Savages . Michelle is the dubbed voice of Dianne Feinstein in the feature film Milk .

In 2002, Michelle launched a one-woman show at the Theme Building at LAX portraying spaceship captain/diva Va Va LaVoom, her character from Elmo Aardvark .

Her voice work also appears in Happy Feet , Wings , Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds , Son of Batman , Crayon Shin-chan , and Kiki's Delivery Service . Michelle has voiced multiple characters in video games such as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (where she voiced Sally Field's rendition of Aunt May), Mass Effect , EverQuest II , and Diablo II .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Golgo 13: The Professional RitaEnglish dub [1]
1999 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Daisy Duck [1]
2012 Wings RosieEnglish dub [1]
2014 Son of Batman Francine Langstrom Direct-to-video [1]
2017 Top Cat Begins Tourist [1]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1994 Batman: The Animated Series Candance3 episodes [1]
1998 Pinky and the Brain Mousey GaloreEpisode: "To Russia with Lab Mice" [1]
1998–2000 Superman: The Animated Series Lashina 4 episodes [1]
2001 Invader Zim Avon Lady, Mrs. Slunchy, Earth MotherEpisode: "Walk of Doom" [1]
2001–2003 House of Mouse Daisy Duck6 episodes
2002 As Told by Ginger Dr. Fondfeelings2 episodes [1]
2003 Crayon Shin-chan Shin Chan NoharaLead role, 52 episodes, Phuuz English dub
2004 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Jane Jetson, Orbitty Episode: "Back to the Present" [1]
2004–2005 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Courtney, Nurse, Veronica West, Monet Renoir4 episodes [1]
2009 Ben 10: Alien Force Cosmic MomEpisode: "Busy Box"
2017 The Tom and Jerry Show Snotti, NannyEpisode: "Pillow Case" [1]
2021 Tom and Jerry in New York Old Lady, Mrs. Vandarkashian2 episodes [1]

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Minority Report: Everybody Runs Iris Hineman [1]
2007 Mass Effect Mira, Dr. Warren, Destiny Ascension Computer
2013 Saints Row IV President [1]
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 May Parker [1]
2015 Saints Row: Gat out of Hell President [1]
2017 Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Lena Rosewyn [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Diane Michelle (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 19, 2024. 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.