Gerrianne Raphael

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Gerrianne Raphael
Born (1935-02-23) February 23, 1935 (age 88)
New York City, US
Occupation(s)Actress, voice actress
Years active1938–2009
Spouse(s)John Weaver, Gregory Allen Hirsch, Noah Keen
ChildrenThree (first marriage)

Gerrianne Raphael (born February 23, 1935) is an American stage, screen, and voice-over actress. Though much of her career has been spent in the theatre, she is perhaps best known for her major role as the voice of Pumyra in ThunderCats . [1]

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Personal life

Gerrianne Raphael was born in New York City on February 23, 1935, to Sidney, a concert pianist and Evelyn Raphael, a former actress. [2] She was married three times, most recently to actor Noah Keen, from 2004 until his death in 2019. Her first husband was stage manager/actor, director John Weaver, (1955 - 1978). [3] Gregory Allen Hirsch (1979 - 1986) was her second husband, a theatrical lighting designer. She has three daughters from her first marriage. She graduated from the Professional Children's School in New York City, in 1949. [4]

Career

Raphael's first professional performances were on radio when she was four years old [5] on Let's Pretend, a children’s program of fairy tales. Her first Broadway show was at seven years of age in a play called Solitaire by John Van Druten. She understudied Patricia Hitchcock, the daughter of Alfred Hitchcock. Since then, her dozens of stage performances have included the landmark production of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya and Beatrice Arthur [6] and the original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha . [7] Having started in radio as a child, the progression to commercial voice-overs, "audiobooks" [8] and cartoons came naturally. At one point Raphael had voice-overs for Revlon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Geritol and Helena Rubinstein all running at the same time. She had also provided the voice for the littlest dwarf on the Ajax commercials in the 1950s. [9] [10]

Filmography

Film
YearFilmRoleNotes
1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred Kathleen O'ReillyUncredited
1984 My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle Sealight (Voice)
1985 Thundercats - Ho! The Movie Pumyra (voice)
2005 The Engagement Ring Nana Voice Over TNT Movie
2007 Raising the Bar JesseShort
Radio and Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1940Let's PretendOne of the PretendersRadio: CBS Children's Program
1949 The Aldrich Family Role UnknownEpisode Unknown
1950 The First Hundred Years Role UnknownRole Unknown
1950 Gang Busters Radio: CBS Gangster Melodrama
1951 Portia Faces Life Radio: CBS Soap Opera
1951Armstrong TheaterRole UnknownNBC-TV: "Sleight of Hand" (September 11, 1951) [11]
1952 Our Gal Sunday AudreyRadio: CBS Soap Opera [12]
1952Medal of Honor [13] Role UnknownRadio: Grand Central Station (also appearing Esther Miniotti and Tony Randall)
1953 Captain Video and His Video Rangers Ranger Craig 3One Episode: Spartak Returns
1953A Date with JudyGuest AppearanceABC-TV Series starring Mary Linn Beller, with Paul Ford [14] (March 25, 1953)
1960From These RootsLouisa CorrelliNBC-TV DayTime Drama 1960-1961 [15]
1964As the World TurnsHelene SukerCBS-TV DayTime Drama 1964-1965 [16] [17]
1986 ThunderCats Pumyra, Chilla and Jagara (voice)Episodes: 32 episodes (season 2-season 4)
1987 The Comic Strip Voice [18] ,Episodes: Two episodes, Karate Kat (voice of Katie "Big Mama" McClaw); Street Frogs.
1999 Courage the Cowardly Dog Role UnknownOne Episode: The Snowman Cometh/The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Loveable Duckling
2000 A Little Curious Pad HBO Family. The show, produced by Curious Pictures and HBO,
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mrs. WeimanOne Episode: Informed
2008 30 Rock The NunOne Episode: Reunion
2009 Random! Cartoons Garlic Boy's Mom (voice)One Episode: Garlic Boy

Theatre

Broadway
YearTitleRoleNotes
1942SolitaireVirginia StewartStandby (Pat Hitchcock)
1942Guest in the HouseLee ProctorStandby (Joan Spencer)
1944VioletVioletStandy (Patricia Hitchcock)
1948Goodbye, My FancyClarisse
1955Seventh HeavenCamilleUnderstudy Diane (Gloria DeHaven) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album
1957 Li'l Abner "Moonbeam" McSwineReplacement (Carmen Alvarez) [19]
1959SaratogaDaisy PorcelainUnderstudy Cleo Dulaine (Carol Lawrence) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Masterworks Broadway
1961Milk and HoneyZipporahReplacement (Ellen Madison)
1965Man of La ManchaFerminaUnderstudy Aldonza/Dulcinea (Joan Diener) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album and STUDIO CAST

RECORDING available Golden Records LP#265 [20]

1967Hallelujah, Baby!Mrs. Charlies, Mistress, Ethel, DorothyReplacement (Marilyn Cooper)
1972Man of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaLincoln Center Revival
1978King of HeartsIsolde, La Chanteuse d'OperaUnderstudy Madeleine (Millicent Martin) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Original Cast Records – THT CD 9225
Off-Broadway
YearTitleRoleNotes
1954The Threepenny OperaDolly, a whoreTheatre de Lys ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album
1954The Threepenny OperaPolly PeachumReplacement (Jo Sullivan) Theatre de Lys
1960The Threepenny OperaJennyReplacement (Lotte Lenya) Theatre de Lys [21]
1958The BoyfriendMaisieThe Downtown Theatre \ The Cherry Lane
1960Ernest in LoveCecily CardewGrammercy Arts \ The Cherry Lane ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Masterworks Broadway [22]
1961Fourth Avenue NorthPrincipalMadison Avenue Playhouse [23] with Linda Lavin
1972Say WhenTheresePlaza 9 [24]
1974The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieJean BrodieManhattan Theatre Club
1976StaufGoddess KaliCubiculo Theatre [25]
1978NoahMrs. NoahPratt Institute [26]
1981The Butler Did ItAngela ButlerPlayers Theatre
1984The Ninth StepJoanna WheelerRiverwest Theatre
1989Sid Caesar & Co.Part of "& Co."Downstairs at the Village Gate
1993Ernest in LoveLady BracknellAll Soul's Players, NYC [27]
1996Dorian GrayMrs. VaneJudith Anderson Theatre [23]
1998Little WomenAunt MarchYork Theater Co. at Saint Peter's Church [28]
2001Imagining ShadowsOhio Theater [29]
Tours and Regional
YearTitleRoleNotes
1940American JubileeChildren's Chorus1940 New York World's Fair, Queens NY
1946Charley's AuntHunterdon Hills Playhouse, NJ [30]
1950Cry of the PeacockLocust Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA [31] by Jean Anouilh
1953Glad TidingsClaire AbbottBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA
1953The Country GirlNancy StoddardBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA [32] with Jack Klugman
1953CeliaBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA [33] by George Batson, pre-Broadway.
1953The Little FoxesAlexandraBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA [34]
1954Arabian NightsChorusJones Beach Marine Theatre [35] ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available

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1955PicnicMadgeCasino Theatre, Newport, RI [36]
1956Finian's RainbowSharonBrandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA [37]
1956BrigadoonMegBrandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA [38]
1957The Boy FriendMaisieTour through Grist Mill Theatre, Andover MA (July 1957), Neptune Music Circus, Neptune NJ (August, 1957), Southern Tier Playhouse, Binghamton NY (Sept., 1957)
1958The Boy FriendMaisieHighland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL [39]
1958BrigadoonMegHighland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL
1959The Boy FriendMaisieMusicCarnival Productions, Cleveland, OH
1960West Side StoryMariaPaper Mill Playhouse (and subsequent tour), Millburn NJ [40]
1961GypsyLouiseNational Company: Lambertville, PA and then the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, with Mitzi Green (later Benay Venuta) as "Mama Rose" and Bernadette Peters in the ensemble. [41]
1968Catch My SoulAmeliaAhmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA [42]
1963Fiorello!TheaWestchester Dinner Theatre, NY with Michael O'Shea and Virginia Mayo
1970Dames at SeaMona KentParker Playhouse, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. [43]
1971Man Of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaNational Theatre (Washington DC), O'Keefe Center (Toronto ONT), Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston MA) with Allan Jones [44]
1973A Shot in the DarkMadame BeaureversLincoln Bank Summer Festival Playhouse-in-the-Park, Cincinnati OH with Elke Sommer
1974FashionMrs. TiffanyTheatre-in-the-Dome, Lambertville PA [45]
1980Man of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaWestport Country Playhouse [46] with David Atkinson, Westport CT
1980Man of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaCoachlight Dinner Theatre with David Atkinson, Nanuet NY
1982CandideThe Old LadyThe Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Philadelphia PA [47]
1994BodoLady GutrunBurt Reynolds Theatre, Tequesta, FL, world premiere of a new musical by Anne Crosswell, Lee Pockriss and Hugh Wheeler [48]
1997Slouching Toward the MillenniumJesseThe 42nd Street Workshop, by Murray Schisgal, New York, NY [49]
2000Dear WorldCountess AureliaStandby, Goodspeed-at-Chester/Norma Terris Theatre, East Haddam CT
2002ZorbaMadame HortenseBerkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA [50]
2003A Delicate ArrangementHelen GavrosWinning entry, Theatrefest Regional Playwriting Contest, Montclair, NJ [51]
2005Cocktails with CowardJudith BlissDon't Tell Mama, New York, NY [52]
2005The Full MontyJeanetteGateway Playhouse, Bellport, NY [53]
2009The Unexpected GuestMrs. WarwickFulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA [54]

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