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Ginny McSwain | |
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 McSwain on VO Buzz Weekly in 2020 | |
| Alma mater | Stephens College |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actress, casting director, voice director |
| Years active | 1976–present |
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| Website | http://www.ginnymcswain.com |
Ginny McSwain is an American voice director, voice actress, casting director, and television producer.
McSwain graduated from Stephens College in 1974, before moving to Los Angeles. [1] She has worked as casting director on numerous projects for Hanna-Barbera, including The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show , The Kwicky Koala Show and The Smurfs . McSwain's first job as voice director was for the English-language version of Lucky Luke . She won a 2006 Daytime Emmy for The Batman and subsequently a 2010 and 2011 Emmy for Fanboy & Chum Chum . [2] [3]
Among her most well-known animation productions are The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius , My Little Pony , Bump in the Night , and Goof Troop .
In 2013, McSwain voice directed Transformers: Rescue Bots , Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and Gravity Falls .
Since 2016, she is the voice director for the Netflix animated series Spirit Riding Free . She is currently casting and voice directing If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and The Rocketeer .
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