Kate Harbour

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Kate Harbour
NationalityEnglish
OccupationActress
Years active1995–present
Father Michael N. Harbour
Relatives Sue Cleaver (half-sister)

Kate Harbour is an English voice actress who is best known for providing many voices for the television series Bob the Builder , including Wendy, Dizzy, Mrs. Potts, Mrs. Broadbent, Mrs. Percival, and Pilchard. [1]

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Biography

She is the daughter of actor Michael N. Harbour, whose appearances included Heartbeat , Casualty , Doctors , Dixon of Dock Green and Midsomer Murders .

Career

She also provided the voice of Lyca in Lavender Castle , as well as Anita Knight and Doctor Doctor in The Secret Show . Her other roles include Oakie Doke , Shaun the Sheep , Fimbles , Boo! (as Laughing Duck), PB Bear and Friends , The Magic Key , Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! , Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands (The Magic of the Faraway Tree), Nick & Perry and Brambly Hedge .

She also supplied voices for the popular CBeebies children's series Timmy Time . She also voiced the third Enemy Keeper in the video game Dungeon Keeper 2 . She has also provided voices for many commercials and audiobooks.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember [ broken anchor ]Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
Mrs. Potts (UK)
Mrs. Broadbent (UK)
Mrs. Barbara Bentley (UK)
Mrs. Percival (UK)
Scoot (UK)
Pilchard (UK)
Direct-to-video
2003 Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix/Can-a-Lot
2004 Bob the Builder: Snowed Under
2005 Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a Builder [ broken anchor ]Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
2006 Bob the Builder: Built to Be Wild [ broken anchor ]
2008 Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish [ broken anchor ]
2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie Timmy's Mum and Meryl
2019 A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Timmy's Mum and Agent Red

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 Oakie Doke Additional voices
1997 Brambly Hedge Episode: "Spring Story"
1997 Enid Blytons Enchanted Lands: The Magic Faraway Tree Beth
Silky
1999 Lavender Castle Lyca
Walking Stick
1996–1999 Percy the Park Keeper Female animals
1999-2000 The Big Knights Mindy
2000-2001 The Magic Key Wilma Page
Mrs. Robinson
2001-2002The Wheels on the BusFemale characters
2002–2004 Fimbles Florrie
Ribble
1999–2012 Bob the Builder Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
Scratch (UK)
Additional voices
2003 Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! Additional voicesEpisodes: "The Mango"
"The Bad Word"
2003–2006 Boo! Laughing Duck
2005 Bob the Builder: Project Build It Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
2006–2007 The Secret Show Anita Knight
Doctor Doctor
Additional voices
2007–present Shaun the Sheep Additional voices
2009–2012 Timmy Time
2015–2023 Messy Goes to OKIDO Zoe
2015 Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas Timmy's MumTV special
2020–2021 Go! Go! Cory Carson Mama CarsonUK dub
2023 Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire AwaEpisode: "Enkai"

Video games

YearTitleRole
1999 Dungeon Keeper 2 Enemy Keeper #3
2001Bob the Builder: Can We Fix ItWendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
Mrs Potts (UK)
Pilchard (UK)

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References

  1. "Kate Harbour: Biography, Latest News & Videos".