Holly Gauthier-Frankel

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Holly Gauthier-Frankel
BornJuly 13
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • voice director
  • burlesque dancer
Years active1985–present [1]
Known for Jungledyret Hugo (1993–1996)
Wimzie's House (1995–1996)
Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001)

Holly G. Frankel (born July 13), [2] also known as Holly Gauthier-Frankel, is a Canadian voice actress and voice director. [3] Gauthier-Frankel is best known for playing Fern Walters in Arthur , Sagwa in Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat , Rita in Go Hugo Go and Hugo: the Movie Star , Teri in later episodes of What's with Andy? , Loulou in Wimzie's House , and Flora in the Cinélume's English dub of Winx Club . She is also known for her alter-ego, burlesque performer Miss Sugarpuss, whom Gauthier-Frankel retired in 2016. [4]

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Biography

Gauthier-Frankel is the daughter of Ron Frankel and Mary Lou Gauthier, who were former members of Malcolm Tomlinson's band Milkwood. At the age of seven, she became a voice actress after work as a studio singer for commercials. [5] Since that time, she has been active in Montreal's neo-burlesque scene, the English theatre scene, several different musical spheres, and has continued to do voiceover, film and television work. She attended CEGEP and then McGill University. While attending the Montreal World Film Festival in 2004, she discovered burlesque. She was in the midst of depression and had an eating disorder at the time, and she credits it with saving her life. [5]

Filmography

Animation

Video games

Film

Voice director

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References

  1. Spidle, Katelyn (October 6, 2015). "Holly Gauthier-Frankel is born for the stage". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2019. ...by age seven, Gauthier-Frankel was already working as a professional voice actor.
  2. "Holly Gauthier Frankel - Behind the voice actors".
  3. Erickson, Hal (July 2005). Television cartoon shows: an illustrated encyclopedia, 1949 through 2003. McFarland & Co. p. 704. ISBN   9780786422562 . Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  4. "Montreal's premiere burlesque entertainer, Miss Sugarpuss, final Fringe show June 9–18". The Suburban. May 31, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Spidle, Katelyn (October 6, 2015). "Burlesque performer Holly Gauthier-Frankel is born for the stage". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
  6. Daniel Stiepleman. "Screenplay page 66" (PDF).