Career
Gary's height was a contributing factor that took her to voice acting. Gary stood at 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters), and once stated that she never had a lot of work due to her height. Gary also preferred voice acting because she had "more [opportunities] to play different characters." Gary dubbed Italian films after landing in Rome, Italy from a five-month travel around Europe with her husband Charles Howerton. Director Mel Welles helped Gary, along with Howerton, find dubbing jobs there. According to Gary on The Los Angeles Times in 1987, she was "playing not only the young lead and the heroine, but [she] was [also] the mother, the grandmother, and the child." Gary and Howerton returned to the United States in 1974, starting their careers on their own.
Gary went to voice acting classes taught by Daws Butler. She later claimed "When I got my first voice over job, I just sent Daws the check...He believed in me, and I really have him to thank for my career." Gary voiced Teela, Evil-Lyn, Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, and Queen Marlena in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Gary also voiced Madame Razz, Scorpia, Glimmer, and Shadow Weaver in She-Ra: Princess of Power. Outside of acting, she worked as a counselor at a nonsectarian crisis counseling center affiliated with Temple Beth Hillel Beth Abraham in North Hollywood, California.
Personal life
Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 4, 1944. She married actor Charles Howerton on December 21, 1967, and had two daughters. Gary was also stepmother to Howerton's daughter from his previous marriage, Lynn Howerton. She died of heart failure and complications of brain cancer on October 5, 1995, at her home in North Hollywood, California, at age 50. She is buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.
