Paddi Edwards

Paddi Edwards
Born(1931-12-09)9 December 1931
Bristol, England
Died18 October 1999(1999-10-18) (aged 67)
Encino, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1999

Paddi Penelope Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999) was a British actress. She worked steadily in film and television.

Career

She found a niche in television movies, and toward the end of her life, doing voice work in projects for Disney, such as the roles of Flotsam & Jetsam in The Little Mermaid franchise.

Across a career spanning many live-action and voice-acting performances, she worked on Ghostbusters (in which she provided the voice of Gozer the Gozerian), 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and Pepper Ann. Paddi played Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon's mother Henrietta "Hank" Shannon on two episodes of Night Court: Season 8, episode 15 "Mama Was a Rollin' Stone" and season 9, episode 10 "Get Me to the Roof on Time". She also played the role of Anya on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Dauphin" (season 2, episode 10). She also appeared as a secretary on Murphy Brown (season 2, episode 5)

Death

Edwards died of respiratory failure and a heart attack on October 18, 1999, aged 67, at her home in Encino, California.

Partial filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1960Inn for TroubleDeirdre
1978Corvette SummerLoop Gaffer
1982Halloween III: Season of the WitchSecretary
1983To Be or Not to BePub Waitress
1984GhostbustersGozerVoice
Fatal VisionPerry MacDonald
1986Blue CityKate
Stewardess SchoolOlder Woman
1987SurrenderJudge
1989The Little MermaidFlotsam & JetsamVoice
1997The Brave Little Toaster to the RescueLab Computer
HerculesAtropos
1998The Brave Little Toaster Goes to MarsSatellite 1
2000An Extremely Goofy MovieReceptionist at Office (posthumous final role)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1957Hancocks Half Hour Episode: “There's an airfield at the bottom of my garden”
1988Cheers Sylvia Episode: “Woody For Hire Meets Norman of the Apes”
1989Star Trek: The Next GenerationAnyaEpisode: "The Dauphin"
1991Night Court Henrietta "Hank" Shannon 2 episodes
1992 Batman: The Animated Series Maggie Page Voice, episode: "Eternal Youth"
1994–1996 Phantom 2040 Gorda Voice, 7 episodes
1997–2000 Pepper Ann Vera Groober-Schwartz Voice, 18 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Paddi Edwards: Voice Performer in Disney Movies". The Los Angeles Times. November 21, 1999. p. 43. Retrieved May 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Paddy Edwards in Social Security Death Index".
  3. ↑ "Paddi Edwards Filmography". bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on June 19, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Paddi Edwards | TVSA".
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Paddi Edwards (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved August 3, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.