Gerrianne Raphael

Gerrianne Raphael (born February 23, 1935) is an American stage, screen, and voice-over actress. Though much of her career has been spent in the theatre, she is perhaps best known for her major role as the voice of "Pumyra" on the original ThunderCats cartoon.[1]

Gerrianne Raphael
Born (1935-02-23) February 23, 1935
New York City, US
OccupationActress, voice actress
Years active1938–2019
Spouse(s)John Weaver, Gregory Allen Hirsch, Noah Keen
ChildrenThree (first marriage)

Personal life

Gerrianne Raphael was born in New York City on February 23, 1935 to Sidney, a concert pianist and Evelyn Raphael, a former actress.[2] She was married three times, most recently to actor Noah Keen, from 2004 until his death in 2019. Her first husband was stage manager/actor John Weaver, (1955 - 1969).[3] Gregory Allen Hirsch (1979 - 1986) was her second husband, a theatrical lighting designer. She has three daughters from her first marriage. She graduated from the Professional Children's School in New York City, in 1949.[4]

Career

Raphael's first professional performances were on radio when she was four years old[5] on Let's Pretend, a children’s program of fairy tales. Her first Broadway show was at seven years of age in a play called Solitaire by John Van Druten. She understudied Patricia Hitchcock, the daughter of Alfred Hitchcock. Since then, her countless stage performances have included the landmark production of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya and Beatrice Arthur[6] and the original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha.[7] Having started in radio as a child, the progression to commercial voice-overs, "audiobooks"[8] and cartoons was a natural. At one point Raphael had voice-overs for Revlon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Geritol and Helena Rubinstein all running at the same time. She had also provided the voice for the littlest dwarf on the Ajax commercials in the 1950s.[9]

Filmography
Film
Year Film Role Notes
1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred Kathleen O'Reilly Uncredited
1984 My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle Sealight (Voice)
1985 Thundercats - Ho! The Movie Pumyra (voice)
2005 The Engagement Ring Nana Voice Over TNT Movie
2007 Raising the Bar Jesse Short
Radio and Television
Year Title Role Notes
1940 Let's Pretend One of the Pretenders Radio: CBS Children's Program
1949 The Aldrich Family Role Unknown Episode Unknown
1950 The First Hundred Years Role Unknown Role Unknown
1950 Gang Busters Radio: CBS Gangster Melodrama
1951 Portia Faces Life Radio: CBS Soap Opera
1952 Our Gal Sunday Audrey Radio: CBS Soap Opera[10]
1952 Medal of Honor[11] Role Unknown Radio: Grand Central Station (also appearing Esther Miniotti and Tony Randall)
1953 Captain Video and His Video Rangers Ranger Craig 3 One Episode: Spartak Returns
1986 ThunderCats Pumyra, Chilla and Jagara (voice) Episodes: 32 episodes (season 2-season 4)
1987 The Comic Strip Voice[12], Episodes: Two episodes, Karate Kat (voice of Katie "Big Mama" McClaw); Street Frogs.
1999 Courage the Cowardly Dog Role Unknown One Episode: The Snowman Cometh/The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Loveable Duckling
2000 A Little Curious Pad HBO Family. The show, produced by Curious Pictures and HBO,
2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mrs. Weiman One Episode: Informed
2008 30 Rock The Nun One Episode: Reunion
2009 Random! Cartoons Garlic Boy's Mom (voice) One Episode: Garlic Boy

Theatre
Broadway
Year Title Role Notes
1942 Solitaire Virginia Stewart Standby (Pat Hitchcock)
1942 Guest in the House Lee Proctor Standby (Joan Spencer)
1944 Violet Violet Standy (Patricia Hitchcock)
1948 Goodbye, My Fancy Clarisse
1955 Seventh Heaven Camille Understudy Diane (Gloria DeHaven) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album
1957 Li'l Abner "Moonbeam" McSwine Replacement (Carmen Alvarez)[13]
1959 Saratoga Daisy Porcelain Understudy Cleo Dulaine (Carol Lawrence) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Masterworks Broadway
1961 Milk and Honey Zipporah Replacement (Ellen Madison)
1965 Man of La Mancha Fermina Understudy Aldonza/Dulcinea (Joan Diener) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album and STUDIO CAST

RECORDING available Golden Records LP#265[14]

1967 Hallelujah, Baby! Mrs. Charlies, Mistress, Ethel, Dorothy Replacement (Marilyn Cooper)
1972 Man of La Mancha Aldonza/Dulcinea Lincoln Center Revival
1978 King of Hearts Isolde, La Chanteuse d'Opera Understudy Madeleine (Millicent Martin) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Original Cast Records – THT CD 9225
Off-Broadway
Year Title Role Notes
1954 The Threepenny Opera Dolly, a whore Theatre de Lys ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album
1954 The Threepenny Opera Polly Peachum Replacement (Jo Sullivan) Theatre de Lys
1960 The Threepenny Opera Jenny Replacement (Lotte Lenya) Theatre de Lys[15]
1958 The Boyfriend Maisie The Downtown Theatre \ The Cherry Lane
1960 Ernest in Love Cecily Cardew Grammercy Arts \ The Cherry Lane ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Masterworks Broadway[16]
1961 Fourth Avenue North Principal Madison Avenue Playhouse[17] with Linda Lavin
1972 Say When Therese Plaza 9[18]
1974 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Jean Brodie Manhattan Theatre Club
1976 Stauf Goddess Kali Cubiculo Theatre[19]
1978 Noah Mrs. Noah Pratt Institute[20]
1981 The Butler Did It Angela Butler Players Theatre
1984 The Ninth Step Joanna Wheeler Riverwest Theatre
1989 Sid Caesar & Co. Part of "& Co." Downstairs at the Village Gate
1996 Dorian Gray Mrs. Vane Judith Anderson Theatre[17]
1998 Little Women Aunt March York Theater Co. at Saint Peter's Church[21]
2001 Imagining Shadows Ohio Theater[22]
Tours and Regional
Year Title Role Notes
1940 American Jubilee Children's Chorus 1940 New York World's Fair, Queens NY
1946 Charley's Aunt Hunterdon Hills Playhouse, NJ[23]
1950 Cry of the Peacock Locust Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA[24] by Jean Anouilh
1953 Glad Tidings Claire Abbott Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA
1953 The Country Girl Nancy Stoddard Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA[25]
1953 Celia Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA[26] by George Batson, pre-Broadway.
1953 The Little Foxes Alexandra Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA[27]
1954 Arabian Nights Chorus Jones Beach Marine Theatre[28] ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available

Sepia 11116

1955 Picnic Madge Casino Theatre, Newport, RI[29]
1956 Finian's Rainbow Sharon Brandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA[30]
1956 Brigadoon Meg Brandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA[31]
1957 The Boy Friend Maisie Tour through Grist Mill Theatre, Andover MA (July 1957), Neptune Music Circus, Neptune NJ (August, 1957), Southern Tier Playhouse, Binghamton NY (Sept., 1957)
1958 The Boy Friend Maisie Highland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL[32]
1958 Brigadoon Meg Highland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL
1959 The Boy Friend Maisie MusicCarnival Productions, Cleveland, OH
1960 West Side Story Maria Papermill Playhouse (and subsequent tour), Millburn NJ[33]
1961 Gypsy Louise National Company: Lambertville, PA and then the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, with Mitzi Green (later Benay Venuta) as "Mama Rose" and Bernadette Peters in the ensemble.[34]
1968 Catch My Soul Amelia Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA[35]
1963 Fiorello! Thea Westchester Dinner Theatre, NY with Michael O'Shea and Virginia Mayo
1970 Dames at Sea Mona Kent Parker Playhouse, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.[36]
1971 Man Of La Mancha Aldonza/Dulcinea National Theatre (Washington DC), O'Keefe Center (Toronto ONT), Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston MA) with Allan Jones[37]
1973 A Shot in the Dark Madame Beaurevers Lincoln Bank Summer Festival Playhouse-in-the-Park, Cincinnati OH with Elke Sommer
1974 Fashion Mrs. Tiffany Theatre-in-the-Dome, Lambertville PA[38]
1980 Man of La Mancha Aldonza/Dulcinea Westport Country Playhouse[39] with David Atkinson, Westport CT
1980 Man of La Mancha Aldonza/Dulcinea Coachlight Dinner Theatre with David Atkinson, Nanuet NY
1982 Candide The Old Lady The Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Philadelphia PA[40]
1994 Bodo Lady Gutrun Burt Reynolds Theatre, Tequesta, FL, world premiere of a new musical by Anne Crosswell, Lee Pockriss and Hugh Wheeler[41]
1997 Slouching Toward the Millennium Jesse The 42nd Street Workshop, by Murray Schisgal, New York, NY[42]
2000 Dear World Countess Aurelia Standby, Goodspeed-at-Chester/Norma Terris Theatre, East Haddam CT
2002 Zorba Madame Hortense Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA[43]
2003 A Delicate Arrangement Helen Gavros Winning entry, Theatrefest Regional Playwriting Contest, Montclair, NJ[44]
2005 The Full Monty Jeanette Gateway Playhouse, Bellport, NY[45]
2009 The Unexpected Guest Mrs. Warwick Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA[46]

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