Ginny Tyler

Merrie Virginia Eggers (née Erlandson; August 8, 1925 – July 13, 2012), known professionally as Ginny Tyler, was an American voice actress who performed on dozens of cartoons and animated films from 1957 to 1993. In 2006, she was named a Disney Legend.[1][2]

Ginny Tyler
Born
Merrie Virginia Erlandson

(1925-08-08)August 8, 1925
Berkeley, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 13, 2012(2012-07-13) (aged 86)
Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Other namesMerrie Virginia Eggers
Alma materUniversity of Washington
OccupationVoice actress, singer
Years active1937–1993
Spouse(s)Lowell Studley Fenton (July 3, 1946–before 1980)
Albert W. Jacobsen (Dec 25th, 1980–1995)
Children1

Early life

Tyler was born the elder of two children of Erland Alfred and Harriet (née Ruttenberg) Erlandson in 1925 in Berkeley, California, United States.[3] The family moved to Seattle, Washington, where her brother Donald was born. Later her parents were divorced and her mother remarried and Ginny's step-father adopted Ginny and she became Merrie Virginia Eggers.[4]

Work

Tyler grew up in Seattle and her family had a rich legacy of storytelling and imitation of animal sounds, which proved very useful to her later on in her career as an artist.[2] She first appeared before a radio microphone sometime in the 1930s and co-hosted, alongside Al Priddy the radio show Make Believe Island on KOL station. The show was moved to television, on KOMO-TV and renamed Magic Island by the early 1950s.

Tyler began to work more and more offscreen as a voice artist, appearing in several cartoons and narrating vinyl recordings of Disney films like Bambi and Babes in Toyland. She provided the voice of an amorous squirrel who falls in love with the young King Arthur (while he is in the form of a male squirrel) in The Sword in the Stone. She sang the voices of several barnyard animals in the "Jolly Holiday" sequence of Mary Poppins.[3]

From 1960 to 1962, she also performed several voices for the series Davey and Goliath, including Davey's mother and his sister Sally. She was replaced by Nancy Wible, who had a similar voice (from both of their works in other series), but would use a louder tone than Ginny. The two played roles of carhops on the Flintstones episode "The Drive Inn" (made around the same time as the first episodes of Davey & Goliath) in 1960. In 1964, Tyler appeared as the Genie in several performances of Aladdin and His Genie for the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1968, she was Flirtacia on Hanna-Barbera's The Adventures of Gulliver. She also played Jan on Space Ghost and Sue Richards, the Invisible Woman in the 1978 television series Fantastic Four.[5] Although Tyler later retired and moved back to Seattle, she still did some recording for local productions.

She died on July 13, 2012, aged 86 at a Washington nursing home.[2]

Filmography

Audio recordings

Television

References
  1. "Ginny Tyler". D23.com. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  2. Nelson, Valerie J. (July 22, 2012). "Ginny Tyler dies at 86; voice actress was Disney legend". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  3. Yardley, William (July 24, 2012). "Ginny Tyler, Mouseketeer, Dies at 86". The New York Times. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  4. "Ginny Tyler article with newspaper excerpts from National Enterprise Association and The Pasadena Star-News from 1960". Yowp.blogspot. July 2012.
  5. "Ginny Tyler". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  6. Hollis, Tim (2006). Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 57. ISBN 9781617034336.
  7. "Davey and Pal Make TV Bow". Hartford Courant. February 18, 1961. p. 11.
  8. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 767–770. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  9. "The Cattanooga Cats". Voice Chasers. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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