# Gerrianne Raphael

Gerrianne Raphael 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 in ThunderCats.

## Personal life

Gerrianne Raphael was born in New York City to Sidney, a concert pianist and Evelyn Raphael, a former actress. 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, director John Weaver, (1955 - 1978). 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.

## Career

Raphael's first professional performances were on radio when she was four years old 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 dozens of stage performances have included the landmark production of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya and Beatrice Arthur and the original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha. Having started in radio as a child, the progression to commercial voice-overs, "audiobooks" and cartoons came naturally. 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.

## 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 |
| 1951 | Armstrong Theater | Role Unknown | NBC-TV: "Sleight of Hand" (September 11, 1951) |
| 1952 | Our Gal Sunday | Audrey | Radio: CBS Soap Opera |
| 1952 | Medal of Honor | 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 |
| 1953 | A Date with Judy | Guest Appearance | ABC-TV Series starring Mary Linn Beller, with Paul Ford (March 25, 1953) |
| 1960 | From These Roots | Louisa Correlli | NBC-TV DayTime Drama 1960-1961 |
| 1964 | As the World Turns | Helene Suker | CBS-TV DayTime Drama 1964-1965 |
| 1986 | ThunderCats | Pumyra, Chilla and Jagara (voice) | Episodes: 32 episodes (season 2-season 4) |
| 1987 | The Comic Strip | Voice, | Episodes: Two episodes, Karate Kat (voice of Katie "Big Mama" McClaw); Street Frogs. |
| 2000 | A Little Curious | Pad | HBO Family. The show, produced by Curious Pictures and HBO, |
| 2001 | Courage the Cowardly Dog | Various Roles | Episodes: 26 episodes (season 3-season 4) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 1961 | Fourth Avenue North | Principal | Madison Avenue Playhouse with Linda Lavin |
| 1972 | Say When | Therese | Plaza 9 |
| 1974 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | Jean Brodie | Manhattan Theatre Club |
| 1976 | Stauf | Goddess Kali | Cubiculo Theatre |
| 1978 | Noah | Mrs. Noah | Pratt Institute |
| 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 |
| 1993 | Ernest in Love | Lady Bracknell | All Soul's Players, NYC |
| 1996 | Dorian Gray | Mrs. Vane | Judith Anderson Theatre |
| 1998 | Little Women | Aunt March | York Theater Co. at Saint Peter's Church |
| 2001 | Imagining Shadows | | Ohio Theater |
| 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 |
| 1950 | Cry of the Peacock | | Locust Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA 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 with Jack Klugman |
| 1953 | Celia | | Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA by George Batson, pre-Broadway. |
| 1953 | The Little Foxes | Alexandra | Bucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA |
| 1954 | Arabian Nights | Chorus | Jones Beach Marine Theatre ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Sepia 11116 |
| 1955 | Picnic | Madge | Casino Theatre, Newport, RI |
| 1956 | Finian's Rainbow | Sharon | Brandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA |
| 1956 | Brigadoon | Meg | Brandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA |
| 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 |
| 1958 | Brigadoon | Meg | Highland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL |
| 1959 | The Boy Friend | Maisie | MusicCarnival Productions, Cleveland, OH |
| 1960 | West Side Story | Maria | Paper Mill Playhouse (and subsequent tour), Millburn NJ |
| 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. |
| 1968 | Catch My Soul | Amelia | Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA |
| 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. |
| 1971 | Man Of La Mancha | Aldonza/Dulcinea | National Theatre (Washington DC), O'Keefe Center (Toronto ONT), Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston MA) with Allan Jones |
| 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 |
| 1980 | Man of La Mancha | Aldonza/Dulcinea | Westport Country Playhouse 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 |
| 1994 | Bodo | Lady Gutrun | Burt Reynolds Theatre, Tequesta, FL, world premiere of a new musical by Anne Crosswell, Lee Pockriss and Hugh Wheeler |
| 1997 | Slouching Toward the Millennium | Jesse | The 42nd Street Workshop, by Murray Schisgal, New York, NY |
| 2000 | Dear World | Countess Aurelia | Standby, Goodspeed-at-Chester/Norma Terris Theatre, East Haddam CT |
| 2002 | Zorba | Madame Hortense | Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA |
| 2003 | A Delicate Arrangement | Helen Gavros | Winning entry, Theatrefest Regional Playwriting Contest, Montclair, NJ |
| 2005 | Cocktails with Coward | Judith Bliss | Don't Tell Mama, New York, NY |
| 2005 | The Full Monty | Jeanette | Gateway Playhouse, Bellport, NY |
| 2009 | The Unexpected Guest | Mrs. Warwick | Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA |