Barbara Goodson

Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the Power Rangers franchise, starting with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and including Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, and Power Rangers in Space.
Early life
Goodson was born in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in New Jersey.
Career
In 1988, Goodson did her rendition of Red Fraggle in Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series.
In the 1990s, Goodson was known for voicing Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and her other appearances in Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, and Power Rangers in Space. Other Power Rangers characters she has played include Prince Sprocket and Orbus in Power Rangers Zeo, and Mandilok in Power Rangers Wild Force. She also voiced Ladyborg in Beetleborgs Metallix, and Mother Talzin on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, receiving for the latter a Best Actress award from the website Behind The Voice Actors.
She also voiced in HBO's Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom and FLCL as Naota. For her work in the series CloudBread, in which she is a cast member as Wooley, Ruiz, Grandma, and Teacher Ellie, she was nominated for Best Children's Programming in 2011 for an Annie Award. She was also awarded an Earphones Award for narrating Blair Clemons in the Time/Warner book On a Night Like This.
She reprised her role as Rita Repulsa revived into a robotic body in a 30th anniversary Power Rangers special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.
Personal life
Goodson lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband Bruce Gustafson.
Filmography
Animation
Avatar: The Last Airbender – Song's mother
Bernadette: Princess of Lourdes – Various characters
Buttons & Rusty – Buttons Bear
Chucklewood Critters – Buttons, Christy, Frisky
Fraggle Rock – Red Fraggle, Wingnut Doozer
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – Various characters
Goldengirl – Onyx, Moth Lady
High Guardian Spice – Parnelle
Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol – Jin Jin
The Kids from Room 402 – Various characters
Kissyfur – Various characters
The Legend of Korra – Shaman
Lego Star Wars: Terrifying Tales – Mother Talzin
Lucky Luke – Three Hillbilly Women
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir – Marianne Lenoir/Backwarder
Mr. Pickles – Agnes Gobbleblobber/Steve the Gimp
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes – Small Calf Demon, Monster
Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist – Princess Annushka
The Ren & Stimpy Show – High Fashion Log Girl
The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs – Various characters
Spider-Man: The Animated Series – Dr. Ashley Kafka
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Mother Talzin
What's with Andy? – Various characters
Wildfire – Various characters
Wisdom of the Gnomes – Various characters
The Wizard – Billy
Wolf Rock TV – Mayor's Wife
Alien Xmas – Z
Live-action
Better than Us – Elena Vladimirovna (English Dub)
Beetleborgs Metallix – Ladyborg (voice)
Hallo Spencer – Galactica (voice)
MMPR/PRZ/PRIS – Rita Repulsa (voice), Prince Sprocket, Orbus (voices, credited), Mantis, Somnibot, Turbanshell (voices, uncredited)
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy – Icy Angel (voice)
Power Rangers Time Force – Notacon (voice)
Power Rangers Wild Force – Mandilok (Upper Mouth) (voice)
Violetta – Olga (voice: English dub)
Anime
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy – Sentaro Kawanishi
Ai Yori Aoshi – Aoi's Mother
Angel Tales – Toki
Arc the Lad – Boy, Boy B, Nurse, Old Woman, Waitress
Armitage: Dual-Matrix – Yoko's Kindergarten Teacher
Around the World with Willy Fog – Additional voices
Bakuto Sengen Daigunder – Akira Akebono
Barefoot Gen – Ryuta Kondo (Streamline Pictures)
Battle B-Daman – Terry (2nd voice)
B-Daman Crossfire – Derek Watari
Biohunter – Mary
Black Jack – Koichiro (young), Old Woman
Blade of the Immortal – Fake Yaobikuni
Bleach – Numb Chandelier
Cardcaptors — Yuuki Tachibana
Crimson Wolf – Mizuo Mashio
Crying Freeman – Bayasan (Streamline Dub)
Coppelion – Granny Ayame
Cowboy Bebop – Pet Shop Owner
Cyborg 009 – Cathy, Jimmy's Mother (2001 series)
Daigunder – Akira Akebono
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – President
DearS – Oihiko's Mom
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Grandmother
Digimon – T.K.'s Mom, additional characters
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds – Milady
Doomed Megalopolis – Keiko
Dragon Ball – Son Goku (Zero) (Harmony Gold dub)
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure – Akane Yamano
El Hazard: The Magnificent World 2 – Various
El Hazard: The Wanderers – Millie
Ergo Proxy – Lacan
Eureka Seven – Coda
Fafner in the Azure – Ayano Kondou
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – Unico
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals – Queen Lenna
Figure 17 – Rin Ibaragi
FLCL – Nandaba Naota
FLCL: Progressive – Tami Hanae
Flint the Time Detective – Petra Fina/Mrs. Iknow, Getalong
Fushigi Yūgi – Miboshi, Subaru
Gad Guard – Kyoko Sanada
Gate Keepers – Kazuko Ukiya
Geneshaft – Hyun, Judy
G-Force: Guardians of Space – Agatha June, Pee Wee
Godzilla Singular Point — Tilda Mira
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Maruta, Prime Minister Yoko Kayabuki
Grenadier – Teppa Aizen (boy)
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics – Various
Gun Frontier – Erole
Gurren Lagann – Kunba
.hack//Legend of the Twilight – Katsuyuki
Haré+Guu – Sharon
Hello Kitty's Paradise – Moley
Here is Greenwood – Mrs. Ikeda (Media Blasters dub)
Honey and Clover – Aunt Akiko, Dr. Satsuki
Honeybee Hutch – Various
Hunter × Hunter 2011 series – Gon's Great-Grandmother Old Lady (Ep. 2)
Immortal Grand Prix – Misaki
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Enya Geil
Jungle de Ikou! – Rongo/Takuma
Kamichu! – Mitsubamaru
Karas – Tsuruta
Kekkaishi – Tokiko Yukimura
Kikaider – Masaru Komyoji
Knights of Sidonia – Lalah Hiyama
Koi Kaze – Woman
Kyo Kara Maoh! – Doria, Queen Bear Bee (Ep. 18), Rick, Conrad (Young)
Leave it to Piyoko! – Additional voices
The Legend of Black Heaven – Mother
Little Women – Aunt March
Love Hina – Mitsune Konno
L/R: Licensed by Royalty – Sean
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro – Clarisse d'Cagliostro (Young; Streamline dub)
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Baba (Eps. 4 & 5)
Magic Knight Rayearth – Alcyone, Sang Yung
Mars Daybreak – Elizabeth Liati
Maple Town – Bobby Bear, Mama Rabbit, Mikey Mole
Megazone 23 – Yui Takanaka (Streamline Dub)
The Melody of Oblivion – Bocca's Mother, Kei, Nurse, Old Woman, President
Mermaid Forest – Old Lady
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Maria
Monster – Mrs. Fortner
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Torogai
My Favorite Fairy Tales – Additional voices
Naruto – Grandma Sansho
Naruto Shippuden – Chiyo, Shima
Neo-Tokyo – Mother
The New Adventures of Gigantor – Jimmy Sparks
Noozles – Blinky, Kelly Brown
One-Punch Man – Boy (Ep. 8), Shibabawa (Ep. 9)
Otogi Zoshi – Narrator
Outlaw Star – Additional voices
Overman King Gainer – Martina Lee, Woman in Restroom
Ox Tales – Moe the Mole, additional characters
Panda! Go, Panda! – Various
Paradise Kiss – Young George, Kozue Shimamoto
Paranoia Agent – Sato
Phoenix – Obaba, Boy
Planetes – Fadlan's Daughter
The Prince of Tennis – Sumire Ryuzaki
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama – Shoorpanakha
Rave Master – Chino, Fortune Teller
Resident Evil: Degeneration – (PFBC) Female News Reporter, Female Zombie
Ringing Bell – Chirin (lamb)
Robot Carnival – Old Lady (Presence)
Robotech – Marie Crystal, Sera (as Shirley Roberts)
Rozen Maiden – Kazuki Shibasaki
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology – Old Lady, Ruriko Tonegawa's Mother-in-law
Rurouni Kenshin – Hana, Shougo and Saya's Mother
Sailor Moon SuperS – Zirconia (Viz Media Dub)
Samurai Champloo – Ogin, Madam, additional voices
Samurai Girl Real Bout High School – Akira Kinomiya
Scrapped Princess Baroness Bairach, Rita
S-CRY-ed – Banka, Emergy Maxfell (Young). Girl at Party, Mama-san, Ms. Yoshii
Shin-chan (Phuuz dub) – Max
Shinzo – Additional voices
Silent Möbius – Lebia
Space Adventure Cobra – Jane
Space Pirate Captain Harlock – Queen Regina
Submarine 707R – Aldemis
Tekkaman Blade – Star Summers
Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Ryoko Balta
The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye – Ingrid
The Twelve Kingdoms – Bishin, Gyokuyou, Takki
Tweeny Witches – Credelle, Menow
Twilight of the Dark Master – Takamiya
Ultra Maniac – Bamboo
Unico in the Island of Magic – Unico
When They Cry - Higurashi – Keiichi's Mother/Aiko Maebara, Oryou Sonozaki, Suguru Okamura
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom – Elizabeth, Ex Laila, Olivia, Pregnant Woman
Windaria – Princess Veronica
Witch Hunter Robin – Toudo's Mother
Wolf's Rain – Hanabito
Wowser – Bob Lovely, additional voices
X – Saya Monou
Yukikaze – Lynn Jackson
Ys II: Castle in the Heavens – Bana
Zillion – Apple
Zillion: Burning Night – Apple
Films
A Cat in Paris - Old Lady
A Silent Voice – Ito Nishimiya
Akira – Kaori, Takashi (Streamline dub), additional voices (Animaze dub)
Aquarian Age the Movie – Hokuto
Belle - Yoshitani
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – Descent – Griffith (Young), Old Fortuneteller
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children – Dinky's Mother, Mama Bir
Laputa: Castle in the Sky – Pazu, Madge (original English dub) (as Bertha Greene)
Cats Don't Dance – Various characters
Catnapped! – Queen, Toru's Friend
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Old Woman
The Dalton on the Run – Additional Voices
Fist of the North Star – Alei
Fly Me to the Moon – Maggot 3
Katy Caterpillar – Katy, Denise
Kiki's Delivery Service – Kiki's Mother, additional voices (Streamline Dub)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure – Darling
Lu over the Wall – Granny Octopus
Metropolis – Emmy
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always - Robo-Rita Repulsa (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Nadia Ronah
Ringing Bell – Chirin (lamb) (uncredited)
Rover Dangerfield – Farm Voices
Tenchi Muyo!: The Daughter of Darkness – Child Yosho, Yuzuha
The Bad Guys - Old Lady
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – Unico (uncredited)
Thumbelina: A Magical Story – Hoppy, Gladys (George's Wife/Hoppy's Mom), Croven, Aunt Ruth, The Human Witch, Bridesmaid #2 (uncredited)
Unico in the Island of Magic – Unico (uncredited)
Vampire Hunter D – Doris Lang (Streamline dub)
Weathering with You – Fumi Tachibana (cameo)
Zootopia – Bully
Video games
Armored Core: Verdict Day — Various pilots, AI
Brave Fencer Musashi — Kojiro
Bugsnax — C.Clumby Clumbernut
Dead Head Fred — Additional voices
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles — Old Woman
Final Fantasy VII Remake — Marle
Final Fantasy XIII — Additional voices
Fire Emblem Heroes — Hel
Grim Fandango — Lola
Guild Wars Nightfall — Spearmarshal Kormir
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 5 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 — Chiyo
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution — Chiyo
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... — Lighthouse Lady
Persona 5 Royal — Shinya Oda
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid — Rita Repulsa
Resonance of Fate — Theresa
Shenmue III — Additional Cast
Space Adventure Cobra — Dominique Royal, misc.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified — Nurse Campbell
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne — Lady Vashj
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade — Lady Vashj (Boss)
Documentary
Adventures in Voice Acting – Herself
References
External links
Goodson at the English Voice Actor & Production Staff Database
Actresses from New Jersey
American film actresses
American television actresses
American voice actresses
American video game actresses
Living people
Actresses from Brooklyn
Queens College, City University of New York alumni
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)