Mari Luz Olier Mari Luz Olier is a Spanish actress who played Matilde in " Barrio Sésamo " , Spain ' s co - production of " Sesame Street " from 1983 to 1987 . She was also heard in several dubs of Muppet or Jim Henson ' s Creature Shop projects , starting with " Los Fraguel " ( as some of the Doozers ) , as well as " El Cuentacuentos " ( as the Queen and Lucky ' s mother in " " and " " ( as Countess Wilhelmina ) . Olier began her career as an actress in 1974 , with an episode of the TV series " Novela " , where she played opposite veteran actor Manuel Alexandre . That same year , she debuted in movies with Antonio Mercero ' s " Don Juan " , an adaptation of José Zorrilla ' s play . In 1980 , Olier began what would become a successful career as a dubbing actress , playing roles in such films as " Fame " , " Glory " , and the re - dubbed version for " Anatomy of a Murder " ( 1959 ) . She remained prolific as a voice actress , although initially only dubbing minor characters ( " Woman in Trafalgar Square " in " An American Werewolf in London " ; " Girl at Chuck Full O ' Nuts " in " Escape from New York " ; and " Stillman ' s girlfriend " in " Stripes " , all of them in 1981 ) . She would have a chance to dub named characters from 1982 onwards , in " Porky ' s " and in the Spanish dub of the American soap opera " Dynasty " ( as Leslie Carrington ) . At the same time , she appeared on - camera in the TV series " La Cometa Blanca " from 1981 to 1983 . This series featured some sketches from " Sesame Street . " From 1983 to 1987 , Olier only appeared in " Barrio Sésamo " playing Matilde , the owner of the " horchatería " . However , she continued with her work as dubbing actress , with movies such as " To Have or To Have Not " , " Fanny and Alexander " ( playing Alexander in both the movie and also the spin - off series ) , Federico Fellini ' s " Amarcord " or dubbing Virginia Madsen in " Class " . She also dubbed Maud Adams in " Nairobi " , a teacher in the first " Nightmare at Elm St . " , and the recurring role of Emma Channing for the first six seasons of " Falcon Crest " . In 1987 , Olier began working outside her usual dubbing roles for movies and series . Although she dubbed several voices in Stephen King ' s " Creepshow 2 " , and episodic characters for " MacGyver " , she also began working in programs targeted at younger audiences , much like " Barrio Sésamo " . She was one of the main characters in the animated series " Maple Town " , as well as her work in " Los Fraguel " . However , this occupation with cartoons was not her greatest pleasure . She continued with mainstream movies ( Catherine O ' Hara ' s role in " Beetlejuice " or Gina Gershon in " Cocktail " ) , TV series ( Susan Day in " L . A . Law " ) and re - dubbing of classic movies ( Elsa Lanchester as Mary Shelley in " The Bride of Frankenstein " - Lanchester does not utter a word in her other role in the movie as " Bride " ) . Particularly this role as Mary Shelley marked her , as she repeated it on 1990 with Roger Corman ' s " Frankenstein Unbound " ( this time dubbing Bridget Fonda ) . It was a good time for her , as she was getting more and more important roles . She also became one of the usual dubbers for Stockard Channing ( " Bitter Moon " ; " Six Degrees of Separation " ) and Kathy Baker ( " Picket Fences " in 1992 and , twelve years later , " 13 Going On 30 " ) . She also became a dubbing director since 1992 , initially only with series such as " Picket Fences " or " Home Improvement " in 1992 , then in movies such as " Threesome " ( 1994 ) , and then as both director and editor , first in series ( " Boy meets World " , 1995 ) and afterwards in movies such as " The Crucible " ( 1996 ) , usually with her own voice as one of the characters ( For instance , she dubbed Joan Allen for " The Crucible " ) . At the same time , she continued providing voices for some movies and series without directing or editing the dubbing . She has since directed the dubbing of box office successes such as " The Truth About Cats & Dogs " ( 1996 ) , " The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca " ( 1997 ) , " Jungle 2 Jungle " ( 1997 ) or " Shine " ( 1999 ) as well as popular TV series such as " The Pauly Shore Show " or " Malcolm " . She has also dubbed Emily Gilmore on " Gilmore Girls " , is one of the usual dubbers for Vanessa Redgrave , specially in the TV series " Nip / Tuck " , and has dubbed Dame Maggie Smith ( as Professor Minerva McGonagall ) in each installment of the " Harry Potter " series . Returning to the on - camera world , she guest starred in an episode of the 2004 TV series " Hospital Central " ; " Luz Olier " , as she was credited , could be seen in the role of Gloria , the mother of Eva Méndez ( Alicia Bogo ) , in the episode " Amor de Madre " ( Mother Love ) .