Barbara Luddy

Barbara Luddy (May 25, 1908[citation needed] – April 1, 1979) [1] was an American actress best known for her voiceover work for Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.
== Biography ==
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Born in Great Falls, Montana in 1907 or 1908, Luddy was the daughter of Will[2] and Molly Luddy[3] of Helena, Montana.[2] She sang in vaudeville as a child.[4] She attended Ursuline Convent in Great Falls, Montana.[5]
=== Stage ===
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In 1929, Luddy toured with Leo Carrillo in Australia as part of a touring company that presented the play Lombardi, Ltd. A review in the Sydney Morning Herald cited Luddy's work portraying a mannequin as "a role in which Miss Barbara Luddy made a great hit by her pert audacity and vivaciousness."[6]
=== Radio ===
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Luddy was a member of the dramatic cast of the Chicago Theater of the Air.[7] One of Luddy's better known roles on radio was being a regular performer on The First Nighter Program from 1936 until the series ended in 1953.[7]: 118  In 1937, she and fellow First Nighter actor Les Tremayne set what a contemporary newspaper article called "a precedent ... when these signed long term contracts calling for their exclusive services" on the program."[8]
She also played Veronica Gunn in the comedy Great Gunns.[7]: 138  In soap operas, she played Judith Clark in Lonely Women[7]: 205-206  Carol Evans Martin in The Road of Life,[7]: 285  and Janet Munson in Woman in White.[5]
=== Film ===
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Luddy's film career began with silent pictures in the late 1920s. She is perhaps best remembered for her voice work in Disney animated films such as Lady and the Tramp (in which she played the titular Lady), Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Robin Hood and the Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too,[9] all of which were edited into the composite feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Her other film credits include Terrified (1962) and the TV film Lost Flight (1969).
=== Television ===
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Luddy guest starred in episodes of such television programs as Hazel, Dragnet, Adam-12, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.
== Personal life and death ==
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Luddy married R. Ned LeFevre, an actor and announcer, on September 18, 1942.[10] The couple had one daughter, Barbara, and a son, Chris LeFevre, who preceded Barbara in death.[citation needed]
Luddy died of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California, on April 1, 1979, at the age of 70.[citation needed]
== Filmography ==
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Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1925	An Enemy of Men 	Janet 	
1925	Sealed Lips 	Alice Howard 	
1925	Rose of the World 	Cecilia Kirby 	
1927	Born to Battle 	Barbara Barstow 	
1927	Wilful Youth 	 	
1928	See You Later 	 	
1930	Headin' North 	Mary Jackson 	
1933	Her Secret 	Mae 	
1955	Lady and the Tramp 	Lady 	Voice
1959	Sleeping Beauty 	Merryweather 	Voice
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians 	Rover 	Voice
1963	Terrified 	Mrs. Hawley 	
1964	Dear Heart 	Miss Carmichael 	Uncredited
1966	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 	Kanga 	Voice
1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West 	Screaming Woman 	Uncredited
1968	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 	Kanga 	Voice
1973	Robin Hood 	Mother Sexton (church mouse), Mother Rabbit	Voice, Uncredited
1974	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! 	Kanga 	Voice
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Kanga 	Voice, Archive footage
Category:1908 births
Category:1979 deaths
Category:Actresses from Montana
Category:American radio actresses
Category:People from Great Falls, Montana
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in California
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Disney people