April Winchell

April Winchell (born c. 1959/1960) is an American actress, writer, radio host and color commentator. She is known for voicing Clarabelle Cow in the Disney franchise since 1996.
==Early life==
Winchell was born between 1959 and 1960. She is the daughter of ventriloquist and comedian Paul Winchell (1922–2005), and his second wife, Nina Russel. In her weblog writings and appearances on radio, she describes her childhood with many references to the great talent of her father as well as the many disturbing incidents owing to his mental health issues.
==Career==
===Acting===
Winchell's projects include the role of Sylvia in Wander Over Yonder, a Disney Channel animated series featuring Jack McBrayer in the title role. Created by The Powerpuff Girls producers Craig McCracken and Lauren Faust, the show chronicles the adventures of Wander and his trusty (and cynical) steed Sylvia, as they travel the universe. The series premiered on the Disney Channel in September 2013.
As a voice actress, she has been heard in hundreds of animated television series, such as Goof Troop (as Peg Pete), Recess (as Mrs. Muriel Finster), Disney's House of Mouse and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (as Clarabelle Cow), Bonkers (as Lucky's wife, Dyl Piquel), Pepper Ann (as title character's mom, Lydia Pearson), and Kids from Room 402 (as Miss Gracie Graves the school teacher, along with several other characters that appear on the show), The Legend of Tarzan (taking over for Rosie O'Donnell as Terk in the original film), 101 Dalmatians: The Series (as Cruella De Vil), SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (as Molly Mange), Robot and Monster, Phineas & Ferb and Kim Possible.
She has also voiced characters in numerous films, including Antz, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Monsters University and Rob Zombie's The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Winchell portrayed the "Glendale Federal Bank" lady – a cranky, cynical customer alleviated by the service at her new bank – in a series of radio commercials, which Winchell wrote and directed herself. The commercials caught the attention of [[Roseanne Barr], who hired her as a writer on Barr's eponymous sitcom.
===Radio===
Besides her many contributions to radio advertising as a director, writer, and performer, Winchell also hosted a radio talk show program on KFI, a Los Angeles radio station. This weekend program aired for three years, and enjoyed the fastest growth audience in the history of the station. Subsequent to the end of this program in November 2002, she appeared semi-regularly on the Ask Mr. KABC program, on KABC, an AM station also in Los Angeles – until the show ended in February 2007.
In 2005, Winchell signed a deal with U.S. pay-TV service HBO to develop and host a show on Sirius Satellite Radio. However, on her official website on May 3, 2006, she announced that negotiations had stalled out between HBO and Sirius, leaving her program in limbo.
On March 16, 2007, she returned to semi-regular radio appearances on The Marc "Mr. K" Germain Show on KTLK-AM (the new show hosted by the former Mr. KABC) and appeared twice a month. (Her appearances on Germain's show are available at her website in addition to KTLK's website.) During March, Winchell was "banned for life" from KABC (AM) in Los Angeles at the behest of ABC radio host Bill O'Reilly, over a retelling of an occurrence she dubbed "Croissantgate" (KABC provided Bill O'Reilly with croissants that were not fresh enough for his taste, causing a commotion at the station).
===Theater===
As a musical theater actor, she starred as Ado Annie in the Columbia Artists revival of Oklahoma!, and also appeared opposite Kevin Spacey in Gypsy.
Additionally, Winchell wrote and starred as "Sheila Sands" in her show at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles to sold out crowds. The show was produced by Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, who discovered her at Cafe Largo in Hollywood. Winchell reprised the character to open for Brad Garrett at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 2013.
She has also been a frequent panelist on the live-stage version of What's My Line at the Acme Comedy Theatre in Hollywood.
===Advertising===
In 1992, Winchell and her then-husband Mick Kuisel formed Radio Savant Productions, a radio advertising production company. Since that time, Winchell has received many awards including Cannes, Clio, The $100,000 Mercury Award and The International Grand Andy (bestowed by The Association of Independent Commercial Producers) – it was the only time the Andy was given for radio. Winchell also provided the award-winning radio and television advertising for Big Bear Mountain Resorts for over 20 years.
===Internet===
Winchell's official website contains a link to her IMDB biography and library of unusual and outsider music pieces.
Prior to 2009, Winchell maintained a personal Web site that, in addition to the music pieces, chronicled the actor's activities, which include her professional, personal, and romantic life. In October 2009, Winchell (under the pseudonym "Helen Killer") launched Regretsy, a blog website which satirized Etsy. Within four days, the site had received nearly 90 million hits. This huge viral success caught the attention of Random House, who subsequently won a bidding war to publish a book based around the Regretsy website. The book, which was published April 6, 2010, features humorous and bizarre crafts and artwork from several different artists, as well as essays about Winchell's personal life, childhood and own crafting failures. As of March 1, 2012, the Regretsy site had raised over $200,000 for charitable causes. The popularity of Regretsy's "Not Remotely Steampunk" section even inspired a viral "chap hop" music video. Winchell ceased updating Regretsy on February 1, 2013.
Winchell made several appearances on early episodes of the internet broadcast series "Talk Radio One," interviewed by former Los Angeles radio personality Marc Germain. She became a weekly guest on the series beginning in 2017.
===Other work===
Winchell worked on the 1996 video game Toonstruck in which she voiced a number of characters including Ms. Fit, Polly, Punisher Polly and Dr. Payne's Receptionist. Not only did she voiced the characters but she has also worked as casting and dialogue director for the game. She also worked as a punch writer for Recess: School's Out and wrote three episodes of the American sitcom Roseanne.
==Personal life==
In broadcasts of her KFI show, on her web diary and several other websites, Winchell revealed she and Kevin Spacey dated for a while after high school.
On August 19, 2005, she announced on her website that she was diagnosed with stage 4 thyroid cancer. To promote solidarity during her radiation treatment, she issued her own "Glow in the Dark" wristbands, so one could "glow along" with April. She made a full recovery.
Winchell is a supporter of charities including Project Angel Food, a Los Angeles-based service providing meals for homebound people living with AIDS. Her website, Regretsy, generated charitable funds through selling of Regretsy merchandise. On, April 17, 2011, Winchell created April's Army, which ran monthly campaigns for which all profits went to a selected Regretsy member who has encountered hardships. On December 5, 2011, Regretsy began a Secret Santa program, collecting donations for presents for needy children.
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+ List of voice performances in animated feature and direct-to-video films
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class = "unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1988
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit
| Mrs. HermanBaby Herman (on-camera)
|
|-
| 1997
| Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
| Tanya
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 1998
| Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
| Chandeleria
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 1998
| Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
| Additional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 1998
| Antz
| Ladybug
|
|-
| 1999
| Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
| MomOld WomanFirewomanFirefighter #1
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 1999
| Tarzan
| Terk's Mother
|
|-
| 2000
| Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
| Madame Raya
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2001
| Recess: School's Out
| Miss FinsterMrs. Detweiller
|
|-
| 2001
| Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
| Mrs. Mahoney
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2001
| Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
| Mother Von Drake
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2001
| Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street
| Miss Finster
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2002
| 
| Lady DeBurne
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2002
| Tarzan & Jane
| Terk
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2002
| Mickey's House of Villains
| Clarabelle Cow
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2003
| Recess: All Growed Down
| Miss Finster
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2003
| Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
| Miss Finster
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2004
| Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers
| Clarabelle CowAdditional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2004
| Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
| Additional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2005
| Mulan II
| Matchmaker
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2005
| Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
| Reporter
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2005
| Tarzan II
| Additional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2005
| Kronk's New Groove
| HildyMargeTinaAdditional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2006
| Asterix and the Vikings
| Vikea
|
|-
| 2006
| Queer Duck: The Movie
| Additional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2006
| 
| Additional voices
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2007
| Happily N'Ever After
| Additional voices
|
|-
| 2009
| 
| Dame Grace AppletonLizaBabsDollyJoanGloriaScriptyHelga Strudel
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2010
| Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
| Female Radio Caller #1Tresha
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 2012
| Strange Frame
| Pawnbroker
|
|-
| 2013
| Monsters University
| Additional Voices
|
|-
| 2013
| Despicable Me 2
| Additional Voices
|
|-
| 2015
| Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League
| Giganta
|
|-
| 2015
| Home
| Boov
|
|
|
|
|-
|2022
|Turning Red
|Dot Lee
|
===Television===
 List of voice performances in animated shows
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1972–1973 	Kid Power 	Connie 	
1992 	Defenders of Dynatron City 	Additional voices 	TV special
1992 	Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream 	Helga 	TV special
1992 	Darkwing Duck 	Bianca Beakley 	
1992–1993 	Goof Troop 	Peg Pete / Various Characters 	77 episodes
1993 	Tom & Jerry Kids 	Additional voices 	Episode: "Penthouse Mouse/12 Angry Sheep/The Ant Attack"
1993 	Marsupilami 	Additional voices 	Episode: "A Spotless Record/A Boy and His Crab/Mars vs. Man"
1993 	Problem Child 	Additional voices 	
1993–1994 	Bonkers 	Dyl Piquel 	20 episodes
1993–1994 	SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron 	Molly Mange 	5 episodes
1993 	Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby 	Additional voices 	Television film
1994 	Aladdin 	Woman 	Episode: "The Flawed Couple"
1994 	Sonic the Hedgehog 	Additional voices 	13 episodes
1995 	Bump in the Night 	Auntie Matta (additional voice talent)The PrincessThe Dream Cute Dolls (additional roles, uncredited)	Episode: "Auntie Matta/Bumpy the Untrappable"
1995 	The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show	Various Characters 	8 episodes
1995–1999 	Timon & Pumbaa 	Additional voices 	7 episodes
1996 	Gargoyles 	Shauna Coyle 	Episode: "Broadway Goes to Hollywood"
1996 	Earthworm Jim 	Ilene 	Episode: "Lounge Day's Journey Into Night"
1996 	Quack Pack 	Female VikingVarious Characters 	2 episodes
1996–1997 	Mighty Ducks 	Tanya 	24 episodes
1996–1997 	Jungle Cubs 	Various Characters 	4 episodes
1996–1998 	The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper	Miss C. / Baby Casper 	2 episodes
1997 	The Blues Brothers: The Animated Series 	Various Characters 	2 episodes
1997 	Johnny Bravo 	Various Characters 	Episode: "Johnny Bravo/Jungle Boy in 'Mr. Monkeyman'/Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women"
1997 	Extreme Ghostbusters 	The Waitress 	Episode: "The Jersey Devil"
1997–1998 	101 Dalmatians: The Series 	Cruella De Vil 	61 episodes
1997–2000 	Pepper Ann 	Lydia Pearson 	45 episodes
1997–2001 	Recess 	Muriel Finster 	21 episodes
1998 	Hercules 	Amazon Guard 	Episode: "Hercules and the Girdle of Hippolyte"
1998 	Men in Black: The Series 	Additional voices 	Episode: "The Quick Clone Syndrome"
1998 	All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 	Tiffany 	Episode: "Bess and Itchy's Dog School Reunion"
1998–1999 	Mad Jack the Pirate 	Additional voices 	13 episodes
1998–1999 	CatDog 	Sadie / Space Grannies 	2 episodes
1999 	The Wild Thornberrys 	Gemsbok #2 	Episode: "Rain Dance"
1999–2000 	Mickey Mouse Works 	Clarabelle Cow 	10 episodes
1999–2000 	Kids from Room 402 	Miss Gracie Graves / Various Characters 	
2000 	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command 	Pwerta 	Episode: "Stress Test"
2000 	Rugrats 	Argenta 	Episode: "Don't Poop on My Parade"
2000–2001 	Clerks: The Animated Series 	Judge 	4 episodes
2001–2003 	Disney's House of Mouse 	Clarabelle Cow 	28 episodes
2001–2004 	Lloyd in Space 	Nora Nebulon 	35 episodes
2001–2003 	The Legend of Tarzan 	Terk / Bibi's Mother 	37 episodes
2002 	Totally Spies! 	Ms. Catherine Brooks / Principal Vegan 	Episode: "Silicon Valley Girls"
2002 	Ozzy and Drix 	Lunchlady 	Episode: "Gas of Doom"
2002–2003 	Teamo Supremo 	Hypnotheria 	
2002 	Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe In Santa 	Nana 	Television film
2003 	The Mummy 	Aglaophone #1 	Episode: "The Enemy of My Enemy"
2003 	Rocket Power 	Announcer 	Episode: "Cinco de Twisto/Saving Lt. Ryan"
2003–2006 	Lilo & Stitch 	Mrs. Edmonds 	35 episodes
2003; 2007 	Kim Possible 	BerniceTrisha 	8 episodes
2004 	Fatherhood 	Ms. Huffington 	Episode: "Love me Dude"
2004 	As Told by Ginger 	Cleaning Lady 	Episode: "A Lesson in Tightropes"
2006 	Bratz 	Gertrude 	Episode: "Survivor"
2006 	Catscratch 	Various Characters 	Episode: "Mall Adjusted/Clan Destiny"
2006 	The X's 	Various Characters 	Episode: "Accidental Hero/Untitled
2006–2007 	Eloise: The Animated Series 	Various Characters 	5 episodes
2006–2007 	Legion of Super Heroes 	Winema Wazzo 	2 episodes
2006–2016 	Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 	Clarabelle Cow 	52 episodes
2007 	 	Mr. Slither 	Episode: "The Most Greatest Love Story Ever Told Ever/Detention X"
2007 	Slacker Cats 	Additional voices 	Episode: "Mexico"
2007–2008 	Tak & the Power of Juju 	Donna 	3 episodes
2008–2014 	Phineas and Ferb 	Blanca DishobBridgette OshinomiPrincess Leia 	9 episodes
2009 	King of the Hill 	Various Characters 	Episode: "Uncool Customer"
2010–2011 	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 	Helga 	
2011 	Curious George 	Chilla DeWinterMelanie 	2 episodes
2011 	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated 	Various Characters 	Episode: "Night Fright"
2011 	Fish Hooks 	Lady Eelbottom 	Episode: "Oscar Makes an Impression"
2011–2014 	Jake and the Never Land Pirates 	Singsong BirdSlippery Serpent 	4 episodes
2011–2016 	Minnie's Bow-Toons 	Clarabelle Cow 	40 episodes
2012 	Robot and Monster 	GrandmaArpa 	4 episodes
2012–2015 	Gravity Falls 	Ma Duskerton 	3 episodes
2013 	Ben 10: Omniverse 	Queen Voratia Rumbletum 	Episode: "Tummy Trouble"
2013 	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness 	Mistress Mugan 	Episode: "Tigress Tale"
2013 	Monsters vs. Aliens 	Soap Opera AlienEducational Television 	Episode: "It Came... On a Field Trip/Educational Television
2013–2016 	Wander Over Yonder 	Sylvia 	Main role
2014–2015 	Breadwinners 	Mama Monster 	
2015 	Star vs. the Forces of Evil 	Riddle Sphinx 	2 episodes
2016–2018 	Mickey Mouse 	Clarabelle Cow 	3 episodes
2017–present	Mickey and the Roadster Racers 	Clarabelle CowHilda 	33 episodes
2017 	Sofia the First 	The Dutchess/Windy 	2 episodes
2017 	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 	Payton 	
2018-present	DuckTales 	Black Heron 	8 episodes
2019 	Amphibia 	TutiFensBraddock 	3 episodes
===Video games===
 List of voice performances in video games
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1991	Hare Raising Havoc 	Baby Herman, Mrs. Herman	
1996	Animated Storybook: Toy Story 	Scrabble Narrator 	
1996	Toonstruck 	Ms. Fit, Polly 	
1998	Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin	Bizarrah 	
2008	Disney Think Fast 	Clarabelle Cow 	
2010	Epic Mickey 	Clarabelle Cow 	
2011	Kinect Disneyland Adventures 	Queen of Hearts 	
2012	Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two 	Clarabelle Cow 	
===Live-action===
 List of live action performances in television shows
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1994	Limboland 	Various 	
1996	Grace Under Fire 	Ms. Salem 	
1999	Time of Your Life	Karen 	
2002	That '80s Show 	Mrs. Nealon	
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