Maddie Blaustein

Madeline "Maddie" Blaustein (in Long Island, New York, USA, October 9, 1960 - December 11, 2008) was an intersex transgender American voice actress in Pokémon and she had many roles. She became the successor of Nathan Price for the voice of Meowth. She was succeeded by Jimmy Zoppi when 4Kids lost the license. Her other roles included Jillas in Slayers Try, Dr. K in Cubix and the Genie in Sonic Riders. She was assigned male at birth. She lived as her birth name Adam Blaustein for many years before transitioning to female. She was a coach to Kayzie Rogers in voice acting. On December 11, 2008, she died in her sleep due to a stomach virus.
==Roles==
===Characters===
*Bill
*Lt. Surge
*Bruno
*James' father (TB048)
*Seymour
*A.J.
*Damian
*Gentleman
*Sabrina's father
*Anthony
*Dario
*Rainer
*Hippie
*Kaz Gym Leader
*Melvin
*Oswald
*Otoshi
*Pete Pebbleman
*Beedrill Trainer (TB086)
*Roger
*Captain (TB097)
*Tad
*Ghali
*Mr. Douglas
*Earl Dervish
*Dr. Wiseman
*Milton
*Tetsuya
*The King of Mirage Kingdom
*Professor Jacuzzi
*Roderick
*Raymond
*Poacher (MS004)
*Old woman 2 (RS055)
===Pokémon===
*Team Rocket's Meowth
*Brawly's Hariyama
*Ash's Corphish
*Ash's Torkoal
*Sabrina's Kadabra
*Tyson's Meowth
*James' Magikarp
*Jessie's Magikarp
*Flannery's Torkoal
*Magikarp Salesman's Magikarp
*Officer Jenny's Growlithe
*Growlie
*Various Farfetch'd
*Various Sealeo
*Various Magikarp
*Various Drowzee
*Various Electabuzz
*Chatot (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness)
*Various Abra
*Various Kadabra
*Various Alakazam
*Various Magnemite
*Various Camerupt
*Various Skarmory
===Non-Pokémon series===
*Solomon Muto (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
*Sartorius (Yu-Gi-Oh GX)
*Rex Goodwin (Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's)
*E-123 Omega (Sonic the Hedgehog)
*President (Shadow the Hedgehog)
*E-10000G, E-10000R, Babylon Guardian (Sonic Riders)
*Jillas (Slayers)
*Wally Tusket (Ultimate Muscle)
*Dr. K (Cubix)
*Chef Kawasaki (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)
*Helga (Dinosaur King)
*Dr. Kureha (One Piece (4Kids dub))
*Li Zhuzhen, Colonel Ben Hyuga (Shadow Hearts)
*Arngrim, Lawfer, Lezard Valeth (Valkyrie Profile)
*Migeria (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
*Tetsu Asakura (The Gokusen)
*Sister Jill (Cutie Honey)
*Yumihiko (Phoenix)
*Overkill (G.I. Joe Sigma 6)
*Rassimov (Huntik: Secrets & Seekers)
==Trivia==
*She is the preferred voice actor for Meowth and James' Father on Behind the Voice Actors.com (with her predecessor Nathan Price coming in second and Jimmy Zoppi, her successor, coming in third).
*She often stated that she'd try and make Meowth's screams sound similar to his Japanese voice actress Inuko Inuyama.
*She originally auditioned for the role of James but instead it went to Ted Lewis, and later Eric Stuart.
*The voice she used to voice Corphish is very similar to her parrot Jake's voice.
==Gallery==
Category:4Kids voice actors
Category:TPCi voice actors
Category:Deceased