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1980 -- present denver , colorado reba , riva west west , rebecca lynn olkowski , becky olkowski 16 december 1953 roger olkowski -lrb- wid . -rrb- los angeles , california rebecca lynn forstadt rebecca forstadt -lrb- reba west -rrb- . jpg rebecca forstadt
 rebecca forstadt voice actress
rebecca forstadt

rebecca lynn forstadt -lrb- born december 16 , 1953 -rrb- , also known as reba west , is an american voice actress , best known for playing young female roles in various animated series .
after studying theater at orange coast college , in costa mesa , california , forstadt began her acting career by working at knott 's berry farm 's bird cage theater , performing melodramas , often as the damsel in distress character .
later , she went to hollywood where she worked as a wardrobe mistress on such television shows as `` the white shadow '' and `` hill street blues '' , as well as for the film `` s.o.b. '' .
she also spent several years doing live theater in the los angeles area .
most notably , she won some recognition for her portrayal of the character josette in the world premiere of eugène ionesco 's `` tales for people under 3 years of age '' at the stages theatre center in 1982 .
she starred in several low-budget movies such as `` mugsy 's girls '' , with ruth gordon and laura branigan , and `` round numbers '' with kate mulgrew , samantha eggar , and shani wallis .
she also appeared as a television actress in `` hill street blues '' , `` st. elsewhere '' , and `` l.a. law '' .
her voice acting breakthrough came when she landed the leading role of lynn minmei in the english version of `` robotech '' , the popular anime series of the 1980s .
since then , she has voiced hundreds of other anime characters and has branched into non-anime cartoons , live-action shows -lrb- such as `` masked rider '' and '' '' -rrb- , commercials and radio work , and has performed background voices for movies such as `` antz '' , `` dr. dolittle '' , and `` the santa clause '' .
