Debi Derryberry (born September 27, 1967) is an American voice actress, singer, composer and kids' entertainer who won an American Anime Award. She is also known as Dee Dee Green and Sue Swan.
History
Her first role was as Skeeter in Hey Vern, It's Ernest with Jim Varney.
Aside from her work as a voice actress, she swam with the killer whale Keiko for the 1993 film Free Willy and was the stunt double for the young actor in the film. Derryberry has provided the voices of a series of characters, mostly those of young boys and tomboyish girls, with her warm, chipper tones. In addition to voicing her best known role, the title character of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Nickelodeon's television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Derryberry has also provided voice-over for Ice Age: The Meltdown, she is the voice of Wednesday Addams in the 1990s animated version of The Addams Family, Weenie and Catrina on Oswald, Taz's little brother Jake on Taz-Mania and Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series. She has also done some voice work for comedic English language adaptations of anime titles such as Zatch Bell! in which she plays the titular character, his evil twin Zeno, and Ryo-Ohki, Yugi, and various other characters from several versions of the anime series Tenchi Muyo!. Aside from voice acting, she was the founder and lead singer for the indie country band Honey Pig, writing and producing most of the songs on their two CDs. Currently she is focusing on a children's music career with her CDs "What A Way To Play" and "Very Derryberry", having won a number of industry awards. She is an advocate for animals and has hosted at her North Hollywood home a fundraiser for the benefit of orangutans as an endangered species, under the Orang Utan Republik charitable foundation.
Filmography
Anime/Animation
Live-Action TV Show
- Hey Vern, It's Ernest! - Skeeter, Various
- Get a Life - Seal
- iCarly - Principal Franklin's assistant
- Party of Five - Mrs. Pinchon
Movies
Video games
Advertisements
- The character Speedy in Alka-Seltzer commercials
- The character Zack Putterman in Duracell commercials
References
External links
- Official website
- Debi Derryberry at the Internet Movie Database
- Debi Derryberry at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Debi Derryberry at Voices.com
