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Quick facts for kids Linda Gary
Gary in 1971
Born	Linda Gary Dewoskin November 4, 1944 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	October 5, 1995(1995-10-05) (aged 50) North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1971–1995
Spouse(s)	Charles Howerton ​ (m. 1967)​
Children	3

Linda Gary (born Linda Gary Dewoskin, November 4, 1944 – October 5, 1995) was an American actress. She was best known for her amazing voice work in many popular cartoons and movies. You might have heard her voice in shows like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe or She-Ra: Princess of Power. She brought many characters to life with her talent.

Linda Gary's Career

Acting in Movies and Radio

Linda Gary was mostly known for her voice acting. However, she also appeared in a few live-action movies. She was in Joyride To Nowhere (1977) with her husband, Charles Howerton. She also had a role in Cruising (1980) with actor Al Pacino. She also lent her voice to movies like Wolfen and Switch.

Linda also worked in radio. She played a character named Dr. Maura Cassidy on a radio show called Alien Worlds.

Voice Acting Work

Linda Gary's journey into voice acting began in a unique way.

Starting Her Voice Career

When Linda lived in Rome with her husband, she started dubbing Italian movies into English. This means she would record English voices over the original Italian dialogue. After returning to the U.S. in 1974, she took voice acting classes. Her teacher was a famous voice actor named Daws Butler. Linda often said that Daws believed in her. She thanked him for helping her start her career.

Working with Hanna-Barbera

Linda Gary voiced many different characters for Hanna-Barbera cartoons. These included popular shows like Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo. She was also in an episode of The Smurfs. You could hear her voice in Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats and The Pirates of Dark Water. She also voiced Doctor Abby Sinian in Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron. In The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, she voiced Queen Morbidia and Nekara.

ABC Weekend Specials

The ABC Weekend Special was a TV series that showed different stories. These stories were both live-action and animated. Linda Gary's voice was featured in several of these specials. Some of them included Scruffy and The Velveteen Rabbit.

Disney Voice Roles

During the 1980s and 90s, Linda Gary voiced characters for many Disney TV shows. These included Darkwing Duck, DuckTales, and TaleSpin. She also appeared in The Little Mermaid and Bonkers.

She voiced a gazelle and a hippo for a Lion King story on cassette. She also voiced the villain Maleficent and the opening narrator for the show Fantasmic!. In The Brave Little Toaster, she voiced Blender, Floor Lamp, and Green Car.

Linda also narrated several Disney read-along stories in 1977. These included Three Little Pigs, Cinderella, and Alice in Wonderland. She also narrated some Rainbow Brite read-along stories.

Sunbow and Marvel Productions

Linda Gary voiced many characters in the 1984 Transformers cartoon series. She also voiced Raven, a pilot, in an episode of G.I. Joe.

For Marvel Productions, she voiced Colleen in the 1981 Spider-Man show. She also voiced Aunt May in the first season of the 1994 Spider-Man series.

Working with Filmation

Much of Linda Gary's voice work was for the Filmation studio. She voiced characters in many of their TV series. These included The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! and BlackStar. She also voiced the main character in Web Woman.

She was the voice of Jane in an episode of Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle.

Linda Gary was also a key voice in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power. She voiced many female characters in He-Man. These included Teela, Evil-Lyn, the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull, and Queen Marlena. For She-Ra, she voiced characters like Madame Razz, Glimmer, Shadow Weaver, Scorpia, and Entrapta.

She also voiced characters in several Filmation movies. These included He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword and Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. She was also in He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special and Happily Ever After.

Universal Cartoon Studios

Linda Gary voiced Grandma Longneck in the movies The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving, and The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists.

Video Game Voices

Linda Gary also lent her voice to several adventure video games. She was in King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow as the Oracle and Queen Allaria. She also voiced characters in Thayer's Quest and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

Linda Gary's Personal Life

Linda Gary was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 4, 1944. She married actor Charles Howerton in 1967. They had two daughters, Alexis and Dana. Linda also had a stepdaughter named Lynn. Linda Gary passed away on October 5, 1995, at her home in North Hollywood, California. She was 50 years old.

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