Barbara Luddy

Barbara Luddy

Born	(1908-05-25)May 25, 1908 Great Falls, Montana, U.S.
Died	April 1, 1979(1979-04-01) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1920s–1977
Known for	Original voice of Kanga from the first three Winnie The Pooh featurettes and in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Original voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp Original voice of Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty
Spouse	R. Ned LeFevre (m. 1942)

Barbara Luddy (May 25, 1908^{[citation needed]} – April 1, 1979) ^[1] was an American actress best known for her voiceover work for Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

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Biography

Born in Great Falls, Montana in 1907 or 1908, Luddy was the daughter of Will^[2] and Molly Luddy^[3] of Helena, Montana.^[2] She sang in vaudeville as a child.^[4] She attended Ursuline Convent in Great Falls, Montana.^[5]

Career

Stage

In 1929, Luddy toured with Leo Carrillo in Australia as part of a touring company that presented the play Lombardi, Ltd. A review in the Sydney Morning Herald cited Luddy's work portraying a mannequin as "a role in which Miss Barbara Luddy made a great hit by her pert audacity and vivaciousness."^[6]

Radio

Luddy was a member of the dramatic cast of the Chicago Theater of the Air.^[7] One of Luddy's better known roles on radio was being a regular performer on The First Nighter Program from 1936 until the series ended in 1953.^[7]^: 118 In 1937, she and fellow First Nighter actor Les Tremayne set what a contemporary newspaper article called "a precedent ... when these signed long term contracts calling for their exclusive services" on the program."^[8]

She also played Veronica Gunn in the comedy Great Gunns.^[7]^: 138 In soap operas, she played Judith Clark in Lonely Women^[7]^: 205-206 Carol Evans Martin in The Road of Life,^[7]^: 285 and Janet Munson in Woman in White.^[5]

Film

Luddy's film career began with silent pictures in the late 1920s. She is perhaps best remembered for her voice work in Disney animated films such as Lady and the Tramp (in which she played the titular Lady), Sleeping Beauty, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, Robin Hood and the Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes including Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too,^[9] all of which were edited into the composite feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Her other film credits include Terrified (1962) and the TV film Lost Flight (1969).

Television

Luddy guest starred in episodes of such television programs as Hazel, Dragnet, Adam-12, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker.

Personal life and death

Luddy married R. Ned LeFevre, an actor and announcer, on September 18, 1942.^[10] The couple had one daughter, Barbara, and a son, Chris LeFevre, who preceded Barbara in death.^{[citation needed]}

Luddy died of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California, on April 1, 1979, at the age of 70.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1925	An Enemy of Men	Janet
1925	Sealed Lips	Alice Howard
1925	Rose of the World	Cecilia Kirby
1927	Born to Battle	Barbara Barstow
1927	Wilful Youth
1928	See You Later
1930	Headin' North	Mary Jackson
1933	Her Secret	Mae
1955	Lady and the Tramp	Lady	Voice
1959	Sleeping Beauty	Merryweather	Voice
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Rover	Voice
1963	Terrified	Mrs. Hawley
1964	Dear Heart	Miss Carmichael	Uncredited
1966	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree	Kanga	Voice
1968	The Shakiest Gun in the West	Screaming Woman	Uncredited
1968	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	Kanga	Voice
1973	Robin Hood	Mother Sexton (church mouse), Mother Rabbit	Voice, Uncredited
1974	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!	Kanga	Voice
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	Kanga	Voice, Archive footage

References

^ Reinehr, Robert C.; Swartz, Jon D. (March 26, 2024). The a to Z of Old Time Radio. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8108-7616-3.
^ ^a ^b "Helena Girl Gains Success on Stage". The Independent Record. Montana, Helena. January 6, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Barbara Luddy Vacations in Filmdom". Long Beach Independent. California, Long Beach. October 7, 1943. p. 12. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 170.
^ ^a ^b "Joins "Woman in White"". Harrisburg Telegraph. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. May 31, 1941. p. 24. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lombardi, Ltd". The Sydney Morning Herald. Australia, Sydney. September 2, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4. P. 74.
^ "Signed for Fifty-Two Weeks". Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. The Evening News. June 1, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Mazurki, Jeannette (January 5, 1972). "Barbara Luddy voice of Disney cartoon characters". The Lowell Sun. Massachusetts, Lowell. Copley News Service. p. 50. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Co-Star with Tremayne in "First Nighter"". The Ironwood Times. Michigan, Ironwood. October 14, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved July 17, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.