Carmen Twillie is an American actress and singer.
Career Twillie is a longtime friend of Tommy Morgan and has appeared as guest contralto soloist with Morgan's choir. She is best known for singing the Elton John and Tim Rice song "Circle of Life" in the beginning of the 1994 Disney animated feature film The Lion King. She provided the singing voice of Stormella in the 1998 Christmas animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. and she was a singer in the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance. She did a few small voice roles in the 1993 stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas as the Undersea Gal and the Creature under the bed. She also appeared on the Chowder episode "Sing Beans" doing one of the voices for the sing beans alongside voice actors Jess Harnell, John DiMaggio, and Tara Strong.
She also is a backup singer, having appeared on several albums released by artists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick and Pink Floyd for their 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
Filmography Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1983The Young LandlordsVoice1989Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandSinger (uncredited)1990Solar CrisisArm Band Singer1991MobstersBlues Singer1993The Nightmare Before ChristmasMan Under the BedUndersea GalVoice1994The Swan PrincessChorusVoiceDisney Sing-Along Songs: Circle of LifeCircle of Life PerformerShortVoice1995Vampire in BrooklynSinger1997A Walton EasterChoir LeaderDisney Sing-Along Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Modern ClassicsVoiceBeauty and the Beast: The Enchanted ChristmasChorus (singing voice)Direct-to-videoVoice1998Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieStormella (singing voice)VoiceSoundtrack on Internet ArchiveAn All Dogs Christmas CarolAdditional VoicesDirect-to-videoVoice2001The Flintstones: On the RocksTenor SingerTV movieVoice2002Dark BlueChurch Choir Singer2003Gold DiggersGospel Singer2006Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Three Jacks and a BeanstalkChorusVoice2007NorbitChoir MemberLicense to WedSt. Augustine's Choir2010Queen Victoria's WeddingMonaShort2011The Lion King Read-AlongVoice2014Carmen Twillie Feat. Lebo M: Circle of LifeHerselfMusic video2017WarpedMrs. WashingtonShort
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes1991-1992HammermanAdditional voices11 episodes1994My So-Called LifeChurch Choir1 episode1998Nothing SacredSinging Nun #31 episode2004Johnny BravoHot Babe #21 episodeVoice2004Six Feet Under"O Happy Day" Singer1 episode2006VeggieTalesChoir (voice)1 episodeThe Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing ArtsSingerTV special2007ChowderSinging Bean #21 episodeVoice2015Marry MeFemale Patient Singer1 episode
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