Gerrianne Raphael is an American stage, screen, and voice-over actress. She is best known for her major role as the voice of Pumyra in ThunderCats.
Personal life Raphael was born in New York City to Sidney, a concert pianist and Evelyn Raphael, a former actress. She was married three times, most recently to actor Noah Keen, from 2004 until his death in 2019. Her first husband was stage manager/actor, director John Weaver, (1955 - 1978). Gregory Allen Hirsch (1979 - 1986) was her second husband, a theatrical lighting designer. She has three daughters from her first marriage. She graduated from the Professional Children's School in New York City, in 1949.
Career Raphael's first professional performances were on radio when she was four years old on Let's Pretend, a children’s program of fairy tales. Her first Broadway show was at seven years of age in a play called Solitaire by John Van Druten. She understudied Patricia Hitchcock, the daughter of Alfred Hitchcock. Since then, her dozens of stage performances have included the landmark production of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya and Beatrice Arthur and the original Broadway production of Man of La Mancha. Having started in radio as a child, the progression to commercial voice-overs, "audiobooks" and cartoons came naturally. At one point Raphael had voice-overs for Revlon, Gloria Vanderbilt, Geritol and Helena Rubinstein all running at the same time. She had also provided the voice for the littlest dwarf on the Ajax commercials in the 1950s.
Filmography Film Year Film Role Notes 1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred Kathleen O'Reilly Uncredited 1984 My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle Sealight (Voice) 1985 Thundercats - Ho! The Movie Pumyra (voice) 2005 The Engagement Ring Nana Voice Over TNT Movie 2007 Raising the Bar Jesse Short Radio and Television Year Title Role Notes1940Let's PretendOne of the PretendersRadio: CBS Children's Program 1949 The Aldrich Family Role Unknown Episode Unknown 1950 The First Hundred Years Role Unknown Role Unknown1950Gang BustersRadio: CBS Gangster Melodrama1951Portia Faces LifeRadio: CBS Soap Opera1951Armstrong TheaterRole UnknownNBC-TV: "Sleight of Hand" (September 11, 1951)1952Our Gal SundayAudreyRadio: CBS Soap Opera1952Medal of HonorRole UnknownRadio: Grand Central Station (also appearing Esther Miniotti and Tony Randall) 1953 Captain Video and His Video Rangers Ranger Craig 3 One Episode: Spartak Returns1953A Date with JudyGuest AppearanceABC-TV Series starring Mary Linn Beller, with Paul Ford (March 25, 1953)1960From These RootsLouisa CorrelliNBC-TV DayTime Drama 1960-19611964As the World TurnsHelene SukerCBS-TV DayTime Drama 1964-1965 1986 ThunderCats Pumyra, Chilla and Jagara (voice) Episodes: 32 episodes (season 2-season 4) 1987 The Comic StripVoice, Episodes: Two episodes, Karate Kat (voice of Katie "Big Mama" McClaw); Street Frogs. 2000 A Little Curious PadHBO Family. The show, produced by Curious Pictures and HBO, 2001 Courage the Cowardly Dog Various Roles Episodes: 26 episodes (season 3-season 4) 2006 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mrs. Weiman One Episode: Informed 2008 30 Rock The Nun One Episode: Reunion 2009 Random! Cartoons Garlic Boy's Mom (voice) One Episode: Garlic Boy
Theatre BroadwayYearTitleRoleNotes1942SolitaireVirginia StewartStandby (Pat Hitchcock)1942Guest in the HouseLee ProctorStandby (Joan Spencer)1944VioletVioletStandy (Patricia Hitchcock)1948Goodbye, My FancyClarisse1955Seventh HeavenCamilleUnderstudy Diane (Gloria DeHaven) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album1957Li'l Abner"Moonbeam" McSwineReplacement (Carmen Alvarez)1959SaratogaDaisy PorcelainUnderstudy Cleo Dulaine (Carol Lawrence) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Masterworks Broadway1961Milk and HoneyZipporahReplacement (Ellen Madison)1965Man of La ManchaFerminaUnderstudy Aldonza/Dulcinea (Joan Diener) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album and STUDIO CAST RECORDING available Golden Records LP#2651967Hallelujah, Baby!Mrs. Charlies, Mistress, Ethel, DorothyReplacement (Marilyn Cooper)1972Man of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaLincoln Center Revival1978King of HeartsIsolde, La Chanteuse d'OperaUnderstudy Madeleine (Millicent Martin) ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Original Cast Records – THT CD 9225Off-BroadwayYearTitleRoleNotes1954The Threepenny OperaDolly, a whoreTheatre de Lys ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Decca Broadway Original Cast Album1954The Threepenny OperaPolly PeachumReplacement (Jo Sullivan) Theatre de Lys1960The Threepenny OperaJennyReplacement (Lotte Lenya) Theatre de Lys1958The BoyfriendMaisieThe Downtown Theatre \ The Cherry Lane1960Ernest in LoveCecily CardewGrammercy Arts \ The Cherry Lane ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Masterworks Broadway1961Fourth Avenue NorthPrincipalMadison Avenue Playhouse with Linda Lavin1972Say WhenTheresePlaza 91974The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieJean BrodieManhattan Theatre Club1976StaufGoddess KaliCubiculo Theatre1978NoahMrs. NoahPratt Institute1981The Butler Did ItAngela ButlerPlayers Theatre1984The Ninth StepJoanna WheelerRiverwest Theatre1989Sid Caesar & Co.Part of "& Co."Downstairs at the Village Gate1993Ernest in LoveLady BracknellAll Soul's Players, NYC1996Dorian GrayMrs. VaneJudith Anderson Theatre1998Little WomenAunt MarchYork Theater Co. at Saint Peter's Church2001Imagining ShadowsOhio TheaterTours and RegionalYearTitleRoleNotes1940American JubileeChildren's Chorus1940 New York World's Fair, Queens NY1946Charley's AuntHunterdon Hills Playhouse, NJ 1950Cry of the PeacockLocust Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA by Jean Anouilh1953Glad TidingsClaire AbbottBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA1953The Country GirlNancy StoddardBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA with Jack Klugman1953CeliaBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA by George Batson, pre-Broadway.1953The Little FoxesAlexandraBucks County Playhouse, New Hope, PA1954Arabian NightsChorusJones Beach Marine Theatre ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING available Sepia 111161955PicnicMadgeCasino Theatre, Newport, RI1956Finian's RainbowSharonBrandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA1956BrigadoonMegBrandywine Music Box, Painter's Mill, PA1957The Boy FriendMaisieTour through Grist Mill Theatre, Andover MA (July 1957), Neptune Music Circus, Neptune NJ (August, 1957), Southern Tier Playhouse, Binghamton NY (Sept., 1957)1958The Boy FriendMaisieHighland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL1958BrigadoonMegHighland Park Music Theatre, Highland Park, IL1959The Boy FriendMaisieMusicCarnival Productions, Cleveland, OH1960West Side StoryMariaPaper Mill Playhouse (and subsequent tour), Millburn NJ1961GypsyLouiseNational Company: Lambertville, PA and then the Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, with Mitzi Green (later Benay Venuta) as "Mama Rose" and Bernadette Peters in the ensemble.1968Catch My SoulAmeliaAhmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA1963Fiorello!TheaWestchester Dinner Theatre, NY with Michael O'Shea and Virginia Mayo1970Dames at SeaMona KentParker Playhouse, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.1971Man Of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaNational Theatre (Washington DC), O'Keefe Center (Toronto ONT), Emerson Colonial Theatre (Boston MA) with Allan Jones1973A Shot in the DarkMadame BeaureversLincoln Bank Summer Festival Playhouse-in-the-Park, Cincinnati OH with Elke Sommer1974Fashion Mrs. TiffanyTheatre-in-the-Dome, Lambertville PA1980Man of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaWestport Country Playhouse with David Atkinson, Westport CT1980Man of La ManchaAldonza/DulcineaCoachlight Dinner Theatre with David Atkinson, Nanuet NY1982CandideThe Old LadyThe Pennsylvania Opera Theater, Philadelphia PA1994BodoLady GutrunBurt Reynolds Theatre, Tequesta, FL, world premiere of a new musical by Anne Crosswell, Lee Pockriss and Hugh Wheeler1997Slouching Toward the MillenniumJesseThe 42nd Street Workshop, by Murray Schisgal, New York, NY2000Dear WorldCountess AureliaStandby, Goodspeed-at-Chester/Norma Terris Theatre, East Haddam CT2002ZorbaMadame HortenseBerkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge, MA2003A Delicate ArrangementHelen GavrosWinning entry, Theatrefest Regional Playwriting Contest, Montclair, NJ2005Cocktails with CowardJudith BlissDon't Tell Mama, New York, NY2005The Full MontyJeanetteGateway Playhouse, Bellport, NY2009The Unexpected GuestMrs. WarwickFulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA
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External links
https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Gerrianne-Raphael/ http://www.filmreference.com/film/35/Gerrianne-Raphael.html