Paddi Penelope Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999) was a British actress. She worked steadily in film and television.
Career She found a niche in television movies, and toward the end of her life, doing voice work in projects for Disney, such as the roles of Flotsam & Jetsam in The Little Mermaid franchise.
Across a career spanning many live-action and voice-acting performances, she worked on Ghostbusters (in which she provided the voice of Gozer the Gozerian), 101 Dalmatians, Hercules, and Pepper Ann. Paddi played Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon's mother Henrietta "Hank" Shannon on two episodes of Night Court: Season 8, episode 15 "Mama Was a Rollin' Stone" and season 9, episode 10 "Get Me to the Roof on Time". She also played the role of Anya on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Dauphin" (season 2, episode 10). She also appeared as a secretary on Murphy Brown (season 2, episode 5)
Death Edwards died of respiratory failure and a heart attack on October 18, 1999, aged 67, at her home in Encino, California.
Partial filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1960 Inn for Trouble Deirdre 1978 Corvette Summer Loop Gaffer 1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch Secretary 1983 To Be or Not to Be Pub Waitress 1984 Ghostbusters Gozer Voice Fatal Vision Perry MacDonald 1986 Blue City Kate Stewardess School Older Woman 1987 Surrender Judge 1989 The Little Mermaid Flotsam & Jetsam 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. Voice 1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Lab Computer Hercules Atropos 1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Satellite 1 2000 An Extremely Goofy Movie Receptionist at Office (posthumous final role)
Television Year Title Role Notes 1957 Hancocks Half HourEpisode: “There's an airfield at the bottom of my garden” 1988 CheersSylviaEpisode: “Woody For Hire Meets Norman of the Apes” 1989 Star Trek: The Next Generation Anya Episode: "The Dauphin" 1991 Night CourtHenrietta "Hank" Shannon 2 episodes1992Batman: The Animated SeriesMaggie PageVoice, episode: "Eternal Youth"1994–1996Phantom 2040GordaVoice, 7 episodes1997–2000Pepper AnnVera Groober-SchwartzVoice, 18 episodes
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