Mary Kay Bergman
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| Born | Mary Kay Bergman June 5, 1961 |
| Status | Married |
| Died | November 11, 1999 |
| Other names | Shannen Cassidy |
| Occupation | Voice Actor |
| Notable credit(s) | South Park as Principal Victoria/Liane Cartman/Sharon Marsh/Sheila Broflovski/Mrs. McCormick/Wendy Testaburger/Mrs. Veronica Crabtree |
| Spouse | Dino Andrade |
Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts in television, movies, direct-to-video animation, and advertising. She is best known for voicing several characters in South Park.
Biography
Personal life
Bergman was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were Jewish, but Bergman was non-practicing and converted to Catholicism after exploring several Christian denominations; she later referred to herself as a "Catholic Jew".[1]
Career
Bergman is known for voicing most of the female characters in the animated series South Park and in the 1999 feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Her characters included Liane Cartman, mother of Eric Cartman; Sheila Broflovski, mother of Kyle Broflovski; Sharon Marsh, mother of Stan Marsh; Mrs. McCormick, mother of Kenny McCormick; and Wendy Testaburger. Originally, Bergman was credited on South Park as Shannen Cassidy because she was also serving as Disney's official Snow White voice. The South Park episode "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" was dedicated to her, as was the episode "Starvin' Marvin in Space", the first episode to air after her death.
Bergman's other voice credits include over 400 television commercials, including the voice of Mrs. Butterworth in Mrs. Butterworth's syrup commercials, as well as various Disney films (Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Toy Story 2), and as the voice of Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Daphne Blake in more recent Scooby-Doo animated movies, Timmy Turner in Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes of The Fairly OddParents (When the pilot episodes were aired as actual episodes in 2001, Mary Kay's voice was dubbed over by Tara Strong), and several female voices in The Tick animated series.
Suicide
She died in West Los Angeles, California, as result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Her husband, Dino Andrade, established the Mary Kay Bergman Memorial Fund, which contributes to the operation of the Suicide Prevention Center at the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center.
Footnotes
- ^ "A Conversation With... Dino Andrade". Mary Kay Bergman memorial. 2000. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
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