Debi Derryberry

Debi Derryberry

Debi Derryberry at 2012 Comic Con
Born Deborah Sue Greenberg
Indio, California, U.S.
Residence North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Other names Dee Dee Green[1][2]
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) Harvey Jordan (m. 2001; div. 2012)
Children 1
Website http://www.debiderryberry.com

Deborah Sue Greenberg known professionally as Debi Derryberry, is an American voice actress and singer. She has provided voices for a number of animated television series, anime, and video games.[3] She is the voice of Jimmy Neutron in the Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius film and television series. She has also voiced Wednesday in The Addams Family cartoon and Jackie in Bobby's World. In English language dubs of anime, she provided the voice of Ryo-Ohki in the Tenchi Muyo series. She received a Best Actress in a Comedy award at the American Anime Awards for her work as Zatch in Zatch Bell.[4][5][6]

Career

Her first role was as Skeeter in Hey Vern, It's Ernest along with Jim Varney.

Aside from her work as a voice actress, she swam with the killer whale Keiko for the 1993 film, Free Willy and was the stunt double for the young actor in the film. Derryberry has provided the voices of a series of characters, mostly those of young boys and tomboyish girls, with her warm, chipper tones. In addition to voicing her best known role, the title character of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Nickelodeon's television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Derryberry has also provided voice-over for Ice Age: The Meltdown, she is the voice of Wednesday Addams in the 1990s animated version of The Addams Family, Weenie and Catrina on Oswald, Taz's little brother Jake on Taz-Mania and Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series. She has also done some voice work for comedic English language adaptations of anime titles such as Zatch Bell! in which she plays the titular character, his evil twin Zeno, and Ryo-Ohki, Yugi, and various other characters from several versions of the anime series Tenchi Muyo!. Aside from voice acting, she also played as the voice of "Playhouse Disney"'s mascot, Clay. She was the founder and lead singer for the indie country band Honey Pig, writing and producing most of the songs on their two CDs. Currently she is focusing on a children's music career with her CDs "What A Way To Play" and "Very Derryberry", having won a number of industry awards. She is an advocate for animals and has hosted at her North Hollywood home a fundraiser for the benefit of orangutans as an endangered species, under the Orang Utan Republik charitable foundation.

Filmography

Animation

Anime

Live-action TV shows

Movies

Feature films

Direct-to-video, television films, and rides

Video games

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References

  1. "Resume". debiderryberry.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 Terrace 2014, p. 144
  3. "Biography". debiderryberry.com. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. "American Anime Awards Updates". Anime News Network. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. "Behind The Voice Actors – Debi Derryberry". Behind The Voice Actors. January 27, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2014. Green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits screenshots
  6. Ed Liu (30 July 2013). "Toonzone Interviews Voice Actor Debi Derryberry". toonzone.net. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
  8. Shade (October 26, 2000). Orphen: Scion of Sorcery. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 2 minutes in, Cast.
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