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| name = Diane Michelle
| name = Diane Michelle
| birth_date =
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| birth_place = [[Southern California]]
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, United States
| occupation = Voice actress, impressionist, painter, guitarist
| occupation = Voice actress, impressionist, painter, guitarist
| years_active = 1982–present
| years_active = 1982–present
| alma_mater = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
| alma_mater = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
}}
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'''Diane Michelle''' is an American voice actress, famous for voicing [[Daisy Duck]] in several modern Disney projects (Daisy is currently voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]] in many projects) such as ''[[The Spirit of Mickey]]'', ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' and ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''.
'''Diane Michelle''' is an American voice actress, famous for voicing [[Daisy Duck]] in several modern Disney projects such as ''[[The Spirit of Mickey]]'', ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' and ''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Diane is a [[Southern California]] native and a graduate of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]].
Michelle is a [[Los Angeles]] native and a graduate of the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]].


==Career==
==Career==
In 1984, Ms. Michelle formed The Goils, a group of three talented and harmonious singers in [[World War II]] uniforms who emulate [[The Andrews Sisters]] but include jazz, swing, and popular tunes in their wide repertoire. The group has appeared on the Queen Mary in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], spent one year as resident performers at Las Vegas' New York, New York, and toured Japan four times.
In 1984, Michelle formed the Goils, a group of three singers in [[World War II]] uniforms who emulate [[The Andrews Sisters]] but include jazz, swing, and popular tunes in their repertoire. The group has appeared on the Queen Mary in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], spent one year as resident performers at Las Vegas' New York, New York, and toured Japan four times.


She can often be heard on current TV and radio commercials - she's the voice of Olive Oyl in the [[Prego|Prego Spaghetti Sauce]] commercials. Diane's known for creating off-beat voices for animated characters. Her numerous television V.O. credits include ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' (as [[Jane Jetson (The Jetsons)|Jane Jetson]]), and ''[[The West Wing]]''. She has also done voices for many motion pictures, including ''[[RV (film)|RV]]'' (as the voice of the R.V.), ''[[Little Mermaid II]]'' and ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]''. She's the dubbed voice of [[Dianne Feinstein]] in the newly released feature about [[Harvey Milk]], entitled ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]''.
She performs in many TV and radio commercials, including as the voice of Olive Oyl in commercials for [[Prego|Prego Spaghetti Sauce]]. Her numerous television V.O. credits include ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'' (as [[Jane Jetson (The Jetsons)|Jane Jetson]] and [[Orbitty]]) and ''[[The West Wing]]''. She has also done voices for many motion pictures, including ''[[RV (film)|RV]]'' (as the voice of the R.V.), ''[[The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea]]'', and ''[[The Savages (film)|The Savages]]''. Michelle is the dubbed voice of [[Dianne Feinstein]] in the feature film ''[[Milk (2008 American film)|Milk]]''.


In 2002, Diane launched a one-woman show at the world-famous [[Encounter Restaurant]] at LAX portraying the award-winning cartoon spaceship captain/diva Va Va LaVoom, her character from the [[Elmo Aardvark]] cartoon series.
In 2002, Michelle launched a one-woman show at the [[Theme Building]] at LAX portraying spaceship captain/diva Va Va LaVoom, her character from ''[[Elmo Aardvark]]''.


Her voice work appears in ''[[Happy Feet]]'' and ''[[Wings (2012 film)|Wings]]'', and she voiced both [[Depa Billaba]], a Republic medic droid, [[Zam Wessel]] in ''[[Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds]]'', [[Man-Bat|Francine Langstrom]] in ''[[Son of Batman]]'', Shin Chan in the Phuuz dub of ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'', and Ket's mother, Miss Dora and Additional voices in ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'' ([[Streamline Pictures|Streamline]] dub). She has voiced multiple characters in popular video games such as ''[[Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect]]'', ''[[EverQuest II]]'', and ''[[Diablo II]]'' in which she not only played the character Natalya, but also many of the monsters.
Her voice work also appears in ''[[Happy Feet]]'', ''[[Wings (2012 film)|Wings]]'', ''[[Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds]]'', ''[[Son of Batman]]'', ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'', and ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]''. Michelle has voiced multiple characters in video games such as ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 video game)|The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]'' (where she voiced [[Sally Field]]'s rendition of [[Aunt May]]), ''[[Mass Effect (video game)|Mass Effect]]'', ''[[EverQuest II]]'', and ''[[Diablo II]]''.


== Filmography ==
Diane is an expert in dialects and celebrity impersonations and is also a fine painter, an accomplished guitarist, and a highly experienced voice teacher.


==External links==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1992
|''[[Golgo 13: The Professional]]''
|Rita
|English dub<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Diane Michelle (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Diane-Michelle/ |access-date=May 19, 2024 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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.</ref>
|-
|1999
|''[[Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas]]''
|[[Daisy Duck]]
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2012
|''[[Wings (2012 film)|Wings]]''
|Rosie
|English dub<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2014
|''[[Son of Batman]]''
|[[Francine Langstrom]]
|Direct-to-video<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2017
|''[[Top Cat Begins]]''
|Tourist
|<ref name="btva" />
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1992–1994
|''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]''
|Candance
|3 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1998
|''[[Pinky and the Brain]]''
|Mousey Galore
|Episode: "To Russia with Lab Mice"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1998–2000
|''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''
|[[Lashina]]
|4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2001
|''[[Invader Zim]]''
|Avon Lady, Mrs. Slunchy, Earth Mother
|Episode: "Walk of Doom"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2001–2003
|''[[House of Mouse]]''
|Daisy Duck
|6 episodes
|-
|2002
|''[[As Told by Ginger]]''
|Dr. Fondfeelings
|2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2003
|''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]''
|Shin Chan Nohara
|Lead role, 52 episodes, Phuuz English dub
|-
|2004
|''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]''
|[[Jane Jetson]], [[Orbitty]]
|Episode: "Back to the Present"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2004–2005
|''[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi]]''
|Courtney, Nurse, Veronica West, Monet Renoir
|4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2009
|''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]''
|Cosmic Mom
|Episode: "Busy Box"
|-
|2017
|''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]''
|Snotti, Nanny
|Episode: "Pillow Case"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2021
|''[[Tom and Jerry in New York]]''
|Old Lady, Mrs. Vandarkashian
|2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2002
|''[[Minority Report: Everybody Runs]]''
|Iris Hineman
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2007
|''[[Mass Effect]]''
|Mira, Dr. Warren, Destiny Ascension Computer
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Saints Row IV]]''
|President
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2014
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014 video game)|The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]''
|[[May Parker]]
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2015
|''[[Saints Row: Gat out of Hell]]''
|President
|<ref name="btva" />
|-
|2017
|''[[Dishonored: Death of the Outsider]]''
|Lena Rosewyn
|<ref name="btva" />
|}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0585028|Diane Michelle}}
* {{IMDb name|0585028|Diane Michelle}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 11:37, 9 January 2025

Diane Michelle
Born
Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Occupation(s)Voice actress, impressionist, painter, guitarist
Years active1982–present

Diane Michelle is an American voice actress, famous for voicing Daisy Duck in several modern Disney projects such as The Spirit of Mickey, Mickey Mouse Works and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.

Early life

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Michelle is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Career

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In 1984, Michelle formed the Goils, a group of three singers in World War II uniforms who emulate The Andrews Sisters but include jazz, swing, and popular tunes in their repertoire. The group has appeared on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, spent one year as resident performers at Las Vegas' New York, New York, and toured Japan four times.

She performs in many TV and radio commercials, including as the voice of Olive Oyl in commercials for Prego Spaghetti Sauce. Her numerous television V.O. credits include The Simpsons, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (as Jane Jetson and Orbitty) and The West Wing. She has also done voices for many motion pictures, including RV (as the voice of the R.V.), The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, and The Savages. Michelle is the dubbed voice of Dianne Feinstein in the feature film Milk.

In 2002, Michelle launched a one-woman show at the Theme Building at LAX portraying spaceship captain/diva Va Va LaVoom, her character from Elmo Aardvark.

Her voice work also appears in Happy Feet, Wings, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, Son of Batman, Crayon Shin-chan, and Kiki's Delivery Service. Michelle has voiced multiple characters in video games such as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (where she voiced Sally Field's rendition of Aunt May), Mass Effect, EverQuest II, and Diablo II.

Filmography

[edit]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Golgo 13: The Professional Rita English dub[1]
1999 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Daisy Duck [1]
2012 Wings Rosie English dub[1]
2014 Son of Batman Francine Langstrom Direct-to-video[1]
2017 Top Cat Begins Tourist [1]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992–1994 Batman: The Animated Series Candance 3 episodes[1]
1998 Pinky and the Brain Mousey Galore Episode: "To Russia with Lab Mice"[1]
1998–2000 Superman: The Animated Series Lashina 4 episodes[1]
2001 Invader Zim Avon Lady, Mrs. Slunchy, Earth Mother Episode: "Walk of Doom"[1]
2001–2003 House of Mouse Daisy Duck 6 episodes
2002 As Told by Ginger Dr. Fondfeelings 2 episodes[1]
2003 Crayon Shin-chan Shin Chan Nohara Lead role, 52 episodes, Phuuz English dub
2004 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Jane Jetson, Orbitty Episode: "Back to the Present"[1]
2004–2005 Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi Courtney, Nurse, Veronica West, Monet Renoir 4 episodes[1]
2009 Ben 10: Alien Force Cosmic Mom Episode: "Busy Box"
2017 The Tom and Jerry Show Snotti, Nanny Episode: "Pillow Case"[1]
2021 Tom and Jerry in New York Old Lady, Mrs. Vandarkashian 2 episodes[1]

Video games

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Minority Report: Everybody Runs Iris Hineman [1]
2007 Mass Effect Mira, Dr. Warren, Destiny Ascension Computer
2013 Saints Row IV President [1]
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 May Parker [1]
2015 Saints Row: Gat out of Hell President [1]
2017 Dishonored: Death of the Outsider Lena Rosewyn [1]
[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Diane Michelle (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 19, 2024. 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.
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