Billie Lou Watt (June 20, 1924 - September 7, 2001) was an actress in
theater and television, including several voice acting roles for
commercials, anime and animated series. She is best known as the
original English dub voice of the title characters of the 1960s anime
series Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, the character Elsie the Cow
for Borden Cheese's TV commercials, and a live-action turn playing
Ellie Harper Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.Watt was
born in St. Louis, Missouri, where her career on the stage began at
the age of 12 in the role of Becky in a local play based on the book
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.Her first role on a professional stage
came two years later at the St. Louis Municipal Opera production of
The American Way. Her first acting role using mainly her voice was
heard by listeners of the KMOX radio program The Land We Live In. She
graduated from Ritenour High School and Northwestern University in
Chicago, Illinois before continuing her acting career in the touring
company of the play Kiss and Tell. This would lead up to performing on
the stages of New York City, with special thanks to George Abbott for
hiring her for the play Barefoot Boy with Cheek. She also appeared in
Little Women and King of Hearts during her time on Broadway. Watt's
first regular role on television was for the 1958 series From These
Roots as Maggie Barber Weaver.
theater and television, including several voice acting roles for
commercials, anime and animated series. She is best known as the
original English dub voice of the title characters of the 1960s anime
series Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, the character Elsie the Cow
for Borden Cheese's TV commercials, and a live-action turn playing
Ellie Harper Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.Watt was
born in St. Louis, Missouri, where her career on the stage began at
the age of 12 in the role of Becky in a local play based on the book
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.Her first role on a professional stage
came two years later at the St. Louis Municipal Opera production of
The American Way. Her first acting role using mainly her voice was
heard by listeners of the KMOX radio program The Land We Live In. She
graduated from Ritenour High School and Northwestern University in
Chicago, Illinois before continuing her acting career in the touring
company of the play Kiss and Tell. This would lead up to performing on
the stages of New York City, with special thanks to George Abbott for
hiring her for the play Barefoot Boy with Cheek. She also appeared in
Little Women and King of Hearts during her time on Broadway. Watt's
first regular role on television was for the 1958 series From These
Roots as Maggie Barber Weaver.
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