Gerrianne Raphael (born February 23, 1935) is an American stage,
screen, and voice-over actress. Though much of her career has been
spent in the theatre, she is perhaps best known for her major role as
the voice of "Pumyra" on the original ThunderCats cartoon.Gerrianne
Raphael was born in New York City on February 23, 1935 to Sidney, a
concert pianist and Evelyn Raphael, a former actress. She was married
three times, most recently to actor Noah Keen, from 2004 until his
death in 2019. Her first husband was stage manager/actor John Weaver,
(1955 - 1969). Gregory Allen Hirsch (1979 - 1986) was her second
husband, a theatrical lighting designer. She has three daughters from
her first marriage. She graduated from the Professional Children's
School in New York City, in 1949.Raphael's first professional
performances were on radio when she was four years old on Let's
Pretend, a children’s program of fairy tales. Her first Broadway
show was at seven years of age in a play called Solitaire by John Van
Druten. She understudied Patricia Hitchcock, the daughter of Alfred
Hitchcock. Since then, her countless stage performances have included
the landmark production of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya and
Beatrice Arthurand the original Broadway production of Man of La
Mancha. Having started in radio as a child, the progression to
commercial voice-overs, "audiobooks" and cartoons was a natural. At
one point Raphael had voice-overs for Revlon, Gloria Vanderbilt,
Geritol and Helena Rubinstein all running at the same time. She had
also provided the voice for the littlest dwarf on the Ajax commercials
in the 1950s.
screen, and voice-over actress. Though much of her career has been
spent in the theatre, she is perhaps best known for her major role as
the voice of "Pumyra" on the original ThunderCats cartoon.Gerrianne
Raphael was born in New York City on February 23, 1935 to Sidney, a
concert pianist and Evelyn Raphael, a former actress. She was married
three times, most recently to actor Noah Keen, from 2004 until his
death in 2019. Her first husband was stage manager/actor John Weaver,
(1955 - 1969). Gregory Allen Hirsch (1979 - 1986) was her second
husband, a theatrical lighting designer. She has three daughters from
her first marriage. She graduated from the Professional Children's
School in New York City, in 1949.Raphael's first professional
performances were on radio when she was four years old on Let's
Pretend, a children’s program of fairy tales. Her first Broadway
show was at seven years of age in a play called Solitaire by John Van
Druten. She understudied Patricia Hitchcock, the daughter of Alfred
Hitchcock. Since then, her countless stage performances have included
the landmark production of Threepenny Opera with Lotte Lenya and
Beatrice Arthurand the original Broadway production of Man of La
Mancha. Having started in radio as a child, the progression to
commercial voice-overs, "audiobooks" and cartoons was a natural. At
one point Raphael had voice-overs for Revlon, Gloria Vanderbilt,
Geritol and Helena Rubinstein all running at the same time. She had
also provided the voice for the littlest dwarf on the Ajax commercials
in the 1950s.
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