Janet Marie Waldo Lee (February 4, 1919 â€" June 12, 2016) was an
American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy
Jetson, Nancy in Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop, Princess from Battle of
the Planets, and Josie in Josie and the Pussycats. On radio, she
voiced the title character in Meet Corliss Archer.Waldo was born in
Yakima, Washington, on February 4, 1919 (according to her family
gravestone,) although most sources, including the 1930 and 1940 census
records, indicate 1920.Her mother, Jane Althea Blodgett, was a singer
trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and her father, Benjamin
Franklin Waldo, was, according to Waldo family lore, a distant cousin
of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She had three older siblings, one of whom,
Elisabeth Waldo, is an authority on pre-Columbian music and an
award-winning composer-violinist who appeared in the film Song of
Mexico (1945).Janet Waldo attended the University of Washington, where
her performance in a student theatrical garnered her an award and
brought her to the attention of Bing Crosby. A Paramount Pictures
talent scout, who was with Crosby at the time, signed Waldo for a
screen test, which led to a contract with the studio.
American radio and voice actress. In animation, she voiced Judy
Jetson, Nancy in Shazzan, Penelope Pitstop, Princess from Battle of
the Planets, and Josie in Josie and the Pussycats. On radio, she
voiced the title character in Meet Corliss Archer.Waldo was born in
Yakima, Washington, on February 4, 1919 (according to her family
gravestone,) although most sources, including the 1930 and 1940 census
records, indicate 1920.Her mother, Jane Althea Blodgett, was a singer
trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and her father, Benjamin
Franklin Waldo, was, according to Waldo family lore, a distant cousin
of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She had three older siblings, one of whom,
Elisabeth Waldo, is an authority on pre-Columbian music and an
award-winning composer-violinist who appeared in the film Song of
Mexico (1945).Janet Waldo attended the University of Washington, where
her performance in a student theatrical garnered her an award and
brought her to the attention of Bing Crosby. A Paramount Pictures
talent scout, who was with Crosby at the time, signed Waldo for a
screen test, which led to a contract with the studio.
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