Jane Woods (born November 1, 1950) is an American-Canadian actress, voice actress and author.
Biography[]
She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and her family moved to Montreal when she was twelve. She's a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, and spent her twenties working in Canadian regional theatre, most notably at Ottawa's National Arts Centre, playing Rebecca in James Reaney's The Killdeer. She settled in Montreal, and completed a BFA degree in Integrative Music Studies at Concordia University. She sang for two years with the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir, while also building a career as a voice actress.
She was the second voice of Little Lulu on The Little Lulu Show, and of the zany grandma Yaya on Wimzie's House. She began translating and adapting French-language films and television series to be dubbed into English. Among them were the highly acclaimed series Blanche, starring Pascale Bussières, and Omertà, with Michel Coté. Now, she lives in Toronto, writing The Walking Tanteek.
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
TV Series[]
- Ultra Seven (1967-1968) - Donna Michibata
Puppet Shows[]
- Wimzie's House (1995-1996) - Yaya
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Series[]
- The World of David the Gnome (1985-1986) - Lisa, Lorna (ep. 15), Tina (ep. 22)
- The Little Flying Bears (1990-1991) - Additional Voices
- Sharky and George (1990-1992) - Additional Voices
- Simba the King Lion (1995) - Narrator
- Tommy & Oscar (2000) - Additional Voices
Animated Specials[]
- The Great Cheese Conspiracy (1986) - Child, Girl, Women in Shop
Animated Films[]
- John the Fearless (1984) - Additional Voices
- The Treasure of Swamp Castle (1985) - Petunia Piglet
- The Gnomes' Great Adventure (1987) - Lisa (Miramax Dub)
- How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996) - Milford
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime[]
- Bob in a Bottle (1969-1970) - Mrs. Carter, Chauncey
- Pinocchio: The Series (1972) - Blue Fairy, Girl (ep. 30), Additional Voices
- Jungle Tales (1974-1975) - Petula Pigeon
- Maya the Bee (1975-1976) - Miss Cassandra, Madame Butterfly (Saban Dub)
- Huckleberry Finn (1976) - Additional Voices
- The Littl' Bits (1980) - Teenybit, Scarybit, Mrs. Grumpabit, Additional Voices
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982-1983) - Marinche
- Adventures of the Little Koala (1984-1985) - Mama Koala
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986-1987) - Glinda the Good Witch, Additional Voices
- Samurai Pizza Cats (1990-1991) - Momma Mutt, Princess Vi's Servant, Speedy Fan Girls (ep. 14), Sylvia (ep. 23), Deedee (ep. 38), Abigail (ep. 38), Empress Frieda (ep. 40), Additional Voices
- Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991) - Narrator
- Three Little Ghosts: Afraid of the Dark (1991-1992) - Vinnie, Narrator, Customer (ep. 42a)
- The Bush Baby (1992) - Penny Rhodes
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993-1994) - Miss Landlord, Old Lady 1 (ep. 10), Goddess of the contract (ep. 13), Meeko's Mother (ep. 25), Elliott's Grandma (ep. 32), Oriana's Friend 1 (ep. 36), Emmanzushi (ep. 45)
OVAs & Specials[]
- The Little Twins (1992) - Lily
Anime Films[]
- Alibaba's Revenge (1971) - Additional Voices
- The Adventures of Panda and Friends (1972) - Additional Voices (CINAR Dub)
- Ringo Goes West (1972) - Annie
- Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid (1975) - Sea Witch, Princess of Suomi, Marina's Sister #2, Jemmy the Cat, Prince Fjord's Mother
Writer[]
- Bob in the Bottle
- Huckleberry Finn
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke
- Three Little Ghosts: Afraid of the Dark
References[]
- ↑ Jane Woods | The McDermid Agency. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- ↑ Jane Woods, Author. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
External Links[]
- Jane Woods at the Internet Movie Database
- Jane Woods at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia