Sonja Ball (born October 20, 1956) is a Canadian voice actress.
Biography[]
WOW Sonja Ball, from Wimzie's House, doing her Wimzie voice??!! Sept. 25, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec
Sonja performing her voice for Wimzie from Wimzie's House for a fan.
Ball is well known for her work as the voice of Arthur's mother Jane Read in the PBS children's TV series Arthur, Huckle Cat on The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Polly Esther in the English version of Samurai Pizza Cats, Nicole in the Madeline TV specials, and Marina and Hedwig in the English version of Adventures of the Little Mermaid. She also did the voice for 5 year old Wimzie, the boisterous and happy go lucky bird-dragon, in the children's TV series Wimzie's House.
Ball is also known for her lovely singing voice for several theme songs such as Ovide Video, Adventures of the Little Koala, Woofy, The Little Flying Bears, Yakari, Wimzie's House and The Legend of the North Wind as well as providing narration and vocalist for the National Film Board of Canada's 1998 short Ludovic: The Snow Gift.
Ball has done voices for many cartoons, video games, commercials, and anime.
Filmography[]
Live-Action Dubbing[]
Live-Action Shows[]
- Triptych (2023) - Pilar
Puppet Shows[]
- Kitty Cats (1991-1995) - Tango
- Wimzie's House (1995-1996) - Wimzie
Animation Dubbing[]
Animated Series[]
- The Moomins (1977-1982) - Little My (2017 Dub)
- Ovide & the Gang (1987-1988) - Additional Voices
- The Little Flying Bears (1990-1991) - Additional Voices
- Around the World in 80 Dreams (1992-1993) - A.J., Additional Voices
- Gulliver's Travels (1992-1993) - Fosla, Additional Voices
- The Legend of the North Wind (1992) - Anne
- Spirou (1993-1995) - Spip
- Simba the King Lion (1995) - Simba (child)
- Patrol 03 (1997) - Carmen
- Princess Sissi (1997-1998) - Anita
- Jim Button (1998-1999) - Mrs. Grindtooth
- Wunschpunsch (2000) - Additional Voices
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (2002) - Woman (ep. 1, 5-6, 8, 10-11, 16, 18), Newsboy (ep. 3), Queen Victoria (ep. 3), Fifi (ep. 5), Boy (ep. 5, 8, 11, 18, 21), Anti-Gambling Crusader (ep. 7), Panchito (ep. 9), Bertha (ep. 10), Mayor's Wife (ep. 12), Margaret (ep. 16), Rebecca (ep. 16), Old Woman (ep. 18), Ma Dalton (ep. 19), Molly Donahue (ep. 20), Indian (ep. 20), Milky (ep. 24), Dolores (ep. 25), Lola Montes (ep. 27), Old Woman (ep. 27), Elina Bablatsky (ep. 32), Gibson (ep. 33), Cynthia (ep. 38), Elvira (ep. 42), Saloon Girl (ep. 43)
- Spaced Out (2002) - Gran
- Kaput and Zösky (2003) - Catherine (ep. 5a), Nebula (ep. 5b), Donor (ep. 6a), Citizen (ep. 6a), Glab (ep. 6b), Alien (ep. 8c), Mamma Zösky (ep. 9b), Zububu (ep. 9c), Invader's Wife (ep. 10b), Customer (ep. 13b), Crying Child (ep. 13b), Glutina (ep. 14a), Zelda (ep. 16b), Aeolian (ep. 16b), Alien Mother (ep. 17a), Alien Daughter (ep. 17a), Nurse Olga (ep. 19c)
- Martin Morning (2003) - Additional Voices
- Ratz (2003) - Svetlana
- Creepschool (2004) - Elliott Kaufmann
- Dragon Hunters (2004-2008) - Jeanneline
- The Tofus (2004-2005) - Buba
- Fred's Head (2008) - Boonmee Leblanc, Madame Butterfly
- Gawayn (2009) - William
- 2 Nuts and a Richard! (2015-2017) - Additional Voices
- Belle and Sebastian (2017) - Gabriel, Roberta
Animated Films[]
- Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High (1991) - Polly
- How the Toys Saved Christmas (1996) - Jingles
- Hugo the Movie Star (1996) - Rita's Mother
- Moomin and Midsummer Madness (2008) - Little My, Small Hemulen
- Pinocchio (2012) - The Fox, Soprano, Teacher
- The Legend of Sarila (2013) - Kimi
- Snowtime! (2016) - Jack, Manolo, Mini C
- Moomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017) - Gaffsie, Whomper Grandma
- Sahara (2017) - Rita, Snake Girl 2, Scorpion son
- Pachamama (2018) - Walumama, Great Inca's Wife, Visitor #2
- Pil's Adventures (2021) - The Sorceress
Anime Dubbing[]
Anime[]
- Bob in a Bottle (1969-1970) - Joey Carter
- Pinocchio: The Series (1972-1973) - Chick (ep. 17), Child (ep. 18, 37), Tree Spirit (ep. 29), Baby Vulture (ep. 37), Orphan (ep. 37), Dobo (ep. 38), Nina (ep. 42), Additional Voices
- Jungle Tales (1974-1975) - Rhonda Rabbit, Koko Koala
- Maya the Bee (1975-1976) - Sidney / Philip (Saban Dub)
- Huckleberry Finn (1976) - Miss Jane Watson
- The Littl' Bits (1980) - Browniebit, Blue
- Adventures of the Little Koala (1984-1985) - Diana
- The Jungle Book: The Adventures of Mowgli (1989-1990) - Sura
- Peter Pan: The Animated Series (1989) - Additional Voices
- Christopher Columbus (1990-1991) - Diego (older), Dona Beatriz (ep. 22), Man (ep. 25), Mother (ep. 26)
- Samurai Pizza Cats (1990-1991) - Polly Esther
- Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991) - Marina, Hedwig
- Three Little Ghosts: Afraid of the Dark (1991-1992) - Bumper, Cutter
- The Bush Baby (1992) - Hannah Kaufman
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1993-1994) - Mary Ann, Aimee Crosswire, Hinomaru Sisters (Pink) (ep. 4), Naomi, Naomi's Kids (ep. 17), Little Girl, Little Boy (ep. 18), Singing dwarfs 1 (ep. 22), Himiko (eps. 25 and 37), Envious Feminine (ep. 30), Girl (ep. 43) (Magic for Works dub)
Music[]
- Adventures of the Little Koala (Vocals; Koala Song)
- Samurai Pizza Cats (Vocals; The Pointless Sisters; with Susan Glover)
- Wimzie's House (Vocals; Wimzie's House)
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami (Vocals; Ghost Sweeper and Believe Me; together with Susan Glover as chorus, and Samantha Lawrence as the lead solo vocalist)
External Links[]
- Sonja Ball at the Internet Movie Database
- Sonja Ball at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Sonja Ball at the English Voice Over Wiki