Alyson Court Explained

Alyson Court
Birth Date:9 November 1973
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1984–present
Known For:Voice of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil series (1998–2012)
Voice of Jubilee in (1992–1997)
Voice of Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1989–1991)
Television:The Big Comfy Couch (1992–2002)
Mr. Dressup (1984–1991)
Spouse:
    Children:1

    Alyson Stephanie Court[1] (born November 9, 1973)[2] is a Canadian actress. Beginning her career as a child actress, her first role was on the series Mr. Dressup (1984–1994) and she made her film debut in (1985). Court continued to appear in educational productions, landing the lead role of Loonette the Clown on the series The Big Comfy Couch (1992–2002).[3]

    As a voice actress, Court has appeared in several animated series, mostly notably as Lydia Deetz in Beetlejuice (1989–1991) and Jubilee in X-Men (1992–1997). She was also the original voice of Claire Redfield in the Resident Evil franchise, voicing the character for all of her appearances from Resident Evil 2 (1998) to (2012).[4] [5]

    Television roles

    Court first appeared in the Canadian children's series as herself in Mr. Dressup in 1984 and later in the 1985 film . In 1988, she was in the pilot for the series My Secret Identity as Caroline, neighbor to Jerry O'Connell's character. Court played Loonette the Clown, the main character of the series The Big Comfy Couch, for the first six seasons before leaving the show to focus on raising her child.

    From 2000 to 2003, Court was the host of the morning children's programming block on CBC, Get Set for Life (now CBC Kids).

    Court appeared in This Hour Has 22 Minutes (season 24, episode 3), a Canadian television show where she reprised her role as Loonette the Clown in a comedic sketch on the 2016 clown epidemic.[6]

    Voice acting

    Court voiced summer camper Dawn in the 1986 animated film and Emily Elizabeth in the Clifford's Fun with... videotape series from 1988 to the early 1990s. Among her animated series voice acting roles are Malani the Ewok in the animated television program , and Lydia Deetz (originally played by Winona Ryder) in the animated adaptation of the 1988 film Beetlejuice. She voiced Terri Cloth on The Garbage Pail Kids animated series of 1987–1988. In 1992, she voiced Jubilee in and Nora Mouse in the animated series Timothy Goes to School. She was also voice of Trina Riffin in the Cartoon Network/Teletoon series Grojband, Queen Martha in the Nick Jr. Channel program Mike the Knight and Poodle in the YTV program Almost Naked Animals. During 2006 and 2007, she was the voice of Dahlia in the animated series Skyland. She voices Coco in the animated show Urban Vermin, and was the voice of Pixx in the animated show Ultraforce. Also she voiced of Windy Woo from The Naughty Naughty Pets.

    In video games, she provided the voice of Claire Redfield in Resident Evil 2, , ,[7] ,[8] [9] and . Court did not reprise her role as Claire in or the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2, as the third-party localization team overseeing voice acting and motion capture chose to go with non-union voice actors.[10] In addition she directed the voice-over and motion-capture portions of the spin-off title Resident Evil Outbreak, which did not feature Claire. In addition to voice acting, Court was also involved in the localization process of several Capcom games in North America. Among the most worthy were Mega Man X5 in 2001, in which she was directly responsible for the decision to rename the initial eight Maverick bosses to reference Guns N' Roses members, meant as a tribute for her then husband's love for the band.[11] In 1998, Court reprised her role as Jubilee in . Court also provided the voice of Arkayna Goodfey/Mysticon Dragon Mage in the Nickelodeon/YTV series Mysticons. She also voices Megan Clark in The Amazing Spiez.

    Personal life

    Court married Erik Suzuki, a former Capcom voice and video game localization director, in 2000. They divorced in 2005.[12] Court has a son named Blaede.[13] In March 2018, Court became engaged to comic book creator Z.M. Thomas.[14] [15] On July 1, 2019, Court announced her marriage to Thomas.[16]

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    1985 Ruthie
    1986 Dawn (voice)
    Madballs: Escape from Orb Sandy Direct-to-video
    My Pet Monster Melanie
    1987 Care Bears Adventures in Wonderland Princess (voice)
    Rolling Vengeance Allison Rosso
    1988 Clifford's Fun With... Emily Elizabeth Direct-to-video series
    1991 South of Wawa Shannon
    1996 data-sort-value="Toy Shop, The" The Toy Shop Katherine Direct-to-video
    1997 data-sort-value="Count of Monte Cristo, The" The Count of Monte Cristo
    1998 Jerry and Tom Jacki
    2007 Look Both Ways Associate producer Short film
    2008 CG Film
    2011 Sunny Skies Short film
    2012 Retreat
    Him Indoors Executive producer
    2018 data-sort-value="Joke Thief, The" The Joke Thief Margaret Fellows

    Television

    Year Title Role Notes
    1984–94 Mr. Dressup Herself
    1985 data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" The Edison Twins Alison Episode: "Robbers and Robots"
    ABC Weekend Special Annika Settergen Episode: "Pippi Longstocking"
    1985–86 Malani the Ewok
    1986Rockit RecordsPut Pilot (CBC)
    My Pet Monster Melanie
    data-sort-value="Care Bears Family, The" The Care Bears Family Various voices 13 episodes
    Rosie Sarah Dawson 2 Episodes: "The Big Chill Party" and "The Lousy Bunch"
    1987 My Pet Monster Jill Smith
    data-sort-value="New Archies, The" The New Archies
    Home Alone: A Kid's Guide to Playing it Safe When On Your Own Alyson Direct-to-video special
    Garbage Pail Kids Terri Cloth, Belle Button, Lois Lamebrain, Fay Hooray
    Stranger in My Bed Joan Slater Television film
    1988 Blades of Courage Kyra Laroche
    Drop-Out Mother Caroline Cromwell
    1988, 1991 My Secret Identity Caroline 2 episodes
    1989 data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" The Twilight Zone Beverly Episode: "The Mind of Simon Foster"
    1989–91 Beetlejuice 94 episodes
    1990 Avonlea Margie Purdie Episode: "Malcolm and the Baby"
    Lantern Hill Agnes Ripley Television film
    Basil Hears a Noise Additional characters
    1991 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures Additional Voices 8 episodes
    1992–2002 data-sort-value="Big Comfy Couch, The" The Big Comfy Couch Loonette the Clown (Host)
    1992–97 X-Men 48 episodes
    1994 Free Willy Lucille
    Tales from the Cryptkeeper Kirsten Episode: "The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions"
    1995 Spider-Man Jubilation Lee/Jubilee 2 episodes
    Ultraforce Pixx
    1997 Elvis Meets Nixon Television film
    Groundling Marsh The Ice Wind Episode: "Crystal and the Ice Wind"
    1998 Silver Surfer Amber Episode: "The Origin of the Silver Surfer: Part 2"
    Once a Thief Cleo Redford Episode: "Politics of Love"
    data-sort-value="Last Don II, The" The Last Don II Fumigator Actress
    1998–2000 Noddy Island Princess
    1998–2000 data-sort-value="Powerpuff Girls, The" The Powerpuff Girls Additional Voices 16 episodes
    1998 Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend Delona
    1999–2002 Tweenies Bella US version
    1999–2003 Redwall Myrtle
    2000–01 Timothy Goes to School Nora Mouse
    SillySox (TV series) Sally (Seasons-4-6)
    2000–03 Get Set for Life Herself
    2000, 2003 Monster by Mistake Miranda Bell Season 2 (23 October 2000 "Jungleland") and season 3 (26 February 2003 "Warren's Nightmare")
    2001–03 Braceface Additional Voices 3 episodes
    2001 Haven Bernice Television film
    2002–03 Moville Mysteries Alyssa Dryden, Donna Episodes: "Curse of the Mommies" and "Follow That Mo"
    2006 data-sort-value="Naughty Naughty Pets, The" The Naughty Naughty Pets Windy Woo
    2006–07 Spider Riders Aqune, Portia
    Skyland Dahlia Recurring role
    2007 Friends and Heroes Diana
    Bakugan Battle Brawlers Miyoko Kuso, Tayghen
    2007–08 Urban Vermin Coco
    2008 Gotta Catch Santa Claus Trainee Elf Television film
    Z-Squad Chaney, Zora TV series
    2008–09 Willa's Wild Life Lara, Tiffy Tootie
    2009 Angora Napkin Beatrice Television film
    Franny's Feet Meena the Butterfly
    2009–10 Miyoko Kuso, Mira
    2009, 2010 data-sort-value="Dating Guy, The" The Dating Guy Brie 2 episodes
    2009–2011 Producing Parker Penelope guest appearance
    2009–12 data-sort-value="Amazing Spiez!, The" The Amazing Spiez! Megan Clark
    2010–11 Turbo Dogs Additional Voices 2 episodes
    2011 data-sort-value="Being Frank Show, The" The Being Frank Show Episode: #1.21
    2010–11 Miyoko Kuso
    2011–12 Miyoko Kuso, Mira, Soon
    Mia and Me Elf Girl
    2011–13 Almost Naked Animals Poodle
    2011–17 Mike the Knight Queen Martha
    2013–15 Grojband Trina Riffin
    2013 Ella the Elephant E.L. Weathers Episode: "Tiki's Quest"
    2014 Gracepoint Group Member Uncredited; episode: #1.5
    Wishenpoof! Bianca's Mom Episode: Pilot
    2015–18 Inspector Gadget Wendy Wyndlee, Tourist #2, Corsetta Camisole, Detective Data, Malicious 5 episodes
    2016 Murdoch Mysteries Mrs. Candace Riley Episode: "House of Industry"
    Looped Sarah Doover
    This Hour Has 22 Minutes Loonette the Clown Episode for October 18, 2016[17]
    2017–2018 Mysticons Princess Arkayna Goodfey/Mysticon Dragon Mage, Elven Daughter, Binky, The Mask Main role
    data-sort-value="Magic School Bus Rides Again, The" The Magic School Bus Rides Again Voice Director
    2018 Voice Director
    2020 Parallel Parker Parker, Science Parker Main role on Toonavision
    Powerbirds Bella Episode: "No One Like You"
    2022 Transformers: BotBots Voice Director
    2024 X-Men '97 Abcissa[18] Episode: "Motendo / Lifedeath – Part 1"

    Video games

    Year Title Voice role Notes
    1998 Jubilee
    Resident Evil 2
    2000
    [19]
    2003 Resident Evil Outbreak rowspan=2 Voice-over director and Motion capture director
    2004 Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 Motion capture director
    2009
    2012

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Alyson Court (1973-11-09) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816020034/https://www.zaptv.com/people/28233/alyson-court . August 16, 2024 . February 20, 2024 . ZapTV.
    2. Web site: July 12, 2022 . What Ever Happened to Loonette the Clown From 'The Big Comfy Couch?' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240613013905/https://uk.style.yahoo.com/ever-happened-loonette-clown-big-120000379.html . June 13, 2024 . August 16, 2024 . Yahoo!.
    3. http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=3691 Alyson Court at Voice Chasers Database.
    4. Web site: Guns 'n' Roses/Mega Man X5 mystery solved by... Claire Redfield . May 3, 2011 . . 2014-07-20 . January 22, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195610/https://www.gamesradar.com/guns-n-rosesmega-man-x5-mystery-solved-by-claire-redfield/ . live .
    5. http://www.cbc.ca/canadia2056/index.html?copy-cast Official Canadia 2056 Cast.
    6. Web site: Loonette on Creepy Clowns - 22 Minutes . youtube.com . October 19, 2016 . November 10, 2016 . December 14, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201214035134/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG6KKnc1lKs . live .
    7. http://dvd.ign.com/articles/893/893044p1.html SDCC 08: Resident Evil: Degeneration Unveiled.
    8. Web site: Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions.
    9. http://www.capcom-fc.com/re_dc/2009/05/claire_presence.html Talking Evil – Claire's Presence
    10. Web site: Harradence . Michael . Resident Evil 2 Remake update ahead of rumored E3 2017 debut . . June 12, 2017 . June 14, 2017 . August 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816015944/https://tempest.services.disqus.com/ads-iframe/aniview/?position=bottom&shortname=psudisqus&experiment=network_default&variant=fallthrough&service=dynamic&anchorColor=%232200cc&colorScheme=light&sourceUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psu.com%2Fnews%2Fresident-evil-2-remake-update-ahead-of-rumored-e3-2017-debut%2F&typeface=sans-serif&canonicalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.psu.com%2Fnews%2Fresident-evil-2-remake-update-ahead-of-rumored-e3-2017-debut%2F&disqus_version=current . live .
    11. Mega Man X Legacy Collection Changes One of the Series' Oddest Localization Choices. https://web.archive.org/web/20180825201929/https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/06/27/mega-man-x-legacy-collection-changes-one-of-the-series-oddest-localization-choices. dead. August 25, 2018. Game Informer.
    12. Mega Man X Legacy Collection Changes One of the Series' Oddest Localization Choices . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180825201929/https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/06/27/mega-man-x-legacy-collection-changes-one-of-the-series-oddest-localization-choices . August 25, 2018 . Game Informer.
    13. Web site: Grant. Stacey. HERE'S WHAT LOONETTE THE CLOWN FROM 'THE BIG COMFY COUCH' IS UP TO NOW. 26 January 2016. MTV News. https://web.archive.org/web/20160129002450/http://www.mtv.com/news/2732331/the-big-comfy-couch-loonette-the-clown-alyson-court/. dead. January 29, 2016. 21 October 2016.
    14. ZMThomas. 976606454747680768. The face you make when you get busted by both the bartender and your (now) fiancé by trying to take a ☘️ from the bar to use it as an engagement ring for @acourtroom. At least she said yes. Love you. pbs.twimg.com/media/DY2aYz3UMAEFcYb.jpg. Z.M. Thomas. 21 Mar 2018.
    15. alysontheother. 975594808109649926. So... I may have said that any ring would do, even made out of that tinsel clover leaf by the bar. Next thing you know... #engaged. Alyson Court. 19 Mar 2018.
    16. alysontheother. 1145748690054914049. Getting married. Happy Canada Day! . Alyson Court. 1 Jul 2019.
    17. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Loonette on Creepy Clowns 22 Minutes . YouTube. October 19, 2016 .
    18. 'X-Men '97' exclusive look reveals legacy costumes, Theo James casting . . February 15, 2024 . February 15, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240215144748/https://ew.com/x-men-97-trailer-legacy-costumes-casting-confirmed-theo-james-8580432 . live .
    19. Web site: Alyson Court (visual voices guide) . Behind The Voice Actors . 25 August 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information..