Diane Michelle Explained

Diane Michelle
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation:Voice actress, impressionist, painter, guitarist
Years Active:1982–present
Alma Mater:University of California, Santa Barbara

Diane Michelle is an American voice actress, famous for voicing Daisy Duck in several modern Disney projects such as The Spirit of Mickey, Mickey Mouse Works and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.

Early life

Michelle is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Career

In 1984, Michelle formed the Goils, a group of three singers in World War II uniforms who emulate The Andrews Sisters but include jazz, swing, and popular tunes in their repertoire. The group has appeared on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, spent one year as resident performers at Las Vegas' New York, New York, and toured Japan four times.

She performs in many TV and radio commercials, including as the voice of Olive Oyl in commercials for Prego Spaghetti Sauce. Her numerous television V.O. credits include The Simpsons, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (as Jane Jetson and Orbitty) and The West Wing. She has also done voices for many motion pictures, including RV (as the voice of the R.V.), , and The Savages. Michelle is the dubbed voice of Dianne Feinstein in the feature film Milk.

In 2002, Michelle launched a one-woman show at the Theme Building at LAX portraying spaceship captain/diva Va Va LaVoom, her character from Elmo Aardvark.

Her voice work also appears in Happy Feet, Wings, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, Son of Batman, Crayon Shin-chan, and Kiki's Delivery Service. Michelle has voiced multiple characters in video games such as The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (where she voiced Sally Field's rendition of Aunt May), Mass Effect, EverQuest II, and Diablo II.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992RitaEnglish dub[1]
1999Mickey's Once Upon a ChristmasDaisy Duck (singing voice)
2012WingsRosieEnglish dub
2014Son of BatmanFrancine LangstromDirect-to-video
2017Top Cat BeginsTourist

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992–1994Candance3 episodes
1998Pinky and the BrainMousey GaloreEpisode: "To Russia with Lab Mice"
1998–2000Lashina4 episodes
2001Invader ZimAvon Lady, Mrs. Slunchy, Earth MotherEpisode: "Walk of Doom"
2001–2003House of MouseDaisy Duck6 episodes
2002As Told by GingerDr. Fondfeelings2 episodes
2004Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawJane Jetson, OrbittyEpisode: "Back to the Present"
2004–2005Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumiCourtney, Nurse, Veronica West, Monet Renoir4 episodes
2009Cosmic MomEpisode: "Busy Box"
2017The Tom and Jerry ShowSnotti, NannyEpisode: "Pillow Case"
2021Tom and Jerry in New YorkOld Lady, Mrs. Vandarkashian2 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Iris Hineman
2007Mass EffectMira, Dr. Warren, Destiny Ascension Computer
2013Saints Row IVPresident
2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2May Parker
2015President
2017Lena Rosewyn

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diane Michelle (visual voices guide) . May 19, 2024 . Behind The Voice Actors. 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.