Kate Harbour Explained

Nationality:English
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1995–present
Father:Michael N. Harbour
Relatives:Sue Cleaver (half-sister)

Kate Harbour is an English voice actress who provides many voices for the television series Bob the Builder, including Wendy, Dizzy, Mrs. Potts, Mrs. Broadbent, Mrs. Percival, and Pilchard.[1]

Biography

She is the daughter of actor Michael N. Harbour, whose appearances included Heartbeat, Casualty, Doctors, Dixon of Dock Green and Midsomer Murders.

Career

She also provided the voice of Lyca in Lavender Castle, as well as Anita Knight and Doctor Doctor in The Secret Show. Her other roles include Oakie Doke, Shaun the Sheep, Fimbles, Boo! (as Laughing Duck), PB Bear and Friends, The Magic Key, Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!, Enid Blyton's Enchanted Lands (The Magic of the Faraway Tree), Nick & Perry and Brambly Hedge.

She also supplied voices for the popular CBeebies children's series Timmy Time. She also voiced the third Enemy Keeper in the video game Dungeon Keeper 2. She has also provided voices for many commercials and audiobooks.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
Mrs. Potts (UK)
Mrs. Broadbent (UK)
Mrs. Barbara Bentley (UK)
Mrs. Percival (UK)
Scoot (UK)
Pilchard (UK)
Direct-to-video
2003 Bob the Builder: The Knights of Fix/Can-a-Lot
2004 Bob the Builder: Snowed Under
2005Bob the Builder: When Bob Became a BuilderWendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
2006Bob the Builder: Built to Be Wild
2008Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish
2015 Shaun the Sheep Movie Timmy's Mum and Meryl
2019 Timmy's Mum and Agent Red

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Oakie Doke Additional voices
1997 Brambly Hedge Episode: "Spring Story"
1997 Enid Blytons Enchanted Lands: The Magic Faraway TreeBeth
Silky
1999 Lavender Castle Lyca
Walking Stick
1996–1999 Percy the Park Keeper Female animals
1999-2000 The Big Knights Mindy
2000-2001 The Magic Key Wilma Page
Mrs. Robinson
2001-2002 The Wheels on the Bus Female characters
2002–2004 Fimbles Florrie
Ribble
1999–2012 Bob the Builder Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
Scratch (UK)
Additional voices
2003 Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto! Additional voices Episodes: "The Mango"
"The Bad Word"
2003-2006 Boo! Laughing Duck
2005 Bob the Builder: Project Build It Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
2006–2007 The Secret Show Anita Knight
Doctor Doctor
Additional voices
2007–present Shaun the Sheep Additional voices
2009–2012 Timmy Time
2015–present Messy Goes to Okido Zoe
2015 Timmy's Mum TV special
2020–present Go! Go! Cory Carson Mama Carson UK dub
2023 Awa Episode: "Enkai"

Video games

Year Title Role
1999 Dungeon Keeper 2 Enemy Keeper #3
2001 Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It Wendy (UK)
Dizzy (UK)
Mrs Potts (UK)
Pilchard (UK)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kate Harbour: Biography, Latest News & Videos.