Sally Dryer Explained

Sally Dryer
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1963–1969

Sally Dryer is an American former child voice actress, artist, and store owner best known for her voice-over work in the 1960s.

Career

Dryer provided the voices for several Peanuts characters in television specials and film from 1965 to 1969. Dryer first started as the voice of Violet in A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963) and A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), before going on to Lucy in four Peanuts specials Charlie Brown's All-Stars (1966), It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), You're in Love, Charlie Brown (1967), and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968).

Dryer then provided the voice of Patty (not to be confused with the character of Peppermint Patty) in the feature film A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Dryer's last stint with the Peanuts gang was performing the voices of Clara, Shirley, and Sophie in It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown.

Dryer also starred as herself in a pair of recent documentaries on the 1960s Peanuts television phenomenon. Dryer was interviewed on the special documentary You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown (1990); and on the documentary The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (2001).

Personal life

She is openly lesbian and lives with her partner.[1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 A Boy Named Charlie Brown Voice role
1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas
1966 Charlie Brown's All-Stars! Lucy van Pelt
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
1967 You're in Love, Charlie Brown
1968 He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown
1969 It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown Clara/Shirley/Sophie
A Boy Named Charlie Brown Patty
1990 You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown Herself
2001 The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Peanuts" interview: Sally Dryer (Violet in Christmas, Lucy in Halloween).