Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 – August 22, 2011) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons. Her most challenging voice role was "all the children in a Japanese train wreck" for a Godzilla television episode. She voiced Freddy the Flute and other characters for H.R. Pufnstuf, and identified Freddy as a favorite role. She also voiced Ozma, the Queen of Oz, in the TV special Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz. She was described as talented and possessing a "golden throat" and a "splendid singing voice". She also voiced a syndicated series of roughly one-minute radio spots, "The Story Lady," that parodied children's programming.

Personal life and death

She had one daughter from her marriage to Frank Dowse. She later dated fellow actor Regis Cordic. Gerber died on August 22, 2011, at the age of 76. <ref name=SAG>Profile, Screen Actor's Guild Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 3, pg. 76 (Fall 2011).

Filmography