JANET WALDO

'Janet Waldo' (born February 4 1918 (some sources say 1920) in Grandview, Washington) is a well-known actress and voice artist with a career spanning animation, live-action films, radio and television.
On radio, Waldo was heard on many programs, including ''One Man's Family'', yet she left a lasting impression as teenager Corliss Archer in ''Meet Corliss Archer'' even though Shirley Temple starred in the film adaptations, ''Kiss and Tell'' (1945) and ''A Kiss for Corliss'' (1949).
In animation, she was most notable for providing the voice of teenager Judy Jetson in all versions of the Hanna-Barbera television cartoon ''The Jetsons'', except where the role was played by Tiffany. Waldo is the last surviving cast member of ''The Jetsons'' series.
She also provided voices for Nancy in "Shazzan", Josie in ''Josie and the Pussycats'', Penelope Pitstop in ''Wacky Races'' and its spinoff series ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop'', a teenage babysitter named Jeannie from ''Tom and Jerry'' in the two episodes, ''Busy Buddies'' and ''Tot Watchers'', and many other animated female characters. She did the voices of Morticia Addams in the short-lived 1973 cartoon series adaptation of ''The Addams Family'' and Debbie in ''Speed Buggy''.
Waldo played ingenue roles in a handful of 1940s films, often in small, unbilled roles although she was the leading lady in three Westerns, two of them starring Tim Holt. Waldo made a rare television acting appearance when she appeared on an episode of ''I Love Lucy'' with Richard Crenna, as a young girl smitten with Ricky Ricardo. She later was the female lead opposite Anthony Franciosa in the short-lived sitcom "Valentine's Day" in 1964.
Waldo, a descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was married to playwright Robert Edwin Lee from 1948 until his death in 1994. They have two children.

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★ Jerry Haendiges Listening Lounge: Janet Waldo in ''Meet Corliss Archer'' (April 6, 1947)

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★ Voice Chasers: Janet Waldo