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Barbara Goodson

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Barbara Goodson
Born
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Other namesBertha Greene
Shirley Roberts
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1979–present
Spouse
Bruce Gustafson
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(m. 1984)​
Children1
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20200125124346/http://www.barbaragoodson.com/ Edit this at Wikidata

Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress Rita Repulsa in the Power Rangers television series, starting with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and including Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, and Power Rangers in Space.

Early life

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Goodson was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Career

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In 1988, Goodson did her rendition of Red Fraggle in Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series.[2]

In the 1990s, Goodson was known for voicing Rita Repulsa in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and her other appearances in Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, and Power Rangers in Space. Other Power Rangers characters she has played include Prince Sprocket and Orbus in Power Rangers Zeo, and Mandilok in Power Rangers Wild Force. She also voiced Ladyborg in Beetleborgs Metallix, and Mother Talzin on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, receiving for the latter a Best Actress award from the website Behind The Voice Actors.[2]

She also voiced in HBO's Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom and FLCL as Naota. For her work in the series CloudBread, in which she is a cast member as Wooley, Ruiz, Grandma, and Teacher Ellie, she was nominated for Best Children's Programming in 2011 for an Annie Award. She was also awarded an Earphones Award for narrating Blair Clemons in the Time/Warner book On a Night Like This.[1]

She reprised her role as Rita Repulsa revived into a robotic body in a 30th anniversary Power Rangers special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.[3]

Filmography

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Animation

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Live-action

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Anime

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Films

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Video games

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Documentary

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Barbara Goodson - A Woman of Many Hats". barbaragoodson.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Barbara Goodson". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  3. ^ "Power Rangers 30th-Anniversary Special Will Bring Back Major Classic Villain". Power Rangers. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Luster, Joseph (October 10, 2021). "High Guardian Spice Soars to Crunchyroll with New Trailer and Premiere Date". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  5. ^ "Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley". Anime News Network. November 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "Just Announced at Anime NYC! 🎉 The English voice cast for #DANDADAN is bringing the energy you've been waiting for! 🔮 Seiko: @KariWahlgren ⚡ Aira: @LisaReimold 🔥 Jiji: @AleksLeVO 💨 Turbo Granny: Barbara Goodson🪐 Serpoians: @BenjaminDiskin". Twitter. August 24, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "Departure × And × Friends". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 1. Viz Media. April 16, 2016. Adult Swim.
  8. ^ "Test × of × Tests". Hunter × Hunter. Episode 2. Viz Media. April 23, 2016. Adult Swim.
  9. ^ Love Hina, Volume 5 – Summer By The Sea. Bandai (DVD). 2002. ISBN 9781594097201. – select Extras, Credits, page to "Featuring the Voices Of"
  10. ^ a b c "Barbara Goodson (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 27, 2021. 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ "Barbara Goodson | Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo". Archived from the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  12. ^ FromSoftware. Armored Core: Verdict Day. Bandai Namco Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:13 in, CAST LIST. Credited as Barbra Goodson.
  13. ^ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 1, 2021. 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 credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  14. ^ "Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  15. ^ "Fire Emblem Heroes". Nintendo. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  16. ^ Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 21:44.
  17. ^ "Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Adding Rita Repulsa". December 10, 2021.
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