Joan Gerber

Actor

Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 for H.R. Pufnstuf, which she identified as a favorite role. She also voiced the Queen of Oz in the animated cartoon Dorothy in the Land of Oz. She was described as talented and possessing a "golden throat" and a "splendid singing voice". She had one daughter from her marriage to Frank Dowse. 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).
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 for H.R. Pufnstuf, which she identified as a favorite role. She also voiced the Queen of Oz in the animated cartoon Dorothy in the Land of Oz. She was described as talented and possessing a "golden throat" and a "splendid singing voice". She had one daughter from her marriage to Frank Dowse. 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).