Pat Welsh (actress)
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Pat Welsh | |
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Born | Patricia Anderson Carroll February 11, 1915 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Green Valley, Arizona, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse(s) | Tom Welsh |
Pat Welsh (born Patricia Anderson Carroll; February 11, 1915 – January 26, 1995) was an American film actress, known as the raspy voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Career
Welsh was an radio soap opera actress and only appeared in three films, most famously as the voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Her only movie appearance was in the 1940 WW1 film Waterloo Bridge.
As a chain smoker, she had a raspy voice that gave E.T. his trademark speech sound.[1] She also had been hired by George Lucas to be the voice of Boushh in the film Return of the Jedi. Lucas had said he was in the laundromat when he thought her ambiguous voice was perfect.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
Carroll died of Pneumonia on January 26, 1995, at the age of 79, in Green Valley, Arizona
Notes
- ↑ Callo, Jim (August 23, 1982). "Revealing His Secrets at Last: Director Steven Spielberg Takes the Wraps Off E.T.", People 18 (8). Retrieved April 5, 2013.
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