Janet Marie Waldo was an American actress, prolific in voice over roles with a career encompassing radio, television, animation, and live-action films, best known for voicing Judy Jetson in The Jetsons, Penelope Pitstop in Wacky Races, Nancy in Shazzan, and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats.
Early life[]
Waldo was born in Yakima, Washington on February 4, 1919 (according to her family gravestone) although most sources, including the 1930 and 1940 census records, indicate 1920.
Her mother, Jane Althea Blodgett, was a singer trained at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and her father, Benjamin Franklin Waldo, was, according to Waldo family lore, a distant cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She had three older siblings, one of whom, Elisabeth Waldo, is an authority on pre-Columbian music and an award-winning composer-violinist who appeared in the film Song of Mexico (1945).
Janet Waldo attended the University of Washington, where her performance in a student theatrical garnered her an award and brought her to the attention of Bing Crosby. A Paramount Pictures talent scout, who was with Crosby at the time, signed Waldo for a screen test, which led to a contract with the studio.
Roles[]
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