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Mary Kay Bergman | |||||
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Born | Mary Kay Bergman June 5, 1961 Los Angeles, California | ||||
Died | Novmeber 11, 1999 (Age 38) Los Angeles, California | ||||
Characters played | Anelle Gwen Stacy | ||||
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Mary Kay Bergman (born June 5, 1961; died November 11, 1999), sometimes credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an actress who played Princess Anelle on Fantastic Four and Gwen Stacy on Spider-Man.
Biography
She is most famous for playing numerous roles on South Park and the film South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut including Liane Cartman, Sheila Broflovski, Shelly Marsh, Sharon Marsh, Carol McCormick, and Wendy Testaburger.
She is also well known for playing Scooby-Doo character Daphne Blake in the first three direct-to-video features Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost, and Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders. Following her death, Grey Griffin took over the role.
The Walt Disney Company had her voice Snow White, replacing the original actress Adriana Caselotti. This caused some controversy at the 1993 Academy Awards when Caselotti heard Bergman playing her role. Out of respect, Bergman never publicly admitted to playing the role while Caselotti was alive. She later worked on several Disney movies including Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Toy Story 2, Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure, and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
Other notable roles include Alvin & the Chipmunks, Tiny Toon Adventures, Rover Dangerfield, Rock-A-Doodle, Family Dog, the series The Little Mermaid, The Funtastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, The Tick, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, What a Cartoon!, Pony Express Rider, Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant, Microshaft Winblows 98, Batgirl in Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Leisure Suit Larry's Casino, Rugrats, I Am Weasel, Zorro, Jay Jay the Jet Plane, The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, the video game Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Deep Blue Sea, The Iron Giant, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Snowden's Christmas, The Secret Files of the SpyDogs, Men in Black: The Series, Johnny Bravo, Family Guy, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, and Balto: Wolf Quest.
She suffered from depression and ultimately committed suicide.