Julie McWhirter

Julie McWhirter
Born	Julie McWhirter
Other names	Julie Dees, Julie McWhirter-Dees
Alma mater	Depauw University
Occupation(s)	Voice actress, impressionist
Years active	1970–1993
Notable credit(s)	Jeannie as Jeannie Jabberjaw as Bubbles The Smurfs as Baby Smurf and Sassette
Spouse	Rick Dees ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	1

Julie McWhirter, also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees, is a retired American voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Jeannie in the animated version of Jeannie, Bubbles in Jabberjaw and Baby Smurf and Sassette in The Smurfs.

Biography

McWhirter graduated from DePauw University in 1970, with a degree in speech. She studied acting and improvisational comedy under the guidance of Howard Storm and Charles Conrad.

One of her first voice roles was as the title character in Jeannie, alongside Mark Hamill, Bob Hastings and Joe Besser. She also portrayed the character in her multiple appearances in other Hanna-Barbera series. She did the voice of Kanga in Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, taking over the role from Barbara Luddy. Her voice acting also includes numerous other animated programs, such as Casper and the Angels, Drak Pack, The Smurfs, The Flintstone Kids, and the Ruby-Spears series Thundarr the Barbarian.

McWhirter made her stage debut as Eliza Doolittle in the Lawrence Theatre production of My Fair Lady. She dubbed the singing voice for Blousey Brown in the film Bugsy Malone. The actress was also one of the hosts of the 1977 sketch comedy series Wacko. She portrayed Betty Rubble in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones TV movie and was the voice of Huckleberry Pie in the 1980s Strawberry Shortcake specials.

She has been married to disc jockey Rick Dees since 1977.

Filmography

Animated series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Famous Classic Tales	Additional voices	Episode: "Tales of Washington Irving"
1972	The Barkleys	Terry Barkley	13 episodes
1973–75	Jeannie	Jeannie	16 episodes
1973	The New Scooby-Doo Movies	Jeannie	Episode: "Mystery in Persia"
1974–75	Partridge Family 2200 A.D.	Marion Moonglow	16 episodes
1976	Clue Club	Additional voices
1976	The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour	Queen Hornet	2 episodes
1976	Jabberjaw	Bubbles	16 episodes
1977–80	Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels	Additional voices	40 episodes
1977	CB Bears	Additional voices
1977–78	The Skatebirds	Additional voices	Woofer & Wimper, Dog Detectives segment
1977–78	Fred Flintstone and Friends	Jeannie / Marion	95 episodes
1978	Dynomutt, Dog Wonder	Queen Hornet	2 episodes
1978	The Adventures of the Little Prince	Little Prince	26 episodes (English dub)
1979	Casper and the Angels	Casper	13 episodes
1979–80	The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show	Additional voices
1979	Casper's Halloween Special	Casper	TV special
1979	Casper's First Christmas	Casper	TV special
1980	The World of Strawberry Shortcake	Huckleberry Pie	TV special
1980–82	Drak Pack	Vampira	16 episodes
1980	The Flintstones' New Neighbors	Hidea Frankenstone	TV special
1980–81	Thundarr the Barbarian	Cinda / Stryia	2 episodes
1980	Super Friends	Additional voices
1981	Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City	Huckleberry Pie / T.N. Honey	TV special
1981	The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma	Hidea Franeknstone	TV special
1981–82	Laverne & Shirley in the Army	Additional voices
1982	Strawberry Shortcake: Pets on Parade	Huckleberry Pie	TV special
1982	Stanley, the Ugly Duckling	Additional voices	TV special
1982	Pandamonium	Amanda Panda	13 episodes
1982	The Gary Coleman Show	Lydia	2 episodes
1982	Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour	Broom Gilda	Episode: "Which Witch Is the Witch"
1982–83	Pac-Man	Dinky	4 episodes
1982–84	The Little Rascals	Alfalfa / Porky / Woim	31 episodes
1983	ABC Weekend Specials	Pollywog / Green Lady / Woman	Episode: "The Secret World of Og"
1983–85	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Additional voices
1983	Saturday Supercade	Q*Bertha / Q*Mom / Viper	Episode #1.3
1983–90	The Smurfs	Baby Smurf / Sassette Smurfling
1984	The Smurfic Games	Baby Smurf	TV special
1984–85	The Littles	Additional voices
1985	The Jetsons	Additional voices	Episode: "Elroy in Wonderland"
1986	Smurfquest	Baby Smurf / Sassette Smurfling	TV film
1986–87	The Flintstone Kids	Wilma Slaghoople / Tarpit Tommy
1987	The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones	Betty Rubble / Jet Rivers / Investor	TV film
1987	'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy	Baby Smurf / Sassette Smurfling	TV special
1991–93	The Pirates of Dark Water	Additional voices
1992	Bobby's World	Additional voices	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
1993	The Town Santa Forgot	Additional voices	TV special

Television live-action appearances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	Happy Days	Herself	10 episodes
1970	Information Processing	Herself	Documentary short
1973	The Bobby Darin Show	Herself	2 episodes
1976	The Hollywood Squares	Herself	5 episodes
1976	The Rich Little Show	Herself	12 episodes
1976–78	The Mike Douglas Show	Herself: Impressionist	5 episodes
1977	The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Ted Knight	Herself	TV special
1977	The Alan Hamel Show	Herself	1 episode
1977	Wacko	Herself: Host	10 episodes
1980	Steve Martin: All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special	Herself	TV special
1981	The Alan Thicke Show	Herself	1 episode
1981	The John Davidson Show	Herself	1 episode
1984	TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes	Herself	1 episode
1988	The New Hollywood Squares	Herself	1 episode

Animated film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Snooper Goop		Live-action/Animated short
1979	The Story of Heidi	Neighbor Lady, Peter's Mother	English dub
1983	Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore	Kanga	Animated short

External links

• Julie McWhirter at IMDb