Kathy Gori
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Kathy Gori | |
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 Kathy Gori eating a mango in 2011 | |
| Born | March 19, 1951 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actress, radio personality, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse |
Alan Berger (m. 1979) |
Kathy Gori (born March 19, 1951) is an American voice actress, radio personality and screenwriter.
Biography
[edit]She was born in San Francisco, California.
Gori co-wrote two original feature comedies, And Spaulding Gets Nothing for Walt Disney Pictures and Andrew Gunn Productions, and Henchman vs. Sidekick for Revolution Studios and Broken Road Productions. She also co-wrote the feature film, Desperate Moves (1981) and co-wrote the Warner Bros. film, Chaos Theory (2007), starring Ryan Reynolds.
Gori did numerous voices for Hanna-Barbera, such as Laurie in Inch High Private Eye (1973), Rosemary the Telephone Operator in the cartoon series, Hong Kong Phooey (1974), Katie Butler in Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974) and additional voices on The New Tom and Jerry Show (1975). In addition, she voiced Gidget in Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection (1972), and Depatie-Freleng's Bailey's Comets.
She has had a successful career in radio, voice-overs and commercials. She was an all night rock jock at KMPC in Los Angeles, California, KIIS and TENQ.[1] Between 1996 and 2000 she was co-host of KPFK radio's Up For Air, which received the 1997 National Federation of Community Broadcasters Silver Reel (i.e. runner-up) award for "Morning Public Affairs Program".[2] [3] [4]
She has done commercials for Taco Bell, Dodge, the Gap, Honda and many others. She won a Clio Award for her achievements in this field. She also recorded songs and voices for Sesame Street and dubbed voices in numerous movies.
Gori and her husband Alan Berger are screenwriting partners and have worked at most of the major Hollywood Studios. She also writes a food blog called The Colors of Indian Cooking. The site offers recipes, how-tos and stories from her twenty-one years experience of Indian cuisine.
Filmography
[edit]- The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie - episode - Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection - Frances 'Gidget' Lawrence (1972)
- Inch High, Private Eye - 13 episodes - Laurie (1973)
- Bailey's Comets - 4 episodes - Sarge (1973)
- Hong Kong Phooey - Rosemary (1974)
- Valley of the Dinosaurs - 16 episodes - Katie Butler (1974)
- Partridge Family 2200 AD - Laurie Partridge (1974–1975) (uncredited)
- Maude - Writer - episode: Arthur's Worry (1976)
References
[edit]- ^ "The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California". Newspapers.com. 1974-05-17. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ "Marcos Frommer". Retrieved 2011-12-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "kathy gori's Page". Archived from the original on 2012-04-22. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
- ^ Meteor Blades (September 19, 2006). "The Gori Details: Interviews with Lamont, Courage, Cole, Dean, Schiavo". Daily Kos. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
External links
[edit]- Kathy Gori at IMDb
- Hong Kong Phooey Fanriffic Zone (featuring an interview with Kathy Gori - voice of Rosemary the telephone operator)
- The Colors Of Indian Cooking
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- American radio DJs
- American voice actresses
- Radio personalities from San Francisco
- Hanna-Barbera people
- Screenwriters from California
- American women radio hosts
- American women screenwriters
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- 20th-century American women writers
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