Corinne Orr
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Corinne Orr was born in the French-Canadian village of St. Hyacinthe in 1936. At an early age, Corinne's mother enrolled her daughter in elocution lessons. She became involved in Children's Theatre beginning at the age of 10 and started to develop her repetroire of voices.
By the age of 14, Corinne was working with the Montreal Repertory Theatre and the Montreal Mountain Playhouse ensemble, acting alongside such notables as Barry Morse (The Fugitive, Space: 1999), Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music), and William Shatner (Star Trek) in productions like Noel Coward's Dinner at Eight. With her solid background on the stage, Corinne soon landed work on the CBC radio in such dramas as Laura Limited, and was then hired to CBC television to portray the character of 'Suzie Mouse' on the children's soap opera Chez Helene, a bilingual program devoted to teaching children English and French. Robert Goulet and Orr were by then the two single highest paid performers on CBC.
In New York, Corinne began working regularly on radio, television, and as a voice artist. One of her first jobs was a continuing role on the daytime soap opera The Nurses. She also began her lucrative career as spokesperson for a variety of companies in a wide range of radio and television commercials. She also dubbed foreign films into English and, since she is a multi-voiced talent, she is in demand in the cartoon world.
Corinne's animation credits include Star Blazers (Nova), Ultraman, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (The Queen of the Crown), and Marine Boy, voicing the characters of Marine Boy, Neptina, and Cli-Cli. She also voiced the classic Speed Racer series, in which she portrayed Trixie, Spritle, and all the rest of the female characters, and the Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders series, where she played the characters of Queen Anya and Lady Kale. In addition to commercials and cartoons, she has narrated children's stories, provided voices for several dolls, and recorded books on tape. For fifteen years, she was the voice of Snuggle the Bear for Snuggles fabric softener brand in their commercials, and continues to work in such series as the Disney show PB&J Otter.
