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Julie McWhirter

Julie McWhirter

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Julie McWhirter (also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees) is an Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a U.S. state, the 19th admitted to the Union. It is located in the Great Lakes region, and with approximately 6.3 million residents, is ranked 16th in population and 17th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area, and is the...

-born voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Kanga
Kanga
Kanga is the name of a recurring fictional character in A. A. Milne's series of books about Winnie-the-Pooh. A female kangaroo, Kanga is Roo's mother and a good friend to Winnie-the-Pooh and all the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood. She lives with Roo in a house near the Sandy Pit in the...

 in "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a Disney Winnie-the-Pooh animated featurette, based on two chapters from the books Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, released on March 11, 1983 with the re-issue of The Sword in the Stone...

". Her voice acting also includes numerous Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. , was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 cartoons, such as Jeannie, Jabberjaw
Jabberjaw
Jabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Inc. from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC.-Premise:...

, Casper and the Angels
Casper and the Angels
Casper and the Angels was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired for one season on NBC....

, Drak Pack
Drak Pack
Drak Pack was an animated television series. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning between September 6, 1980 and September 12, 1982. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary, listed in the credits as "Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd"...

and The Smurfs
The Smurfs (1981 TV series)
The Smurfs is a American cartoon series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1981 to December 2, 1989, with reruns airing until August 25, 1990. Made by Hanna-Barbera, it is based on the Belgian comic series The Smurfs, created by Peyo, and aired for 256 episodes, with a total of 421...

. She was also one of the hosts of the 1977 sketch comedy series Wacko
Wacko (TV series)
Wacko was a 30 minute kids show that aired on CBS on Saturday mornings. The show was a live action variety show featuring skits and musical numbers...

. Julie was a 1970 graduate of Depauw University
DePauw University
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University...

 who received a degree in speech.
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Julie McWhirter (also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees) is an Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a U.S. state, the 19th admitted to the Union. It is located in the Great Lakes region, and with approximately 6.3 million residents, is ranked 16th in population and 17th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area, and is the...

-born voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Kanga
Kanga
Kanga is the name of a recurring fictional character in A. A. Milne's series of books about Winnie-the-Pooh. A female kangaroo, Kanga is Roo's mother and a good friend to Winnie-the-Pooh and all the other residents of the Hundred Acre Wood. She lives with Roo in a house near the Sandy Pit in the...

 in "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a Disney Winnie-the-Pooh animated featurette, based on two chapters from the books Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, released on March 11, 1983 with the re-issue of The Sword in the Stone...

". Her voice acting also includes numerous Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. , was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 cartoons, such as Jeannie, Jabberjaw
Jabberjaw
Jabberjaw is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Inc. from September 11, 1976 to September 3, 1978 on ABC.-Premise:...

, Casper and the Angels
Casper and the Angels
Casper and the Angels was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired for one season on NBC....

, Drak Pack
Drak Pack
Drak Pack was an animated television series. It aired in the United States on CBS Saturday Morning between September 6, 1980 and September 12, 1982. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera's Australian subsidiary, listed in the credits as "Hanna-Barbera Pty. Ltd"...

and The Smurfs
The Smurfs (1981 TV series)
The Smurfs is a American cartoon series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1981 to December 2, 1989, with reruns airing until August 25, 1990. Made by Hanna-Barbera, it is based on the Belgian comic series The Smurfs, created by Peyo, and aired for 256 episodes, with a total of 421...

. She was also one of the hosts of the 1977 sketch comedy series Wacko
Wacko (TV series)
Wacko was a 30 minute kids show that aired on CBS on Saturday mornings. The show was a live action variety show featuring skits and musical numbers...

. Julie was a 1970 graduate of Depauw University
DePauw University
DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University...

 who received a degree in speech. She is the wife of disc jockey
Disc jockey
A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc referred to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling...

 Rick Dees
Rick Dees
Rick Dees is an American comedic performer, entertainer, and radio personality, best known for his internationally syndicated radio show The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Countdown and for the novelty song "Disco Duck." He is a People's Choice Award recipient, a Grammy nominated performing artist, and...

.