Pat Welsh (actress)
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Pat Welsh was an American film
actress, known as the voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
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. When Welsh was in a camera store, Ben Burtt
, the sound design
er of the film's character E.T., heard her talking and asked her to audition for the role. As a chain smoker
, she had a raspy voice that gave E.T. its trademark speech sound. She also had been hired by George Lucas to be the voice of Boushh in Star wars Return of The Jedi. Lucas had said he was in the laundromat when he thought her ambiguous voice was perfect.
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
actress, known as the voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...
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Career
Welsh only appeared in three films, most famously as the voice of E.T. in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...
. When Welsh was in a camera store, Ben Burtt
Ben Burtt
Benjamin "Ben" Burtt, Jr. is an American sound designer who has worked on various films including: the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , and WALL-E...
, the sound design
Sound design
Sound design is the process of specifying, acquiring, manipulating or generating audio elements. It is employed in a variety of disciplines including filmmaking, television production, theatre, sound recording and reproduction, live performance, sound art, post-production and video game software...
er of the film's character E.T., heard her talking and asked her to audition for the role. As a chain smoker
Chain smoking
Chain smoking is the practice of lighting a new cigarette for personal consumption immediately after one that is finished, sometimes using the finished cigarette to light the next one. It is a common form of addiction.-Causes:...
, she had a raspy voice that gave E.T. its trademark speech sound. She also had been hired by George Lucas to be the voice of Boushh in Star wars Return of The Jedi. Lucas had said he was in the laundromat when he thought her ambiguous voice was perfect.