Susan Roman (born April 17)[2] is a Canadian television and voice actress and voice director, best known for voice acting the role of Lita/Sailor Jupiter in the Canada DiC (and later Cloverway/CWi) dub of the anime Sailor Moon.[3][4] She is one of the few voice actors to remain throughout the entire run of the Sailor Moon series.
Susan Roman | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
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Years active | 1977–present |
Agent | Edna Talent Management LTD[1] |
Career
editRoman's other best-known role was the voice of Melissa Raccoon from the second season of The Raccoons until the end of the series. She also provided the vocal characterization for Snowy's dog sounds in the television series The Adventures of Tintin.
In 2000, Roman voiced James the Red Engine in Thomas and the Magic Railroad.[1] She has also played Mayor Amelia in the English version of Mega Man Legends,[1] Mega Man Trigger in the English version of Mega Man Legends 2, and the voice of Harry's mom in the television series Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs.
She played the voice of two Care Bears in different decades: Champ Bear in the Care Bears TV series, and Good Luck Bear in Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot (2004) and The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie (2005).
She played the voice of Oliver and Judy Tate in Beyblade as well as Salima in Beyblade V-Force. She had a recurring guest role as several characters in the 1990s X-Men animated series.[1]
Also, she was the speaking voice of Angel, the heroine of Nelvana's first full-length film, 1983's Rock & Rule.[1]
Susan voices Joe's Mom in the TV Series Time Warp Trio and Zozo in Weird Years and also Tika in Barbie as the Island Princess.
She has also voice directed the North American / Canadian dubbed versions of the British children's TV series Tom and Vicky and Animal Shelf that aired on It's Itsy Bitsy Time.
Filmography
editAnime
edit- Bakugan Battle Brawlers – Akira
- Beyblade – Judy, Salima, Oliver
- Beyblade: Metal Masters, Beyblade: Metal Fury – Chi-yun Li
- Keroppi and Friends – Pekkle (Pekkle segments only)
- Sailor Moon – Sailor Jupiter (DiC/Cloverway dub)
- Sailor Moon R the Movie: Promise of the Rose – Sailor Jupiter (Pioneer/Optimum Productions dub)
- Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice – Sailor Jupiter (Pioneer/Optimum Productions dub)
- Sailor Moon Super S the Movie: Black Dream Hole – Sailor Jupiter (Pioneer/Optimum Productions dub)
Animation
edit- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective – Additional Voices
- The Accuser – Lucia, Fore, Nurse[2]
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 – Additional Voices
- The Adventures of Tintin: The Series – Snowy[2]
- The Avengers: United They Stand – Moonstone, Dragonfly, Vertigo, Reptilla, Virgo
- Babar – Additional Voices
- Beetlejuice – Bea Juice, Miss Shapen
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures – Additional Voices
- Birdz – Eddie Storkowitz[2]
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry – Cucumber, Professor Dog, April Rhino, Squirty, Additional Voices
- Barbie as the Island Princess – Tika[2]
- Cadillacs and Dinosaurs – Hannah Dundee[2]
- The Care Bears Family – Champ Bear (Season 3 only)
- The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures
- Creative Galaxy – Mom
- Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot – Good Luck Bear[2]
- The Care Bears' Big Wish Movie – Good Luck Bear[2]
- Ella the Elephant – Mrs. Potter
- Franklin – Beatrice[2]
- Flappers – May
- Franny's Feet – Additional voices
- The Franny Strong Show – Franny Eunice Strong (US/Canada Version)
- Freaky Stories – Narrator
- Garbage Pail Kids
- Enfants Directeurs – Franny Eunice Strong, Milli Cyrus (Mrs. Cyrus)
- Hammerman – Hammerman's Would-Be Girlfriend
- Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs – Mom[2]
- Heavy Metal – Girl, Satellite[2]
- The Incredible Crash Dummies – Computer
- King of Kensington – Miss Ontario, Peggy
- The Koala Brothers – Lolly (1st voice only)
- Little People: Big Discoveries – Eddie, Sarah Lynn, Firefighter Cheryl
- Learn to Be a Princess – Tika
- Love & Murder – Elizabeth Mazzoula
- The Magic of Herself the Elf – voice of Wood Pink
- Mattimeo: A Tale of Redwall – Jess, Rosyqueen Stump
- Maxie's World – Ashley
- Medabots – Natalie
- Men – Marsha
- Miss BG – Mom
- Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends – Cookie
- Mythic Warriors – Aspasia[2]
- My Big Big Friend – Yuri's Mother
- A Miser Brothers' Christmas – Tinsel, Dr. Noel, Others
- The Newcomers
- Nicky Note – Amy
- The Nutcracker Prince – Mouse, Mrs. Miller, Guest #1, Doll, Spectator[2]
- Pandalian – Bingo
- Piggsburg Pigs! – Lorelei
- The Raccoons – Melissa Raccoon (1987–1991)
- Redwall – Jess Squirrel
- Robocop: The Animated Series – Officer Anne Lewis[2]
- Rabid – Mindy Kent
- Rock & Rule – Angel[2]
- Rolie Polie Olie – Fifi
- Sanity Clause – Kathy
- Special People – Annie
- Spyburbia – Mom
- Starcom: The U.S. Space Force – Lt. Kelsey Carver (Starbase Command)[2]
- Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name – Orange Blossum, Peach Blush
- Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise – Ada, Blueberry Muffin, Crepe Suzette
- Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins – Berry Princess, Peach Blush, Peach Berrykin
- The Special Magic of Herself the Elf – Wood Pink[2]
- The Incredible Crash Dummies – Computer voice[2]
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad – James the Red Engine[2]
- Time Warp Trio – Joe's Mom[2]
- TweenKidz – Alyson Charlette (US version)
- The Turner Brothers – Lolly (1st voice only)
- The World of Piwi – Tank (1st voice), William (1st voice)
- Weird Years – Zozo Dorkovitch
- Wish Kid – Additional Voices
- X-Men – Bella Donna,[5] Amelia Voght, Callisto, Scarlet Witch, Warlock's Life-Mate
Video games
edit- Bakugan: Battle Brawlers – Akira[2]
- Barbie as the Island Princess – Tika[2]
- Laura's Happy Adventures – Laura
- Mega Man Legends – Mayor Amelia[2]
- Mega Man Legends 2 – Mega Man Trigger[2]
Live-action
edit- Flappers – May
- King of Kensington – Peggy, Miss Ontario
- Rabid – Mindy Kent
- Street Legal – Kathleen Sheridan
- The Twilight Zone – Leslie Sellick
- Thomas and the Magic Railroad – James the Red Engine (voice)[2]
Production staff
editVoice director
edit- Animal Shelf (USA/Canadian dub)
- Tom and Vicky (USA/Canadian dub)
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Susan Roman". Voice Chasers. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Susan Roman (visual voices guide)". Behind the Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Sailor Moon: Interview With the Original English Voice Cast | Den of Geek". www.denofgeek.com. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020.
- ^ "Cameo: Linda Ballantyne". July 25, 2014.
- ^ Houston, Larry [@xmendirector] (March 30, 2022). "I very much dislike "blanket credits" as they are called in the industry. It is the lazy post-production option. I prefer upfront individual credits per show. This list I found in my storage unit will help those fans who always wanted to know who did what voice back then. Cheers!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 1, 2024 – via Twitter.
External links
edit- Susan Roman at IMDb
- Susan Roman at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Susan Roman on Twitter