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American voice actress
Barbara Goodson
Born Other names Bertha Greene Shirley Roberts Occupation Voice actress Years active 1965–present Spouse
Bruce Gustafson
(
m. 1984)
Children 1 Website
www .barbaragoodson .com
Barbara Goodson is an American voice actress who has done voice-over work in cartoons and shows. Her best-known role was providing the English dub voice of the main villain Empress
Rita Repulsa in the
Power Rangers franchise, starting with
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers , and including
Power Rangers Zeo ,
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie , and
Power Rangers in Space .
Early life
Goodson was born in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in
New Jersey .
Career
In 1988, Goodson did her rendition of Red Fraggle in
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series .
[2]
In the 1990s, Goodson was known for voicing
Rita Repulsa in
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and her other appearances in
Power Rangers Zeo ,
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie , and
Power Rangers in Space . Other Power Rangers characters she has played include
Prince Sprocket and
Orbus in Power Rangers Zeo , and
Mandilok in
Power Rangers Wild Force . She also voiced Ladyborg in
Beetleborgs Metallix , and Mother Talzin on
Star Wars: The Clone Wars , receiving for the latter a Best Actress award from the website Behind The Voice Actors.
[2]
She also voiced in HBO's
Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Tom and
FLCL as Naota. For her work in the series CloudBread , in which she is a cast member as Wooley, Ruiz, Grandma, and Teacher Ellie, she was nominated for Best Children's Programming in 2011 for an
Annie Award . She was also awarded an Earphones Award for narrating Blair Clemons in the Time/Warner book
On a Night Like This .
[1]
She reprised her role as Rita Repulsa revived into a robotic body in a 30th anniversary
Power Rangers special
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always .
[3]
Personal life
Goodson lives in
Santa Monica, California with her husband Bruce Gustafson.
Filmography
Animation
Live-action
Anime
Ah! My Goddess: Flights of Fancy –
Sentaro Kawanishi
Ai Yori Aoshi – Aoi's Mother
Angel Tales – Toki
Arc the Lad – Boy, Boy B, Nurse, Old Woman, Waitress
Armitage: Dual-Matrix – Yoko's Kindergarten Teacher
Around the World with Willy Fog – Additional voices
Bakuto Sengen Daigunder – Akira Akebono
Barefoot Gen – Ryuta Kondo (
Streamline Pictures )
Battle B-Daman – Terry (2nd voice)
B-Daman Crossfire – Derek Watari
Biohunter – Mary
Black Jack – Koichiro (young), Old Woman
Blade of the Immortal – Fake Yaobikuni
Bleach – Numb Chandelier
Cardcaptors — Yuuki Tachibana
Crimson Wolf – Mizuo Mashio
Crying Freeman – Bayasan (Streamline Dub)
Coppelion – Granny Ayame
[5]
Cowboy Bebop – Pet Shop Owner
Cyborg 009 – Cathy, Jimmy's Mother (2001 series)
Daigunder – Akira Akebono
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – President
DearS – Oihiko's Mom
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Grandmother
Digimon – T.K.'s Mom, additional characters
Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds – Milady
Doomed Megalopolis – Keiko
Dragon Ball –
Son Goku (Zero) (
Harmony Gold dub)
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure – Akane Yamano
El Hazard: The Magnificent World 2 – Various
El Hazard: The Wanderers – Millie
Ergo Proxy – Lacan
Eureka Seven – Coda
Fafner in the Azure – Ayano Kondou
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – Unico
Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals – Queen Lenna
Figure 17 – Rin Ibaragi
FLCL –
Nandaba Naota
FLCL: Progressive – Tami Hanae
Flint the Time Detective – Petra Fina/Mrs. Iknow, Getalong
Fushigi Yūgi –
Miboshi , Subaru
Gad Guard – Kyoko Sanada
Gate Keepers – Kazuko Ukiya
Geneshaft – Hyun, Judy
G-Force: Guardians of Space – Agatha June, Pee Wee
Godzilla Singular Point — Tilda Mira
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Maruta,
Prime Minister Yoko Kayabuki
Grenadier – Teppa Aizen (boy)
Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics – Various
Gun Frontier – Erole
Gurren Lagann – Kunba
.hack//Legend of the Twilight – Katsuyuki
Haré+Guu – Sharon
Hello Kitty's Paradise – Moley
Here is Greenwood – Mrs. Ikeda (Media Blasters dub)
Honey and Clover – Aunt Akiko, Dr. Satsuki
Honeybee Hutch – Various
Hunter × Hunter 2011 series – Gon's Great-Grandmother
[6] Old Lady (Ep. 2)
[7]
Immortal Grand Prix – Misaki
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders – Enya Geil
Jungle de Ikou! – Rongo/Takuma
Kamichu! – Mitsubamaru
Karas – Tsuruta
Kekkaishi – Tokiko Yukimura
Kikaider – Masaru Komyoji
Knights of Sidonia – Lalah Hiyama
Koi Kaze – Woman
Kyo Kara Maoh! – Doria, Queen Bear Bee (Ep. 18), Rick, Conrad (Young)
Leave it to Piyoko! – Additional voices
The Legend of Black Heaven – Mother
Little Women – Aunt March
Love Hina – Mitsune Konno
[8]
L/R: Licensed by Royalty – Sean
Lupin III: Part II – Madame X
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro – Clarisse d'Cagliostro (Young; Streamline dub)
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic – Baba (Eps. 4 & 5)
Magic Knight Rayearth – Alcyone, Sang Yung
Mars Daybreak – Elizabeth Liati
Maple Town – Bobby Bear, Mama Rabbit, Mikey Mole
Megazone 23 – Yui Takanaka (Streamline Dub)
The Melody of Oblivion – Bocca's Mother, Kei, Nurse, Old Woman, President
Mermaid Forest – Old Lady
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Maria
Monster – Mrs. Fortner
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit – Torogai
My Favorite Fairy Tales – Additional voices
Naruto – Grandma Sansho
Naruto Shippuden –
Chiyo , Shima
Neo-Tokyo – Mother
The New Adventures of Gigantor – Jimmy Sparks
Noozles – Blinky, Kelly Brown
One-Punch Man – Boy (Ep. 8), Shibabawa (Ep. 9)
Otogi Zoshi – Narrator
Outlaw Star – Additional voices
Overman King Gainer – Martina Lee, Woman in Restroom
Ox Tales – Moe the Mole, additional characters
Panda! Go, Panda! – Various
Paradise Kiss – Young George, Kozue Shimamoto
Paranoia Agent – Sato
Phoenix – Obaba, Boy
Planetes – Fadlan's Daughter
The Prince of Tennis –
Sumire Ryuzaki
Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama – Shoorpanakha
Rave Master – Chino, Fortune Teller
Resident Evil: Degeneration – (PFBC) Female News Reporter, Female Zombie
Ringing Bell – Chirin (lamb)
Robot Carnival – Old Lady (Presence)
Robotech – Marie Crystal, Sera (as Shirley Roberts)
Rozen Maiden – Kazuki Shibasaki
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology – Old Lady, Ruriko Tonegawa's Mother-in-law
Rurouni Kenshin – Hana, Shougo and Saya's Mother
Sailor Moon SuperS –
Zirconia (Viz Media Dub)
Samurai Champloo – Ogin, Madam, additional voices
Samurai Girl Real Bout High School – Akira Kinomiya
Scrapped Princess Baroness Bairach, Rita
S-CRY-ed – Banka, Emergy Maxfell (Young). Girl at Party, Mama-san, Ms. Yoshii
Shin-chan (Phuuz dub) – Max
Shinzo – Additional voices
Silent Möbius – Lebia
Space Adventure Cobra – Jane
Space Pirate Captain Harlock – Queen Regina
Submarine 707R – Aldemis
Tekkaman Blade – Star Summers
Tenchi Muyo! GXP – Ryoko Balta
The Boy and the Heron – Aiko (English Dub)
The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye – Ingrid
The Twelve Kingdoms – Bishin, Gyokuyou, Takki
Tweeny Witches – Credelle, Menow
Twilight of the Dark Master – Takamiya
Ultra Maniac – Bamboo
Unico in the Island of Magic – Unico
When They Cry - Higurashi – Keiichi's Mother/Aiko Maebara, Oryou Sonozaki, Suguru Okamura
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom – Elizabeth, Ex Laila, Olivia, Pregnant Woman
Windaria – Princess Veronica
Witch Hunter Robin – Toudo's Mother
Wolf's Rain – Hanabito
Wowser – Bob Lovely, additional voices
X – Saya Monou
Yukikaze – Lynn Jackson
Ys II: Castle in the Heavens – Bana
[9]
Zillion – Apple
Zillion: Burning Night – Apple
Films
A Cat in Paris - Old Lady
A Silent Voice – Ito Nishimiya
Akira – Kaori, Takashi (Streamline dub), additional voices (
Animaze dub)
Aquarian Age the Movie – Hokuto
Belle - Yoshitani
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III – Descent – Griffith (Young), Old Fortuneteller
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children – Dinky's Mother, Mama Bir
Laputa: Castle in the Sky – Pazu, Madge (original English dub) (as Bertha Greene)
Cats Don't Dance – Various characters
Catnapped! – Queen, Toru's Friend
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie – Old Woman
The Dalton on the Run – Additional Voices
Fist of the North Star – Alei
Fly Me to the Moon – Maggot 3
Katy Caterpillar – Katy, Denise
Kiki's Delivery Service – Kiki's Mother, additional voices (Streamline Dub)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure – Darling
Lu over the Wall – Granny Octopus
Metropolis – Emmy
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always - Robo-Rita Repulsa (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Nadia Ronah
Ringing Bell – Chirin (lamb) (uncredited)
Rover Dangerfield – Farm Voices
Tenchi Muyo!: The Daughter of Darkness –
Child Yosho ,
Yuzuha
The Bad Guys - Old Lady
The Fantastic Adventures of Unico – Unico (uncredited)
Thumbelina: A Magical Story – Hoppy, Gladys (George's Wife/Hoppy's Mom), Croven, Aunt Ruth, The Human Witch, Bridesmaid #2 (uncredited)
Unico in the Island of Magic – Unico (uncredited)
Vampire Hunter D – Doris Lang (Streamline dub)
Weathering with You – Fumi Tachibana (cameo)
Zootopia – Bully
[10]
Video games
Documentary
References
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"Barbara Goodson - A Woman of Many Hats" . barbaragoodson.com . Archived from
the original on October 12, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017 .
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"Barbara Goodson" . behindthevoiceactors.com . Retrieved January 2, 2017 .
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"Power Rangers 30th-Anniversary Special Will Bring Back Major Classic Villain" . Power Rangers . Retrieved January 19, 2023 .
^ Luster, Joseph (October 10, 2021).
"High Guardian Spice Soars to Crunchyroll with New Trailer and Premiere Date" .
Crunchyroll .
Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021 .
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"Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley" . Anime News Network . November 24, 2014.
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Departure × And × Friends ". Hunter × Hunter . Episode 1. Viz Media. April 16, 2016. Adult Swim.
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Test × of × Tests ". Hunter × Hunter . Episode 2. Viz Media. April 23, 2016. Adult Swim.
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Love Hina, Volume 5 – Summer By The Sea . Bandai (DVD). 2002.
ISBN
9781594097201 . – select Extras, Credits, page to "Featuring the Voices Of"
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"Barbara Goodson (visual voices guide)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved March 27, 2021 . 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information. {{
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: CS1 maint: postscript (
link )
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"Barbara Goodson | Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo" . Archived from
the original on April 4, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016 .
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FromSoftware . Armored Core: Verdict Day .
Bandai Namco Entertainment . Scene: Ending credits, 2:13 in, CAST LIST. Credited as Barbra Goodson.
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"Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved December 1, 2021 . 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 opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information. {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: postscript (
link )
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"Final Fantasy XIII (2010 Video Game)" . Behind The Voice Actors . Retrieved December 20, 2023 .
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"Fire Emblem Heroes" . Nintendo . Retrieved August 28, 2021 .
^ Toylogic Inc. Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139.. .
Square Enix . Scene: Ending credits, 21:44.
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"Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Adding Rita Repulsa" . December 10, 2021.
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