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Jodi Benson (born October 10, 1961) is an American voice actress and singer. She is known for providing both the singing and the speaking voice of Disney's Princess Ariel in The Little Mermaid and its sequels. In 2002 and 2006, she reprised the role of Ariel in the English versions of the Kingdom Hearts video game series. If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Nickname: The Forest City Country State County Township Elevation 715 ft (218 m) Coordinates , Area 56. ... Ray Benson is the front man of the legendary Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel. ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A voice actor (also a voice artist) is a person who provides voices for animated characters (including those in feature films, television series, animated shorts), voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Disney may refer to: The Walt Disney Company and its divisions, including Walt Disney Pictures. ... Princess Ariel redirects here. ... The Little Mermaid is a 1989 Academy Award-winning animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with pencil test began on September 23, 1988 and first released on November 17, 1989 by Walt Disney Pictures. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

Biography

Personal life

Benson was born Jodi Marzorati in Rockford, Illinois.^{[neutrality disputed]} She attended Boylan Catholic High School and Millikin University, and currently lives in north Georgia with her husband Ray Benson, both of whom are Christians, and their two children.^[1] Benson has also performed in several Broadway Productions. Benson became a Christian through her husband-to-be, Ray Benson at the age of 18. In an interview with Christians in Cinema, she says that getting the part of Ariel for the Little Mermaid was God-ordained. , Nickname: The Forest City Country State County Township Elevation 715 ft (218 m) Coordinates , Area 56. ... Boylan Titans Central Catholic High School is a private Catholic school in the city of Rockford, Illinois. ... Millikin University is a co-ed, comprehensive, independent, 4-year university, with traditional undergraduate programs in Arts & Sciences, Business, Fine Arts, and Professional Studies, as well as non-traditional, adult degree-completion programs(PACE) and graduate programs in Business Administration and Nursing. ...

Career

Benson seems incapable of escaping her Little Mermaid legacy. In the Guideposts Junction video series, one character jokingly wondered whether Jodi knew anything about mermaids.^[2] The Mighty Kong featured one scene in which the lead female character, Ann Darrow (whose voice she provided), sang and swam through the water with her hair flowing about in an Ariel-like fashion.^[3] She even provided the voice for a character called Aquagirl in a two-part episode of Batman Beyond.^[4] Fortunately, Mrs. Benson seems to have no regrets about her Little Mermaid role. She says that she never gets tired of singing "Part of Your World," her signature song from this movie. The cover of the 1998 animated feature film. ... Aquagirl is the name of several fictional characters who were superheros from DC Comics. ... Batman Beyond (known as Batman of the Future in Europe, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand and India) is an American animated television series created by The WB Television Network in collaboration with DC Comics as a continuation of the Batman legacy. ... Part of Your World is a song fom the 1989 Disney film The Little Mermaid. ...

Benson also did voice-overs in video games. She played Ariel again in the video game Kingdom Hearts; she is also in Kingdom Hearts II, playing Ariel yet again, this time singing in musicals. She was also in Grandia II where she was the American voice actress for Millenia. Benson is also currently doing voice work in the Emmy winning Cartoon Network animated series, Camp Lazlo, as the characters Patsy Smiles, Scoutmistress Jane Doe, and Almondine the Owl. This article contains information on the first Kingdom Hearts video game. ... Kingdom Hearts II ) is an action role-playing game developed by Square Enix and published by Square Enix and Buena Vista Games (now Disney Interactive Studios) in 2005 for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console. ... Grandia II ) is a video game in the Grandia series made by Game Arts. ... An Emmy Award. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... Patsy Smiles is a character from the animated series, Camp Lazlo. ...

Benson will play as Cloe in The Save-Ums in 2007. The Save-Ums is one of the cartoon series shown as part of the pre-school block on Discovery Kids and TLC. Produced by Decode Entertainment in Canada, the Save-ums are a group of young creatures who spend their time at Save-Um Central, awaiting calls for help from...

Fittingly enough, Benson performs the song "Disneyland" on the Unsung Musicals compilation CD. This song was originally performed by her in the short-lived Broadway musical Smile, long before she became affiliated with the Walt Disney Company. In 1992, Benson received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Polly Baker in the musical Crazy for You. In 1989, she appeared in the short-lived musical Welcome to the Club, with Samuel E. Wright (the voice of Sebastian the Crab in The Little Mermaid). Smile is a musical originally produced on Broadway in 1986. ... Playbill cover and advertising poster. ... Samuel E. Wright (born November 20, 1948 in Camden, South Carolina) is an American actor who is best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disneys The Little Mermaid. ...

Benson had a small role as "Sam" in Disney's Enchanted as a tribute to Ariel. Enchanted is a 2007 comedy-fantasy-musical film directed by Kevin Lima. ...

Among non-Disney related films, she played in Don Bluth's version of the Hans Christian Anderson's Thumbelina, playing the heroine of the same name. She performed many songs in this film, including a duet with Barry Manilow in "Let Me Be Your Wings".

Broadway

Benson played the narrator in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1998. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, and their first performed. ...

Filmography

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Other

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Discography

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External links

For the in-memory database management system, see In-memory database. ... TV.com is a website belonging to the CNET Games and Entertainment family of websites. ... Internet Broadway Database The Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. ... The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... Lazlo is a fictional character in Camp Lazlo, an award-winning original series from Cartoon Network. ... The following is a list of characters which appear in the Cartoon Network animated television series Camp Lazlo. ... The following is a list of characters which appear in the Cartoon Network animated television series Camp Lazlo. ... The following is a list of characters which appear in the Cartoon Network animated television series Camp Lazlo. ... The following is a list of characters which appear in the Cartoon Network animated television series Camp Lazlo. ... The following is a list of characters which appear in the Cartoon Network animated television series Camp Lazlo. ... This is the list of episodes of the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo. ... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ... Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California [1]) is an Emmy-winning animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life and Camp Lazlo. ... Carlos Jaime Alazraqui (born July 20, 1962) is a Latin-American actor, comedian, impressionist and voice actor. ... STUPID STUPID Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962, in East Syracuse, New York) is an American voice actor and comedian perhaps best known for his work in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he is the voice of SpongeBob, the narrator, and Gary among others. ... Doug Lawrence (born Douglas Osowski) or simply Mr. ... Jill Talley is a comedic actress, most well-known as a major cast member of Mr. ... Mark OHare is an American cartoonist who created the comic strip Citizen Dog. ... Merriwether Williams is a story editor for Nickelodeon cartoons. ... Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis, or Kaz, (born 1959, Hoboken, New Jersey) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. ... Rockos Modern Life is an American animated television series whose four seasons aired from 1993 to 1996. ... Steve Little is a beginning voice actor for the show Camp Lazlo. ... Brian Sheesley is an animation director who has worked on several comedy shows, including directing duties on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, two episodes of The Critic, nine episodes of Futurama and two episodes of King of the Hill. ... Swinton O. Scott III is an animation director on the animated series The Simpsons. ... Wheres Lazlo is the first hour-long television movie of the animated series Camp Lazlo which first aired on Cartoon Network on February 18, 2007. ... List of Camp Lazlo episodes Strange Trout from Outer Space / Cheese Orbs is the 44th episode of the Cartoon Network show, Camp Lazlo and the fourth chapter of the Cartoon Network Invaded mini-series. ...

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