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Christine Cavanaugh (birth name: Christine Josephine Sandberg) was an American actress from Layton, Utah. She emerged as a prolific voice actress in the 1990s, voicing roles in many films and television series. She chose to retire from acting in 2001, at the age of 38. Her most famous voice roles were the energetic tomboy Gosalyn Waddlemeyer-Mallard in "Darkwing Duck" (1991-1992), the timid Chuckie Finster in "Rugrats" (1991-2002), the heroic cyborg Bunnie Rabbot in "Sonic the Hedgehog" (1993-1994), the shape-shifting monster Oblina in "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" (1994-1997), the overweight boy Martin Sherman in "The Critic" (1994-1995), the orphaned piglet Babe in the film "Babe" (1995), the genius child Dexter in "Dexter's Laboratory" (1996-2002), and the prehistoric caveboy Bamm-Bamm Rubble in "Cave Kids" (1996).
In 1963, Cavanaugh was born in Layton, Utah. The city is a bedroom community for the Hill Air Force Base, one of the largest employers in the state of Utah. The base has been in operation since 1940. Cavanaugh's parents were Waldo Eugene Sandberg and his wife Rheta Mason. She and her family were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a nontrinitarian Christian church whose membership includes much of Utah's population.
In 1985, Cavanaugh married Kevin James Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh was her married name and she kept it throughout her career. The marriage ended in a divorce within a few years. She never remarried. She started performing voice roles c. 1988. In 1990, she had a guest role in the live-action sitcom "Cheers". She played Terry Gardner, the new roommate of bartender Woody Boyd (played by Woody Harrelson). The co-habitation does not work out because Terry's jealous ex-husband attempts to reclaim her as his spouse.
Cavanaugh had much more success as a voice actress in the 1990s, while her live-action roles were few. In 1997, she had a memorable guest-appearance in the science fiction series "The X-Files". She played Amanda Nelligan, a woman impregnated by a shape-shifter. The shape-shifter in question primarily used his skills to seduce women, and the investigating agents eventually found out that he had fathered at least 5 children.
Cavanagh abruptly chose to retire from acting in 2001, for personal reasons. Previously recorded episodes featuring her voice continued to be released until 2003. She was replaced by Nancy Cartwright as the voice of Chuckie Finster, and by Candi Milo as the voice of Dexter.
Cavanagh lived in retirement until her death in December 2014. She died at her home in Cedar City, Utah. No cause of death was mentioned in press announcements. She was 51-years-old. Her remains were cremated. Her ashes were scattered into the Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. Cavanagh is fondly remembered by animation fans,. A number of the television series in which she appeared have maintained cult followings for decades.- Actor
Donald Bradburn was born on 14 June 1940 in Lindsay, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 23 July 2020 in Cedar City, Utah, USA.- Additional Crew
Texas-born Burch Mann was the descendant of early Texas pioneers. Her family moved to Oklahoma when she was 12, as her father was in the oil business. She and her brother Michael began taking dance lessons in Tulsa around that time. After graduating high school she set out for New York, and studied ballet for two years under Mikhail Mordkin. She returned to Tulsa in 1930, married and began to raise a family. She was a dance teacher in Tulsa, but soon rejoined Mordkin's dance troupe, which was on a US tour. She eventually retired from dancing and the family moved to Los Angeles, and she opened a dance studio in nearby Alhambra. She had become acquainted with Bill Walsh, a producer at Walt Disney Studios, and when he was looking for children to cast for what would become The Mickey Mouse Club (1955), he called her. She wound up being hired as choreographer for the show, a position she held for nine months. She created such familiar routines as the "Talent Round-Up Day" opening, the "Mouseketap" and the "Fun with Music Day". She left the show after the first season to resume teaching at her dance studio.
In addition to running the studio, she also choreographed and provided dancers for the shows at the Knotts Berry Farm amusement park and formed what would become the American Folk Ballet troupe. After the death of her husband in 1971, she moved to Utah and took the troupe with her, but they continued to tour nationally and internationally.
She died in Cedar City, UT, on June 25, 1996.- Ballard Harris was born on 28 June 1914 in Green River, Utah, USA. Ballard was married to Wava Robb and Maxine Holbrook. Ballard died on 14 December 2005 in Cedar City, Utah, USA.
- Fred Cruikshank Adams was born in Cedar City in 1931, and spent his early years in Parowan, Delta, and Montpelier, Idaho. He served at the Pentagon during the Korean War, in charge of entertainment and morale-bringing his joy and brilliance to the officers who served with him. Fred touched the lives of countless students as a professor at SUU for thirty-eight years. He was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, and served a three-year mission in Finland.
In 1961, Fred and his beloved wife Barbara Barbara dreamed up their craziest scheme to date: a Shakespearean festival in the hot Utah desert. With blood, sweat, tears, and glitter, they built the Utah Shakespearean Festival into the renowned institution it is today. Throughout his career, Fred received a myriad of prestigious awards and recognitions, including the coveted Tony Award.
After forty-four years as executive producer, Fred retired from an active role at USF-though you wouldn't know it from looking at him. Not a day went by that he wasn't seen at the festival: directing shows, acting onstage, raising funds, or even pulling weeds in the statue garden. Fred loved his work and his work-family dearly, and cherished them all his life.
In the early morning of February 6, 2020, Fred finally lost a twenty-two year long battle with cancer. - San Christopher was born on 21 August 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Squares (1972), The Late Liz (1971) and Daniel Boone (1964). She died on 28 October 1993 in Cedar City, Utah, USA.
- Jeremy Nobis was born on 31 August 1970 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He died on 19 April 2023 in Cedar City, Utah, USA.
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Keith Cotton was born on 20 January 1958 in Valparaiso, Florida, USA. He is known for Dante's Peak (1997) and Playing by Heart (1998). He died on 7 October 2006 in Cedar City, Utah, USA.