Corinne Conley

Corinne Alexandra Conley (born May 23, 1929) is an American retired actress whose career spanned almost seven decades. She spent the majority of her career in Canada, notable for having won the Canadian Council of Authors and Artists' Best Actress Award. Conley is known for her voiceover work in various films and television productions, being most famously recognized for voicing Rudolph's mother and presumably Dolly for Sue in the 1964 animated television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Conley's acting career spanned seventy years, receiving several nominations for her work. She has also made prominent and notable appearances in Tales of the Wizard of Oz as Dorothy Gale, Days of Our Lives as Phyllis Anderson, the Goosebumps episode "Monster Blood" as Aunt Katherine, Quads! as Sister Butch, A Christmas Horror Story as Aunt Edda, and voicing multiple characters in the Watch Dogs: Legion video game.

Acting career For two years, she played the ingenue lead in The Common Glory, an outdoor drama in Williamsburg, Virginia.

For four years, Conley portrayed Phyllis Anderson on the NBC-TV daytime drama Days of Our Lives.

Conley was a winner of the Canadian radio talent competition Opportunity Knocks. She played the female lead in CBC-TV's adaptation of the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. Other Canadian TV programs on which she appeared included Playdate, G. M. Presents, and Portrait. She also was heard on Crime Quiz on CBC Radio, and she made commercials for radio and TV.

On Broadway, Conley portrayed Pearl Vambrance in Love and Libel (1960). Her other stage experience includes productions of the National Classic Theatre (NCT) in New York, She also performed with the comedy duo Wayne and Shuster across Canada.

In an interview with Saturday Morning Rewind in 2013, Conley admitted to having no memory of voicing Dolly for Sue during the production of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), but remembers voicing Rudolph's mother. She told the interviewer that the possibility of voicing Dolly is likely, but has no memory of it. According to several movie databases and websites, Corinne Conley is credited as Dolly for Sue and additional voices.

As of 2021, Corinne is the last of the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special's surviving voice cast, following the deaths of long surviving co-stars Carl Banas in April 2020, Paul Soles in May 2021, and Alfie Scopp in July 2021.

Personal life Conley was born in New York and spent most of her youth in Radford, Virginia. After graduating from high school in Radford, she graduated from the University of Mary Washington in Virginia.

Filmography Tit-Coq (1953) - Rosie Flight into Danger (1956) - Janet Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) - Dolly for Sue and Rudolph's mother The Return of Count Yorga (1971) - Witch The Night God Screamed (1971) - Betty Coogan Check It Out! (1988) - Darla Fontaine, Episode: Educating Leslie Mark Twain and Me (1991) - Saleswoman Final Judgment (1991) - Dr. Monroe Search for Diana (1992) - Dr. Woodhouse Deadly Matrimony (1992) - Genevieve Capstaff Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (1993) - Female Judge Butterbox Babies (1995) - Mrs. Chadaway Salt Water Moose (1996) - Grandma Cleveland Woods Last Day on Earth (short film, 1996) Her Desperate Choice (1996) - Jody's Mother The Care and Handling of Roses (1996) - Margaret The Defenders: Payback (1997) - Judge Turner Dead Husbands (1998) - Mrs. Catcher Custody of the Heart (2000) - Connie Franklin and the Green Knight: The Movie (2000) - Granny Turtle (voice only) Guilty Hearts (2002) - Mae Moran RFK (2002) - Rose Kennedy Christmas Rush (2002) - Gramma Pat The Berenstain Bears (2002) - Grizzly Gran (voice only) Big Spender (2003) - Rita Love Rules! (2004) - Grandma Betty Saving Emily (2004) - Grandma Wilton Heidi (2005) - Grannie (voice only) Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006) - Granny Turtle (voice only) Legacy of Fear (2006) - Mimi Wickersham Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story (2006) - Maud Nature of the Beast (2007) - Lucy Sullivan The Way It Used to Be (short film, 2009) - Rebecca Old Stock (2012) - Gloria Cas & Dylan (2013) - Rose WolfCop (2014) - Mayor Bradley A Christmas Horror Story (2015) - Aunt Edda A Simple Favor (2018) - Librarian