Ginny Tyler

Merrie Virginia Eggers (née Erlandson; August 8, 1925 – July 13, 2012), known professionally as Ginny Tyler, was an American voice actress who performed on dozens of cartoons and animated films from 1957 to 1993. In 2006, she was named a Disney Legend.

Early life Tyler was born the elder of two children of Erland Alfred and Harriet (née Ruttenberg) Erlandson in 1925 in Berkeley, California, United States. The family moved to Seattle, Washington, where her brother Donald was born. Later her parents were divorced and her mother remarried and Ginny's step-father adopted Ginny and she became Merrie Virginia Eggers.

Career Tyler grew up in Seattle and her family had a rich legacy of storytelling and imitation of animal sounds, which proved very useful to her later on in her career as an artist. In 1964, Tyler appeared as the Genie in several performances of Aladdin and His Genie for the Pasadena Playhouse. In 1968, she was Flirtacia on Hanna-Barbera's The Adventures of Gulliver. She also played Jan on Space Ghost and Sue Richards, the Invisible Woman in the 1978 television series Fantastic Four. Although Tyler later retired and moved back to Seattle, she still did some recording for local productions. Tyler also voiced the Evil Queen in Snow White's Enchanted Wish.

Death She died on July 13, 2012, aged 86 at a Washington nursing home. The Mouse on 57th Street (1960) - Customer (voice, uncredited) Bambi - Various Female Characters (13 episodes) - Jan / Black Widow (voice) Fantastic Four (1967) - Princess Anelle (voice) (1 episode) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–1969) - Flirtacia (voice) Here's Lucy (1971) - Parrot (1 episode) ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) - Bird Calls (voice) Jeannie (1973) - (voice) Devlin (1974) - Aunt Martha / Polly (voice) (16 episodes) The Oddball Couple (1975) - additional voices (1 episode) The Jeffersons (1976) - Police Dispatcher (1 episode) Sesame Street (1976) - M in Space Cartoon Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977) - (voice) (16 episodes) The New Fantastic Four (1978) - Sue Richards / The Invisible Girl (voice) (13 episodes) Casper the Friendly Ghost: He Ain't Scary, He's Our Brother (1979, TV Movie) - Lovella / Dowager / Rural Lady (voice) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979) - Tessie (voice) (1 episode) The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (1979–1980) - additional voices (16 episodes) Space Stars (1981) - additional voices (66 episodes) Wildfire (1986) - additional voices (1 episode) Brer Rabbit's Tales (1991) - (voice) Brer Rabbit's Christmas Carol (1992, TV Movie) - Miz Possum (voice) (final film role)

Theme park attractions Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room (1963) - Pele / Tangaroa-Ru Snow White's Enchanted Wish (2021) - Evil Queen (archive recording)