Thea White

Thea Ruth White ( Zitzner; June 16, 1940 – July 30, 2021) was an American voice actress and librarian best known for her work as Muriel Bagge in the animated television series Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Early life White was born in Newark, New Jersey on June 16, 1940, as the daughter of Arthur and Theatrice (née Hazard) Zitzner. White's mother and maternal grandmother Eva were both actresses: Theatrice began acting as a child, and continued to do so as an adult, while Eva made her acting debut as a teenager and retired following marriage, later opening a movie theater with her husband. While acting on stage, Broadway and theater, she served as the personal assistant for Marlene Dietrich, during Dietrich's later career. She had undergone two liver cancer-related surgeries in the days leading up to her death.

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