Mary Kay Bergman
Mary Kay Bergman (
June 5,
1961 –
November 11,
1999) was an
American voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts in
television,
movies,
direct-to-video animation, and
advertising. She was born in
Los Angeles, California.
Bergman is best known for voicing most of the female characters in the
animated series South Park and in the
1999 feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Her characters included
Liane Cartman, mother of
Eric Cartman;
Sheila Broflovski, mother of
Kyle Broflovski;
Sharon Marsh, mother of
Stan Marsh;
Mrs. McCormick, mother of
Kenny McCormick; and
Wendy Testaburger. Originally, Bergman was credited on
South Park as
Shannen Cassidy because she was also serving as
Disney's official
Snow White voice. The South Park episode
Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics was dedicated to her, as was the episode
Starvin' Marvin in Space, the first episode to air after her death.
Her other voice credits include the voice of Mrs. Butterworth in
Mrs. Butterworth's syrup commercials, as well as various Disney
films (
Beauty and the Beast,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Hercules,
Toy Story 2), and as the voice of
Jay Jay the Jet Plane,
Daphne Blake in more recent
Scooby-Doo animated movies, and
Timmy Turner in
Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes of
The Fairly OddParents.
Her death at the age of 38 by
suicide came as a great shock to those close to her, who were unaware that she suffered from
mental illness and
depression. She died in
West Los Angeles, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. In her memory, her husband Dino Andrade established the
Mary Kay Bergman Memorial Fund. The Fund contributes to the operation of the Suicide Prevention Center at the
Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center.
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Mary Kay Bergman Personal Site and Memorial*
CNN's Obituary*
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Findadeath.com*
A picture of her gravestone*
Japanese fansite
