Billie Mae Richards

Born: 1921-11-21 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died: 2010-09-10

From Wikipedia; ​Born as Billy Mae Dinsmore in Toronto, she was best known for voicing the role of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964's television special (credited as 'Billy Richards' to mask the fact that she was a woman[1]).[2] She also voiced Tenderheart Bear in the first two Care Bears movies, as well as the DIC-produced television series (credited as 'Billie Mae Richard'), and Brightheart Raccoon in the Nelvana-produced Care Bears television series.[3] In an interview, she stated 'I'm just so glad that my kids, my grandkids, my great-grandkids and probably my great-great-grandkids will see Rudolph.'[3] She voiced Rudolph again in t ...