Joanne Daniels
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Joanne Daniels (1931–2023) was an American voice actress.{{cite web
|url = https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winder-ga/joanne-daniels-11168362
|title = Obituary: Joanne Good Daniels September 12, 1931 – February 20, 2023
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222192452/https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winder-ga/joanne-daniels-11168362
|archive-date=22 February 2023
|access-date = 2023-02-22
|date = February 21, 2023
|publisher = Smith Memory Chapel, Dignity Memorial
}} She was best known as the voice of telephone company time and temperature announcements for the Weatherchron company of Atlanta, Georgia (a competitor of Audichron), used in various parts of the United States including Los Angeles, California and Northern California.David Lazarus. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-29-fi-lazarus29-story.html "Time of day calling it quits at AT&T"]. Los Angeles Times. 29 Aug 2007.{{cite news |last1=Crawford |first1=Chris |title=There is no more POPCORN time |url=https://www.times-standard.com/2009/03/19/there-is-no-more-popcorn-time/ |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=Times-Standard |date=19 March 2009}}{{cite news |last1=Beale |first1=Christopher |title=Dialing 'POP-CORN' Once Gave You the Time |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11970139/dialing-pop-corn-once-gave-you-the-time |access-date=2 September 2024 |work=www.kqed.org {{!}} KQED |date=21 December 2023 |language=en}}
She also provided the voice for British Telecom,{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Keaton |title=The Most Memorable Corporate Telephone System Voices |url=https://www.voices.com/blog/memorable-telephone-system-voices/ |website=voices.com |access-date=2 September 2024 |date=June 28, 2023}} and a significant number of number change announcements. Automated messages advising callers that the number had been changed and what the new number was were concatenated from recorded samples of her pronouncing the digits and other relevant phrases.
Other notable appearances
Daniels, as the time lady, is the first voice heard in the opening sequence of Real Time with Bill Maher.
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://cdn.sfgate.com/blogs/sounds/sfgate/chroncast/2007/08/31/ChronRadio-Daniels-20070901-2.mp3 Audio interview with Joanne Daniels] SFGate.com
- [http://www.telephonetribute.com/audio/sitdisc.rm 1970s-era Bell System AIS featuring Joanne Daniels' voice, Flushing, Queens, New York; recorded in 1992]
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Category:American voice actresses
Category:Telephone voiceover talent
Category:21st-century American women
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