Sandy Fox
{{short description|American voice actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
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| image = Sandy Fox (8855933009) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Fox at the 2013 Phoenix Comicon
| name = Sandy Fox
| birth_name = Sandra Marie Kessler
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|07|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Monroeville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| occupation = Voice actress
| years_active = 1991–present
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| family =
| spouse = {{marriage|Lex Lang|2004}}
| children =
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| website = {{URL|SandyFox.com}}
| agent = Abrams Artists
}}
Sandra Marie Fox (née Kessler; born July 13, 1963) is an American voice actress who has had numerous roles in various animated cartoon, anime, and video games. She portrayed the live-action Betty Boop and has provided her voice for Universal Studios and King Features Syndicate for much of their promotional activities and related media and merchandise from 1991 to 2018.{{Cite magazine |title=Project Runway All Stars recap: 'Thrown for a Loop by Betty Boop' |url=https://ew.com/recap/project-runway-all-stars-season-6-episode-6/ |last=Marcias |first=Ernest |date=2018-02-08 |access-date=2023-01-13 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}
She began voice acting on various animated shows such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill, and Futurama. Her first major roles in anime were as Kiyoko in the Animaze dub of Akira and Lady Aska in Magic Knight Rayearth. Other anime characters include Mina and Momiji in Naruto, Sumomo in Chobits, Tachikoma in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Paiway in Vandread. In video game franchises, she provides the English voice of Mistral and A-20 in the .hack series, Peashy in Hyperdimension Neptunia, and Flonne in Disgaea. In cartoons, she voices Harmony in Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Mipsy Mipson in As Told by Ginger. In 2014, she was announced as the voice of Chibiusa/Black Lady/Sailor Chibi Moon in the Viz Media dubs of Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon Crystal.{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-14/sailor-moon-r-english-dub-casts-sandy-fox-as-chibi-usa-veronica-taylor-as-sailor-pluto/.84457 | title=Sailor Moon R English Dub Casts Sandy Fox as Chibi Usa, Veronica Taylor as Sailor Pluto | work=Anime News Network | date=April 3, 2015 | access-date=April 4, 2015}}
Early life and career
Fox was born in Monroeville, Pennsylvania on July 13, 1963, and grew up in Swissvale. She performed in musicals in high school, and worked at Kennywood amusement park during some of the summers.{{cite web |author1=Regina, Steven |title=Sandy Fox/Lex Lang |url=http://www.theswervemagazine.com/Sandy_Fox_Lex_Lang.html |website=The Swerve Magazine |access-date=July 8, 2024 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926024146/http://www.theswervemagazine.com/Sandy_Fox_Lex_Lang.html |archive-date=September 26, 2014}} In the early 1980s, she worked for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando where she would participate in their live stage shows. She was working as a hostess at a Bennigan's Irish pub when she was asked to audition with the 1920s-themed jazz band The Cocoanut Manor Orchestra as their singer. She sang with the group for 11 years, performing songs done by singers Helen Kane and Annette Henshaw; the former was an inspiration for the Betty Boop character.{{cite press release | url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/8/prweb9714677.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906091317/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/8/prweb9714677.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 6, 2012 | title=Betty Boop Comes to Life in a New Film for Lancôme Paris | author= | agency=PRWeb | date=August 24, 2012 | publisher=Lancome | access-date=September 24, 2015}} In 1988, she joined the Orlando Magic's inaugural dance team,{{cite news | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-10-19-0070420173-story.html | title=17 Dancers Will Star In Magic Show | work=Orlando Sentinel | date=October 19, 1988 | access-date=September 24, 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-09-09-9109070351-story.html | title=Anchors, The Big Time And Chatfests All Over | work=Orlando Sentinel | date=September 9, 1991 | access-date=September 23, 2015 | last=Dawson | first=Greg}} and was part of the Magic Girls for three years.{{cite web | url=http://www.fruitcakefollies.com/sandy_fox.htm | title=Sandy Fox | work=The Fruit Cake Follies | access-date=September 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123194732/http://www.fruitcakefollies.com/sandy_fox.htm | archive-date=2007-11-23 | url-status=dead }}
In 1991, she was cast as the official Betty Boop for Universal Studios. She moved to Los Angeles and began performing as Betty Boop at Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as on national and worldwide tours, visiting shows such as Good Morning America and The Rosie O'Donnell Show. In 1998, she voiced Betty Boop for "The Toon Lagoon Betty Boop" attraction at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure in addition to voicing Olive Oyl from the Popeye franchise for Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, a water ride in the same park.{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Keith|title=Popeye's Bilge-Rat Barges|url=http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=75|access-date=September 25, 2016|archive-date=May 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525153246/http://voicechasers.com/database/showprod.php?prodid=75|url-status=dead}} In 2012, she joined a Lancome promotion in Paris as the voice of Betty Boop in their commercials.
Voice-over career
Fox was inspired to go into voice acting after having taken a voice-over workshop in 1990 with Sue Blu, a Los Angeles-based animation director and producer. After moving to Los Angeles, she voiced supporting and background characters for The Simpsons, mostly with kids voices and loop groups, which she did for three years. She also voiced characters for Futurama and King of the Hill.{{cite web | url=http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/Entertainment.html | title=Entertainment | work=SandyFox.com | access-date=September 23, 2015}}
Fox voiced several anime characters, including Sakura in Ninja Cadets;{{cite web |author=Campbell, Joanna |date=August 4, 2015 |title=Otakon Interview: Sandy Fox, Voice Of Betty Boop, Olive Oil, Hello Kitty & More |url=http://mix1065fm.cbslocal.com/2015/08/04/otakon-interview-sandy-fox-voice-of-betty-boop-olive-oil-hello-kitty-more/ |access-date=September 24, 2015 |work=Mix 106.5 |publisher=CBS Radio}} T-AI in a 2001 version of Transformers: Robots in Disguise; Kyoko in the Pioneer/Animaze dub of Akira; Paiway, the ship's nurse in Vandread, Sumomo in Bang Zoom's dub of Chobits. Maya in Burn-Up Scramble and Tachikoma in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, Momiji and Mina in Naruto, and Piyoko in Digi Charat. In addition, she voiced Lady Aska, a major character in the second season of Magic Knight Rayearth, a series in which she also rewrote lyrics and sang the theme songs.{{cite web | url=https://www.phoenixcomicon.com/guests/751 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408232229/https://www.phoenixcomicon.com/guests/751 | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 8, 2013 | title=Phoenix Comicon - Sandy Fox | work=Phoenix Comicon | access-date=September 24, 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2013-05-04 | title=8 Horrible Anime Dub Opening Songs - The List - Anime News Network | work=Anime News Network | date=May 4, 2013 | access-date=September 24, 2015 | author=Loveridge, Lynzee}}
In 2003, she voiced the title characters in Omishi Magical Theater Risky Safety and Ground Defense Force! Mao-chan. In his review of Mao-chan, Ryan Mathews of Anime News Network wrote that "Bang Zoom picked the perfect actress to play the lead role. [Fox], the owner of perhaps the cutest "little girl" voice in anime dub acting, is her usual adorable self as M.A.O."
In 2007, she and Lex Lang hosted a Voice Actor Boot Camp at Bang Zoom! Entertainment to help up and coming voice actors get into the business.{{cite press release | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2006-08-18/voice-actor-boot-camp | title=Voice Actor Boot Camp | via=Anime News Network | publisher=Bang Zoom! Entertainment | date=August 18, 2006 | access-date=September 24, 2015}} In 2014, when Viz Media redubbed Sailor Moon and dubbed its new Sailor Moon Crystal series, Fox was chosen to voice Chibiusa.{{Cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2015-05-28/voice-actors-sandy-fox-lex-lang-to-participate-in-otakon-2015/.88662 |title=Voice Actors Sandy Fox, Lex Lang to Participate in Otakon 2015 |date=May 28, 2015 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=September 23, 2015}}
In video games, she voiced Mistral and A-20 in the .hack video game series, Flonne in various incarnations of Disgaea and Marona in Phantom Brave. She voiced Peashy in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series.
Personal life and other ventures
Fox is married to fellow voice actor Lex Lang.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2015-05-28/voice-actors-sandy-fox-lex-lang-to-participate-in-otakon-2015/.88662|title=Voice Actors Sandy Fox, Lex Lang to Participate in Otakon 2015|work=Anime News Network|access-date=April 26, 2016}} They live in Studio City, California.{{cite web | url=https://patch.com/users/sandy-fox-ef1feae3 | title=Sandy Fox | publisher=Patch Media | work=Patch.com | location=Studio City, California | access-date=September 24, 2015 | last=Fox | first=Sandy}} In 1998 they co-founded the Love Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization which creates educational materials for children on the importance of recycling, world water awareness, and the preservation of the planet.{{cite web|url=http://loveplanetfoundation.org|title=The Love Planet Foundation|work=loveplanetfoundation.org|access-date=November 3, 2015}} They also created Love Planet Productions, which includes several multimedia projects such as anime presentation shows, toddler shows and products, and Zen programming.{{cite web|url=http://loveplanetproductions.com/?page_id=7|title=Projects|work=loveplanetproductions.com|access-date=November 3, 2015}} In 2006, they founded a bottled spring water business called H2Om Water with Intention, which has received recognition as a sponsor at several events including Sting's Rainforest Foundation Carnegie Hall Concert and the Elevate Film Festival.{{cite press release | url=https://www.bevnet.com/news/2006/07-24-2006-H2Om.asp | title=H2Om Joins Film Festival to 'Elevate' Consciousness in Hollywood | publisher=Elevate Film Festival and H20m | date=July 22, 2006 | access-date=September 24, 2015 | via=BevNET.com}}{{cite web | url=http://www.shapeyou.com/award_categories/winners/66/waters_flavored_enhanced | title=Gear awards – Waters(Flavored/Enhanced) Winners | work=ShapeYou.com | access-date=September 24, 2015}} Fox and Lang are Deepak Chopra meditation instructors.{{cite web | url=http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/Meditation.html | title=Meditation | work=SandyFox.com | access-date=September 24, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912093832/http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/Meditation.html | archive-date=September 12, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}
Filmography
= Anime =
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in direct-to-video films and specials ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
| {{dts|1998|12|01|format=y}} | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Dinah | ||
| {{dts|2000|03|07|format=y}} | Catnapped! | Meeko | rowspan="2" | Animaze dub | Resume |
| {{dts|2001|format=y}} | Akira | Kyoko | Press{{cite web | url=https://www.anime-expo.org/2015/05/11/welcoming-voice-actresses-sandy-fox-and-cristina-vee-to-ax-2015/ | title=Welcoming voice actresses, Sandy Fox and Cristina Vee, to AX 2015~! - Anime Expo® | work=Anime Expo® | access-date=September 23, 2015 | author=DesignFluxx, LLC| date=May 11, 2015 }} | |
| {{dts|2004|11|23|format=y}} | Mobile Suit Gundam F91 | Kochun Hein, Leah Mariba | Bandai/Bang Zoom dub | Resume |
= Animation =
= Video games =
= Other voice roles =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of appearances on television and film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
| {{dts|1994|format=y}} | Old MacDonald's Sing-a-Long Farm | Lucinda Chick | Live-action pre-school series, Voice role | Tweet{{cite tweet|number=1400940098619797505|user=SandyFoxWorld|title=#FlashbackFriday I loved voicing this cute singing chicken! #kidsshows #voiceactor #singalong |date=June 4, 2021}} |
| LeapFrog toys and videos | Lilly Leap Frog | Website |
=Other live-action roles=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of live-action appearances on television and film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes | ||||
| {{dts|2002|format=y}} | Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck | Contestant | Three episodes; Finalist in the Whammy Tournament of Champions | {{cite web | url=http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/About.html | title=About Sandy Fox | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925115512/http://www.sandyfox.com/Sandy_Fox/About.html | archive-date=2015-09-25 | url-status=dead | work=SandyFox.com | access-date=September 23, 2015}} |
References
{{Reflist|refs=
| url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Sandy-Fox/
| title=Sandy Fox (visual voices guide)
| work=Behind The Voice Actors
| access-date=September 23, 2015
| type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}
}}
=Bibliography=
- {{cite book
| last1= Browning
| first1= John Edgar
| last2=Picart
| first2=Caroline Joan
| title= Dracula in Visual Media:Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010
| publisher= McFarland
| year= 2010
| isbn= 978-0786433650
| ref={{harvid|Browning & Picart|2010}}
}}
- {{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC | title = Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 | edition=2d | first=Vincent |last=Terrace | isbn = 9780786486410 | publisher = McFarland | year = 2008 }}
External links
- {{Official website|http://sandyfox.com/home.html}}
- {{AnimeCons name|id=943|name=Sandy Fox}}
- {{ann|people|1133}}
- {{IMDb name|0199809}}
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{{succession box
| before = Stephanie Beard
| title = Voice of Chibiusa
| years = 2015-present
| after = None
}}
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Category:People from Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Category:Actresses from Pennsylvania
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American video game actresses
Category:American voice actresses
Category:People from Studio City, Los Angeles