Sherri Stoner

{{short description|American actress, animation executive, and writer}}

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|name = Sherri Stoner

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|birthname = Sherri Lynn Stoner

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|16}}

|birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

|nationality = American

|yearsactive = 1980–present

|occupation = Actress, writer, animation executive}}

Sherri Lynn Stoner (born July 16, 1959) is an American actress, animation executive, and writer. She also voiced Slappy Squirrel in the children's television series Animaniacs and for one short segment in its revival.

Biography

She has worked extensively in animation. She was a writer and producer for such 1990s animated shows as Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. In Animaniacs, Stoner also voiced Slappy Squirrel, a grumpy elderly squirrel and retired cartoon star.Maurice LaMarche, Tom Ruegger, et al. (2006). Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs: Volume 2. Special Features: The Writers Flipped They Have No Script. [DVD]. Warner Home Video. In 2023 she reprised the role of Slappy Squirrel for the final episode of the Animaniacs revival.

She co-wrote (with Deanna Oliver) Universal's Casper and was on the writing staff of the 1996 revival of an animated Casper the Friendly Ghost, also known as The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper. Stoner and Oliver wrote the Disney film My Favorite Martian, based on the original 1960s TV series.

Stoner served as animation reference model for Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid and for Belle in Beauty and the Beast.[http://www.mylittlemermaid.com/gallery The Little Mermaid Art Gallery: Early Drawings, Model Keys, color Keys] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503122123/http://www.mylittlemermaid.com/gallery|date=May 3, 2010}}[http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/belle/belle.html Disney Archives – Belle Character History] Animators for The Little Mermaid incorporated some of Stoner's mannerisms, such as biting her lower lip, into the character design of Ariel.{{cite web |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/how-sherri-stoner-became-the-little-mermaid/ |title=How Sherri Stoner Became "The Little Mermaid" |last=Korkis |first=Jim |date=19 Nov 2021 |website=Cartoon Research |access-date=14 Oct 2022 |quote=... Little things like the way she bites her lip were incorporated into Ariel’s personality ...}}

Stoner's live-action television work includes a recurring role as Rachel Brown Oleson in the 9th season of Little House on the Prairie, and appearances in Murder, She Wrote and Knots Landing. She worked with Tom Ruegger as story editor on Disney's The 7D.{{cite news |date=April 25, 2014 |title='The 7D' Report for July 7 Disney XD Premiere |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/the-7d-report-for-july-7-disney-xd-premiere/ |accessdate=March 2, 2016 |work=Animation Magazine}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/assets/pr/html/pr65740.html|date=April 3, 2014|title=Kelly Osbourne joins the cast of Disney's The 7D, a contemporary, comedic take on the seven dwarfs, premiering this summer|author=DisneyChannelPR|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217163205/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/assets/pr/html/pr65740.html|archivedate=December 17, 2014|url-status=dead}}

On the big screen, Stoner starred alongside Wendy O. Williams in the 1986 film Reform School Girls. She was also a member of The Groundlings improvisational troupe in Los Angeles.

Filmography

= Acting =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1980

|Knots Landing

|Mary Ann

|Episode: "Let Me Count the Ways"

1983

|Little House on the Prairie

|Rachel Brown Oleson

|2 episodes

1986

|Reform School Girls

|Lisa

1987

|Murder, She Wrote

|Sarah Martino

|Episode: "Old Habits Die Hard"

1993–1998

|Animaniacs

| rowspan="3" |Slappy Squirrel (voice)

|Recurring role (37 episodes){{cite web |title=Sherri Stoner (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Sherri-Stoner/ |access-date=April 22, 2025 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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.

1998

|Pinky and the Brain

|Episode: "Star Warners"

1999

|Wakko's Wish

|Direct-to-video

2015

|The 7D

|Nougat (voice)

|Episode: "Big Rock Candy Flim-Flam"

2023

|Animaniacs