Susan Silo

Susan Silo (née Margolis) is an American actress who is known for her work in voice-over roles.^[2]

Early life

Susan Silo was born in New York City. Both her parents, Jon Silo and Ruth Silo, were actors.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}

Career

Her acting career started in television on the episode "The Dick Clark Show" of The Jack Benny Show. Silo co-starred with Larry Blyden, Dawn Nickerson and Diahn Williams in the NBC sitcom Harry's Girls, about a vaudeville troupe touring Europe.^[7][8]

Her first TV appearance was when she entered and won a contest over 350 people who auditioned across the US, at age 15, to sing (Mr. Wonderful) on The Jerry Lewis Show on November 5, 1957. She also made guest appearances in episodes of numerous TV series from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Hawaiian Eye, McHale's Navy, Route 66, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Have Gun Will Travel, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Sea Hunt, Ripcord, Hazel, Combat!, Batman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Love Boat, L.A. Law and The Wild Wild West. In 1964, Silo appeared in an episode of Jack Palance's The Greatest Show on Earth. She also played Rita Lane on Gunsmoke in 1969.^[9]

Susan Silo is a successful voice actress, and she teaches workshops in this field and lectures all over the country. She is also a successful singer, which she has brought to her work in cartoons. Silo began her voice-acting career as a talking cow in a series of Land O' Lakes Margarine commercials for over ten years. In addition, she has done animated cartoon voices for Hanna-Barbera, Marvel, Disney, Ruby-Spears, DIC, Film Roman, Murakami Wolf Swenson and many others.^[10]

Her most known roles include Wuya in Xiaolin Showdown, Sartana of the Dead in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Dr Karbunkle in Biker Mice from Mars, White Queen on Pryde of the X-Men, multiple voices on What A Cartoon, Sue on Pac-Man and Tess on Zazoo U. She also played the roles of Mama Mousekewitz in Fievel's American Tails and Petaluma in The Smurfs.^[11]

She has also done voices for video games, such as Crash Tag Team Racing and X-Men, where she reprised the White Queen. She later voiced Auntie Roon on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Flamestrike in Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight in 2008.^[12]

From 2009 to 2012, Silo guest-starred as the cat empress Neferkitty on The Garfield Show. In 2014, she voiced Yin on Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Personal life

Silo was married to actor Burr DeBenning. They have two sons together.^[17] Later, she married Michael Irwin Nave.^[1]

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

References

1. ^ ((91.8 The Fan)) (July 21, 2015). "Kana's Korner – Interview with Susan Silo (2011)". Youtube.com. Archived December 21, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
2. ^ "Friday Fun Abroad With "Harry Girls"". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. January 1, 2020. Archived July 24, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
3. ^ "Strike It Lucky!". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. January 3, 2020.
4. ^ "TaleSpin: Volume 2 DVD Review". Ultimate Disney. January 11, 2020. Archived February 10, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
5. ^ "The Tick vs. Season One DVD Review". Ultimate Disney. January 14, 2020. Archived April 22, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
6. ^ "TaleSpin: Volume 2". Ultimate Disney. January 16, 2020. Archived June 21, 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
7. ^ "Susan Silo". January 6, 2020. Archived January 21, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
8. ^ "Harry's 3 Girls Will Charm You". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. January 6, 2020.
9. ^ "Sea Hunt 50th Anniversary Podcast". Podomatic. February 2, 2020. Archived November 8, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
10. ^ "Xiaolin Showdown Premieres On New Kids' WB! Sked". Animation World Network. February 4, 2020. Archived January 13, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
11. ^ "Having A Voice In The Industry". Animation World Network. February 6, 2020. Archived July 24, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
12. ^ "So You Want To Be An Actor". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 8, 2020.
13. ^ "The Desert Sun". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 11, 2020.
14. ^ "The Advocate-Messenger". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 13, 2020.
15. ^ "Susan Silo". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 16, 2020.
16. ^ "The Star Press". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 18, 2020.
17. ^ Crawford, Bill (July 11, 1971). "Burr DeBenning: A Sooner In Hollywood". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. p. 57. Retrieved June 1, 2017. – via Newspapers.com.
18. ^ "Susan Silo (visual voices guide)" (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). December 16, 2019. Archived August 6, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
19. ^ Undead Knights. Tecmo. 2009.
20. ^ Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Susan Silo at IMDb