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Cheryl Chase
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Cheryl Christine Hudock Chase[1] born in Manville, New Jersey is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of Angelica Pickles on the cartoon series Rugrats. Cheryl is known to be an old-school cartoon fan and is a big fan of Bugs Bunny from the Looney Tunes franchise.
Children in the Manville, New Jersey, area where she grew up teased her for having a baby voice.[2]
During the early 1990s, she worked as John Kricfalusi's secretary for the Spümcø animation studio and provided additional voice-over for The Ren & Stimpy Show.[3] During the mid-90s, Chase used to do a one-woman show as Helen Kane in which she was given great applaud for her impersonation. She was once listed on an early 90s blog, the blog insisted that if Betty Boop was to be rebooted, Cheryl should have been given the titular role due to her "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" show.
Chase actually "intones" the role of Betty Boop[4] in the Somewhere in Dreamland DVD audio commentary, which was released in 2000. Chase sings two songs as Betty which are "Betty Boop's Little Pal" and "Poor Cinderella" on the DVD. Cheryl Chase has also provided the voice for Popeye's girlfriend Olive Oyl. She was dubbed, arguably the world's best Helen Kane impersonator by the Crazy Rhythm Orchestra. Chase was also a frequent voice cast member on The Ren & Stimpy Show.
She appeared at the "World Animation Celebration" as a "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop" singer, there alongside jazz singers such as Shannon Cullem, Dean Mora, Will Ryan and "Mister Tin Pan Alley" Richard Halpern, they celebrated the musical animator Sammy Timberg.
Jerry Beck a close friend of Chase, complimented Cheryl and told her in the Somewhere in Dreamland commentary that she sounds better and is a better singer than one of Betty's several original voices Bonnie Poe. Today Cheryl Chase is a children's book writer, she released her debut book That’s Coola, Tallulah! in honor of her late mother, featuring her own original characters Tallulah and Stella Bella.
Chase also re-recorded the song "Little Pal" the exact same song she sang on Jerry Beck's 2000 DVD, in her Betty Boop voice for her brand new VO demo reel. Chase is also said to be a fan of Betty Boop and the Fleischer Studios cartoons.
In 2021, Chase married her long-time friend Beck who she met at Nickelodeon, and became his wife.
As of 2022, Cheryl appeared on a TV network called MeTV and MeTV Plus, on that network she did an impersonation of Mae Questel, Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. There she sang "A Language Of My Own" as Betty Boop. Chase is officially Mae Questel's "spiritual successor" in the world of Boopdom.
Quotes
- Cheryl Chase: "If I could star in a biopic I would choose to play Helen Kane, the original 'Boop-Boop-a-Doop' girl. In the 20s, she was successful in vaudeville that led her to be a promising musical comedy star at Paramount Studios."
- Cheryl Chase: "Helen Kane's career was cut short by the success of Fleischer’s Betty Boop animated series."
- Cheryl Chase: "I used to perform as Helen Kane in a 20s orchestra back in the 90s. It would be fun to do it in film."
- Cheryl Chase: "I loved imitating Mae Questel when she does Betty Boop."
- Cheryl Chase: "When I was younger I was always trying to imitate other voices."
- Cheryl Chase: "I would create my own voices, and me having that desire to want to go into acting and commercial work, that didn't come my way."
- Cheryl Chase: "I looked into voice-over, and while trying to pursue acting I took classes, and got a demo together, when I tried to go on camera, voice-over welcomed me into the fold. That was my destiny."
- Cheryl Chase: "In the 80s I went on a lot of auditions and I remember in the beginning it was hard for me, I was just learning. Newbies get nervous but the more you do it the more savvy you become. Now it's like nothing for me."
- Cheryl Chase: "I used to not like listening to my voice on tape. For commercial work, my voice is not meant for an announcer type voice. It's a quirky high sound. I grew to accept that. I didn't like hearing my voice myself growing up."
- Cheryl Chase: "I was doing background voices for The Simpsons, and I got a call from my agent and he said you got Rugrats."
- Cheryl Chase: "As long as they have the original voice-cast that will plug in the 90s kids. If they get other people to play the parts you would lose the audience."
Like Betty Boop (1998)
Chase realizes that no matter what she does after "Rugrats," she'll always be known as the voice of Angelica, just like actress Mae Questel[5] went down in history as the voice of Betty Boop.
But after the promotional fever of the movie settles down, she plans to pursue on-camera roles. A talented singer and dancer, Chase also keeps busy as a member of The Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra, a revue of late 1920s pop standards. Her loftiest goal is to appear is to appear as Mama Rose in a Broadway production of Gypsy. For now Chase says she enjoys the anonymity of Angelica.
Cheryl Chase dressed as a Betty Boop Impersonator and or Helen Kane impersonator for the Crazy Rhythm Hot Society Orchestra.
Betty Boop Event (2020)
In 2020, Chase appeared at a Betty Boop book signing event for Betty Boop's bold and balanced lifestyle book release.
Cheryl Chase Interview (2021)
In a 2021 interview if you look at Cheryl's background you can see two photographs of Helen Kane on her wall, a likely reference to Cheryl's impersonation act.
Betty Boop's 93rd Birthday (2023)
Chase is known to always wish Betty Boop a happy birthday, however for Betty's 93rd birthday on the 9th of August, Chase shared a rare drawing of Betty Boop by animator Myron Waldman.
Somewhere in Dreamland Audio Commentary
Cheryl Chase:
"Boop-Oopy-Doop! What's wrong with my voice?"
Jerry Beck:
"Oh!? What are you doing here?"
Cheryl Chase:
"I'm just a 'Poor Cinderella'... Nobody loves me it seems."
Cheryl Chase:
"There's nothing wrong with my voice!!!"
Jerry Beck:
"Well that's great but Max Fleischer didn't use your real voice in this film did he?"
Cheryl Chase:
"Well I was too busy err... With my regular cartoons like 'Little Pal' you won a spot in my heart."
Cheryl Chase:
"I'm just a 'Poor Cinderella' nobody loves me it seems and like a Poor Cinderella' I find my romance in dreams."
Cheryl Chase:
"I'm just a 'Poor Cinderella' but I'll be a princess someday."
Jerry Beck:
"That was pretty good that was much better than the person who sings it on the actual track, err so what was it like working with Max?"
Cheryl Chase:
"Oh!? Uncle Max was very loving and he would always rescue me from the err the Inkwell."
Jerry Beck:
"You did a lot of cartoons with Grampy and Pudgy did you have a favorite?"
Cheryl Chase:
"One of my favorites is Little Nobody with little Pudgy, where Pudgy gets his feelings hurt by some dog."
Trivia
- Cheryl Chase is best known for her role as Angelica Pickles in the cartoon series Rugrats.
- Cheryl is also a cartoon fan, her favorite cartoon characters are Bugs Bunny, Angelica Pickles, and she is also very fond of Betty Boop.
- She used to perform as Helen Kane in a one-woman show from 1995 to 1998, she even recorded several Helen Kane impersonations on the albums Fade-In and One Hour With You, recording songs such as, "Button Up Your Overcoat," "That's My Weakness Now," "I Wanna Be Loved By You," "I Wanna Be Bad," and "Don't Be Like That" which are well known "Boop-Boop-a-Doop" songs.
- When recording as Betty Boop, Chase might have also been portraying Mae Questel as when it is stated that she sounds better than the person singing on the track, she replies: "I was busy err... with my regular cartoons like Little Pal." Mae Questel provided the voice for Betty in said cartoon.