Norma MacMillan
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Norma MacMillan was a Canadian
voice actor.
Norma MacMillan was a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was there that she met, worked with and married her producer/manager husband Thor Arngrim. Arngrim had started the now-legendary, but short-lived Totem Theatre company in 1951. Upon its demise in 1954, he, his partner Stuart Baker, and MacMillan set out for Toronto where Norma landed children-voice roles for CBC. After she and her husband moved to New York, MacMillan became the voice of "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Gumby", "Sweet Polly Purebred" in the "Underdog" cartoons, "Davey" of "Davey & Goliath" and may others. In addition to these famous roles, MacMillan was the voice of John-John and Caroline Kennedy in the world record setting "The First Family" album of 1962. Her on screen work included numerous guest star roles on such television shows as: "Columbo", "She's The Sheriff", "Webster" and "thirtysomething". She appeared in the films, "Nightmare on the 13th Floor", "Big Business", (with Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler), "Love At Stake", "Dangerous Intentions", "Big Bully", (starring Tom Arnold), and "Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry" with Katherine Hepburn.
She appeared in dozens of televison commercials but, perhaps her most visible acting role was the part she played in the 1980's as the sweet, demure, naive Aunt Martha opposite Ruth Manning's Aunt Harriet for Kraft Foods mayonnaise commercials. Though she died at the age of 79, she never stopped working. Even upon returning to Vancouver with her husband in the mid-1990's, MacMillan joined the Co-Op's Radio's Sunday show for senior citizens and was a board member of the local 411 Seniors Centre..
, who played Barry Lockridge on Land of the Giants
, and Alison Arngrim
, who played Nellie Oleson
on Little House on the Prairie
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
voice actor.
Norma MacMillan was a native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was there that she met, worked with and married her producer/manager husband Thor Arngrim. Arngrim had started the now-legendary, but short-lived Totem Theatre company in 1951. Upon its demise in 1954, he, his partner Stuart Baker, and MacMillan set out for Toronto where Norma landed children-voice roles for CBC. After she and her husband moved to New York, MacMillan became the voice of "Casper the Friendly Ghost", "Gumby", "Sweet Polly Purebred" in the "Underdog" cartoons, "Davey" of "Davey & Goliath" and may others. In addition to these famous roles, MacMillan was the voice of John-John and Caroline Kennedy in the world record setting "The First Family" album of 1962. Her on screen work included numerous guest star roles on such television shows as: "Columbo", "She's The Sheriff", "Webster" and "thirtysomething". She appeared in the films, "Nightmare on the 13th Floor", "Big Business", (with Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler), "Love At Stake", "Dangerous Intentions", "Big Bully", (starring Tom Arnold), and "Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry" with Katherine Hepburn.
She appeared in dozens of televison commercials but, perhaps her most visible acting role was the part she played in the 1980's as the sweet, demure, naive Aunt Martha opposite Ruth Manning's Aunt Harriet for Kraft Foods mayonnaise commercials. Though she died at the age of 79, she never stopped working. Even upon returning to Vancouver with her husband in the mid-1990's, MacMillan joined the Co-Op's Radio's Sunday show for senior citizens and was a board member of the local 411 Seniors Centre..
Family
MacMillan was the mother of Stefan ArngrimStefan Arngrim
Stefan Arngrim , sometimes credited as Stephan Arngrim, is a Canadian actor and former child actor.Arngrim was born in Canada, the son of actress Norma MacMillan and Thor Arngrim. He is the brother of actress Alison Arngrim...
, who played Barry Lockridge on Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968 and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was...
, and Alison Arngrim
Alison Arngrim
Alison Margaret Arngrim is an American actress, stand-up comedian and author.Arngrim's father, Thor Arngrim, was a well-known Hollywood manager...
, who played Nellie Oleson
Nellie Oleson
Nellie Oleson is a fictional character that appeared in the children's books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Her character was later adapted for the NBC television show, Little House on the Prairie. She also stars in the book Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls, by Heather Williams.Nellie was a...
on Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s. The show was an adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's best-selling series of Little House books...
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