Mary Kay Bergman

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Mary Kay Bergman

Birth Name	Mary Kay Bergman
Born	June 5, 1961
in	Los Angeles, California
Age	38
Died	November 11, 1999
in	West Los Angeles, California

Statistics
Occupation	Voice Actor
Other Names	Shannen Cassidy
Gender	Female
Marital Status	Married


Spouse	Dino Andrade


Ethnicity	Jewish-American
Religious Belief(s)	Roman Catholic


Notable Credit(s)	South Park as Principal Victoria/Liane Cartman/Sharon Marsh/Sheila Broflovski/Mrs. McCormick/Wendy Testaburger/Mrs. Crabtree

Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was an American voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts in television, movies, direct-to-video animation, and advertising. She was born in Los Angeles, California.

[edit] Career

Bergman is best known for voicing most of the female characters in the animated series South Park and in the 1999 feature film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. Her characters included Liane Cartman, mother of Eric Cartman; Sheila Broflovski, mother of Kyle Broflovski; Sharon Marsh, mother of Stan Marsh; Mrs. McCormick, mother of Kenny McCormick; and Wendy Testaburger. Originally, Bergman was credited on South Park as Shannen Cassidy because she was also serving as Disney's official Snow White voice. The South Park episode "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" was dedicated to her, as was the episode "Starvin' Marvin in Space", the first episode to air after her death.

Bergman's other voice credits include the voice of Mrs. Butterworth in Mrs. Butterworth's syrup commercials, as well as various Disney films (Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Toy Story 2), and as the voice of Jay Jay the Jet Plane, Daphne Blake in more recent Scooby-Doo animated movies, Timmy Turner in Oh Yeah! Cartoons episodes of The Fairly OddParents (When the pilot episodes were aired as actual episodes in 2001, Mary Kay's voice was dubbed over by Tara Strong), and several female voices in The Tick animated series.

[edit] Suicide

Her death at the age of 38 by suicide shocked those close to her, who were unaware that she had suffered from mental illness and depression. She died in West Los Angeles, California, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Her husband, Dino Andrade, established the Mary Kay Bergman Memorial Fund, which contributes to the operation of the Suicide Prevention Center at the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center.