Bernice Hansen
Currently Active
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1897 — Present
Voice actress
Personal Info
- Born
- Jul 11, 1897
- Age
- 128
- Birth Place
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
LEGACY & ORIGINS
Born Berneice Edna Hansell
July 11, 1897
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died April 16, 1981 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1934–1942
Berneice Edna Hansell (July 11, 1897 – April 16, 1981[citation needed]), known as Bernice Hansen, was an American voice actress. She was best known for providing the voices for both female and young male characters in the mid to late 1930s for various cartoon studios, most notably Warner Bros. Cartoons, where she played Little Kitty in I Haven't Got a Hat (1935).
Hansell was born in Los Angeles, California on July 11, 1897 to Edward and T. Belle (Carey) Hansell. Her father was an Englishman who arrived in the United States in 1877. Her mother was from Iowa. Edward Hansell worked as a jeweller and then an optician during the 1920s, and as an elevator operator during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Hansell found work as a stenographer and then as a dressmaker on the Warner Bros. lot. She managed to find work in cartoons at the Walt Disney Studios and provided squeaks for Mickey Mouse. That same year, she found work in the Leon Schlesinger Productions and Walter Lantz Productions.
July 11, 1897
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died April 16, 1981 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1934–1942
Berneice Edna Hansell (July 11, 1897 – April 16, 1981[citation needed]), known as Bernice Hansen, was an American voice actress. She was best known for providing the voices for both female and young male characters in the mid to late 1930s for various cartoon studios, most notably Warner Bros. Cartoons, where she played Little Kitty in I Haven't Got a Hat (1935).
Hansell was born in Los Angeles, California on July 11, 1897 to Edward and T. Belle (Carey) Hansell. Her father was an Englishman who arrived in the United States in 1877. Her mother was from Iowa. Edward Hansell worked as a jeweller and then an optician during the 1920s, and as an elevator operator during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Hansell found work as a stenographer and then as a dressmaker on the Warner Bros. lot. She managed to find work in cartoons at the Walt Disney Studios and provided squeaks for Mickey Mouse. That same year, she found work in the Leon Schlesinger Productions and Walter Lantz Productions.
Life & Career Details
Born Berneice Edna Hansell
July 11, 1897
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died April 16, 1981 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1934–1942
Berneice Edna Hansell (July 11, 1897 – April 16, 1981[citation needed]), known as Bernice Hansen, was an American voice actress. She was best known for providing the voices for both female and young male characters in the mid to late 1930s for various cartoon studios, most notably Warner Bros. Cartoons, where she played Little Kitty in I Haven't Got a Hat (1935).
Hansell was born in Los Angeles, California on July 11, 1897 to Edward and T. Belle (Carey) Hansell. Her father was an Englishman who arrived in the United States in 1877. Her mother was from Iowa. Edward Hansell worked as a jeweller and then an optician during the 1920s, and as an elevator operator during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Hansell found work as a stenographer and then as a dressmaker on the Warner Bros. lot. She managed to find work in cartoons at the Walt Disney Studios and provided squeaks for Mickey Mouse. That same year, she found work in the Leon Schlesinger Productions and Walter Lantz Productions.
July 11, 1897
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died April 16, 1981 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1934–1942
Berneice Edna Hansell (July 11, 1897 – April 16, 1981[citation needed]), known as Bernice Hansen, was an American voice actress. She was best known for providing the voices for both female and young male characters in the mid to late 1930s for various cartoon studios, most notably Warner Bros. Cartoons, where she played Little Kitty in I Haven't Got a Hat (1935).
Hansell was born in Los Angeles, California on July 11, 1897 to Edward and T. Belle (Carey) Hansell. Her father was an Englishman who arrived in the United States in 1877. Her mother was from Iowa. Edward Hansell worked as a jeweller and then an optician during the 1920s, and as an elevator operator during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Hansell found work as a stenographer and then as a dressmaker on the Warner Bros. lot. She managed to find work in cartoons at the Walt Disney Studios and provided squeaks for Mickey Mouse. That same year, she found work in the Leon Schlesinger Productions and Walter Lantz Productions.
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