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Debi Derryberry
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Derryberry at the Grand Rapids Comic-Con Spring Fling Road Trip in Kalamazoo, Michigan on April 13, 2024.
Born
Debi Greenberg

Other names
  • Dee Dee Green
  • Marie Cabbit
  • Sue Swan
  • Alex Hall
Alma mater UCLA
Occupation Voice actress
Years active 1986–present
Spouse(s) Ian Hall
Children 1

Debi Derryberry is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of animations and video games. She played Jimmy Neutron in the film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and the television series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.

Biography

Derryberry was born in Indio, California to a family of Hungarian Jewish descent. Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. After graduating from Indio High School in 1978, she attended the University of California, Los Angeles where she majored in kinesiology. After college, she moved to Nashville to become a country singer.

Her first acting role was as Skeeter in Hey Vern, It's Ernest! along with Jim Varney in 1988. She was also a stand in.

Her voice roles include the title character from the first CGI film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and its CGI TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Nergal Jr. from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, and Revvin' Evan from Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Following the death of Mary Kay Bergman), Tad on various LeapFrog animated videos and DVD's from 2003 to 2004, Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot series, Wednesday in The Addams Family cartoon, Jackie in Bobby's World, Draculaura in Monster High, and Maureen Murphy in F is for Family.

Derryberry is the voice of Clay in the Playhouse Disney segments presented in the early 2000s. In English language dubs of anime, she provided the voice of Ryo-Ohki in the Tenchi Muyo series. She received a Best Actress in a Comedy award at the American Anime Awards for her work as Zatch in Zatch Bell! and for Chica's Magic Rainbow in FNAF World Update 2.

Aside from her work as a voice actress, Derryberry worked on the 1993 film Free Willy as the stunt double for Jesse in some shots that showed Keiko who played Willy. She has provided the voices of a series of characters, mostly those of young boys and tomboyish girls. In addition, Derryberry has also provided voice-over for Ice Age: The Meltdown, as the voice of Wednesday Addams in the 1990s animated version of The Addams Family, Weenie and Catrina on Oswald, Taz's little brother Jake on Taz-Mania, Coco Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot video game series, and Clay in some Playhouse Disney segments.

She has also done voice work for comedic English language adaptations of anime titles such as Zatch Bell! in which she plays the titular character, his evil twin Zeno, Ryo-Ohki, Yugi, and various other characters from several versions of the anime series Tenchi Muyo!. She was the voice of Playhouse Disney's mascot, Clay.

Personal life

Debi lives with her husband Ian Hall in Toluca Lake.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
1990–98 Bobby's World Jackie Resume
1991–95 Taz-Mania Jake
1992 The Addams Family Wednesday Addams
1994 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Various characters
1995 Life with Louie Jeannie Harper
What-A-Mess Daughter
1996–99 Jumanji Judy Shepherd Resume
1997 Johnny Bravo Various characters
Cow and Chicken
Bad Baby Eubie / Kelly
1998 CatDog Various characters
1998 Runaway Rocketboy! Jimmy Neutron Pilot
2000 South Park Miss Information As Dee Dee Green
2001 Oswald Weenie, Catrina, others
2001–05 Jay Jay the Jet Plane Jay Jay, Savannah, Herky, Revvin Evan As Dee Dee Green; replacing Mary Kay Bergman
2001–02 Grim and Evil Various characters Resume
2002–06 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron, Amber, Nissa, others
2002 Fillmore! Various characters
2002–07 Playhouse Disney Clay Host Resume
2003–08 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Nergal Jr
2003–2004 LeapFrog video series Tad (character) As Dee Dee Green
2003 Castle in the Sky Sheeta (Young), Madge, Additional Voices Disney dub
2004–06 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Jimmy Neutron crossover episodes
2004 Stroker and Hoop Jack's Girl, Miss Squash Casserole
2005 Danger Rangers Emily, Mark
2006 Curious George Various characters Resume
2010–13 Planet Sheen Princess Oomlout (Second Face)
2012–13 Monster High Draculaura As Dee Dee Green
2014 TripTank Billy Episode: "Ricky the Rocketship" / "Show for All Ages"
2015 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Various characters
2015–21 F Is for Family Maureen Murphy, Philip Bonfiglio, Bridget Fitzsimmons, others
2017 Hanazuki: Full of Treasures Various characters
Buddy Thunderstruck Muncie, others
Ben 10 Simon Sez, Camperhead #2
2019 Care Bears: Unlock the Magic Cheer Bear, Love-a-Lot Bear, Robbie As Alex Hall
Tigtone Helpy
2020 Blaze and the Monster Machines Zuzu Episode: "The Great Space Race"

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993–95, 2005 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVAs Ryo-Ohki 3 OVA series and specials, as Marie Cabbit
1996–98 Tenchi Universe series Ryo-Ohki, Mitsuki
1999–2000 Tenchi in Tokyo Ryo-Ohki, Yugi
2005–07 Zatch Bell! Zatch, others
2015 Sailor Moon Diana VIZ dub
Sailor Moon Crystal
Glitter Force Candy Netflix series Facebook
2017 Glitter Force Doki Doki Maya Aida Tweet

Film

Feature films

List of voice performances in feature films
Year Title Role Source
1992 Aladdin Additional voices
1995 Babe Puppies
Toy Story Aliens, Troll, Voice on Intercom at Pizza Planet, additional voices
1997 Cats Don't Dance Additional voices
1999 Toy Story 2 Aliens, Amy
2001 Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron Resume
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Diatryma Mom
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Who Mom
2013 Despicable Me 2 Additional Voices
2021 Sailor Moon Eternal Diana Resume
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Additional Voices

Direct-to-video and television films

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1995 The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit Flopsy, Mopsy, Hopsy, Cottontail, Fluff
1996 Dot & Spot's Magical Adventure Dot
Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love Ryo-Ohki
1998 O' Christmas Tree Tree, Chipmunk
1999 The Nuttiest Nutcracker Marie, Fritz
2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale Whispers
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Annette
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust Girl
2003 Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Fern
The Animatrix Child
2005 The Muppet Movie Various characters Disney video release Resume
2006 Casper's Scare School History Teacher, Banana Lady
2009 Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas Gnocchi
2010 The Legend of Secret Pass Shelby
2012 Monster High: Ghouls Rule Draculaura As Dee Dee Green
2013 Monster High: 13 Wishes As Sue Swan
2014 Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!
Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games Runt As Dee Dee Greene
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return Stenographer
Monster High: Freaky Fusion Draculaura As Sue Swan
Alpha and Omega 4: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave Runt As Dee Dee Greene
2015 Alpha and Omega 5: Family Vacation As Sue Swan
Monster High: Haunted Draculaura
Monster High: Boo York, Boo York
2016 Norm of the North Little Girl
Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef Draculaura
Alpha and Omega 6: Dino Digs Runt As Hunter Swan
Barbie: Dreamtopia Otto's Mom
Welcome to Monster High Draculaura
Trolland Jessica, Adrian, Kid #1
Alpha and Omega 7: The Big Fureeze Runt As Hunter Swan
2017 Monster High: Electrified Draculaura
Alpha and Omega 8: Journey to Bear Kingdom Runt As Hunter Swan

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
1990 Ys I & II Feena English Language Version
2000 Orphen: Scion of Sorcery Dortin, Jado
2001 Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Coco Bandicoot
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Jimmy Neutron
Final Fantasy X Fayth
2002 Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Jay Jay Earns His Wings Jay Jay, Herky, Savannah, Revvin' Evan As Dee Dee Green
Jay Jay the Jet Plane: Sky Heroes to the Rescue
Jay Jay the Jet Plane: High-Flying Sky Circus
Nickelodeon Party Blast Jimmy Neutron
2003 Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits Bebedora
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion Jimmy Neutron
Crash Nitro Kart Coco Bandicoot, Polar
Final Fantasy X-2 Fayth
2004 Tales of Symphonia Noishe, Seles Wilder
Crash Twinsanity Coco Bandicoot, Young Dr. Cortex
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies Jimmy Neutron
2005 Killer7 Love Wilcox
Crash Tag Team Racing Coco Bandicoot
Nicktoons Unite! Jimmy Neutron
2006 Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing
Ape Escape 3 Monkey Pink (NTSC-U version)
Over the Hedge Kid
Yakuza Haruka Sawamura
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island Jimmy Neutron
2007 Crash of the Titans Coco Bandicoot
Nina Cortex DS version only
Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots Jimmy Neutron
2008 God of War: Chains of Olympus Calliope
Crash: Mind over Mutant Coco Bandicoot
SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom Jimmy Neutron
2010 No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Matt Helms, Mimmy
White Knight Chronicles Rocco
God of War III Calliope
2011 White Knight Chronicles II Rocco
2012 Nicktoons MLB Jimmy Neutron Nintendo 3DS version only
Street Fighter x Tekken PAC-MAN
2013 The Wonderful 101 Luka Alan Smithee, Young Will
2014 Guild Wars 2 Taimi, others
2016 FNaF World Chica's Magic Rainbow
2017 Mobius Final Fantasy Elder Moogle
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Coco Bandicoot, Tawna Bandicoot
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Young William Blazkowicz
2019 Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled Coco Bandicoot, Baby Coco, Nina Cortex, Pasadena O'Possum
2020 Genshin Impact Tubby, Sedene, Delaroche English Language Version
2021 Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! Coco Bandicoot, Nina Cortex, Fake Coco
2022 Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway Jimmy Neutron
2023 The Sims 4 Infants
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Jimmy Neutron
2024 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Additional voices

Live action

List of acting performances in television
Year Title Role Notes Source
1988 Hey Vern, It's Ernest! Skeeter / Willie the Robots Friend / Alien Child
1999 Party of Five Mrs. Pinchon Episode: "Fate, Hope and Charity"
2008–09 iCarly Principal Ted Franklin's Assistant 3 episodes
List of acting performances in theatrical films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993 Free Willy Jesse (stunt double only) Uncredited
2007 Jekyll Cancer Patient
2018 Gamers Anonymous Phyllis
List of acting performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
1990 Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again Midge Mason Television film
2004 Comic Book: The Movie Debbie Newman

Theme parks

List of voice performances in theme park rides
Year Title Role Notes Source
1993 Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress Patricia
2003 Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast Jimmy Neutron

Other roles

  • The character Speedy in Alka-Seltzer commercials.
  • The character Zack Putterman in Duracell commercials.

See also

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