{"id":42,"date":"2016-06-14T14:37:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wherehopelives\/?p=42"},"modified":"2016-06-14T14:37:27","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:37:27","slug":"janet-waldo-voice-of-judy-jetson-passes-away-at-96","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/foreverinourhearts\/2016\/06\/janet-waldo-voice-of-judy-jetson-passes-away-at-96.html","title":{"rendered":"Janet Waldo, Voice of Judy Jetson, Passes Away at 96"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wherehopelives\/files\/2016\/06\/Janet-Waldo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/wherehopelives\/sites\/399\/2016\/06\/Janet-Waldo-272x300.jpg\" alt=\"Janet-Waldo\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Popular voice-over actress Janet Waldor passed away June 12th at the age of 96. She was best known for voicing Judy Jetson on the animated TV series &#8220;The Jetsons.&#8221;\u00a0Lucy Lee, Waldo&#8217;s daughter, confirmed her mother&#8217;s passing to ABC news. Waldo was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor five years ago that was inoperable.<\/p>\n<p>Janet Waldo was born in Washington in 1920. Her first acting role was in the 1938 film &#8220;Cocoanut Grove.&#8221; Soon after she did plenty of work in radio, where she broke through as the title character on &#8220;Miss Corliss Archer,&#8221; a CBS radio show about a girl next door.\u00a0In 1952 Waldo appeared on an episode of &#8220;I Love Lucy&#8221; and continued to make cameos in other big-hit shows, including &#8220;The Andy Griffith Show&#8221; and &#8220;Get Smart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 1962 the actress stepped into her most famous role as teenager Judy Jetson on the animated series &#8220;The Jetsons.&#8221; The show aired from 1962 to 1963 and then returned for two more season in 1985 to 1987. She voiced Judy Jetson in the spin off movie &#8220;Rockin&#8217; with Judy Jetson.&#8221; Waldo played the character until she was 70 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the cartoon series, Waldo voiced a number of other characters including Josie in &#8220;Josie and the Pussycats,&#8221; Penelope Pitstop in &#8220;Wacky Races,&#8221; and Morticia Addams on &#8220;The Addams Family.&#8221; She can also be heard voicing characters in &#8220;The Flinstones&#8221; and &#8220;Alvin &amp; the Chipmunks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Waldo was married to writer and director Robert E. Lee from 1948 until his death in 1994. They had two children together, Lucy Lee and Jonathan Barlow Lee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular voice-over actress Janet Waldor passed away June 12th at the age of 96. She was best known for voicing Judy Jetson on the animated TV series &#8220;The Jetsons.&#8221;\u00a0Lucy Lee, Waldo&#8217;s daughter, confirmed her mother&#8217;s passing to ABC news. 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