Sally Dryer
American former child voice actress
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Sally Dryer is a former American child voice actress,[1] artist, and store owner best known for her voice-over work in the 1960s.
Sally Dryer | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963–1969 |
Career
Dryer provided the voices for several Peanuts characters in television specials and film from 1965 to 1969. Dryer first started as the voice of Violet in A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1963) and A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), before going on to Lucy in four Peanuts specials Charlie Brown's All-Stars (1966), It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), You're in Love, Charlie Brown (1967), and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968).
Dryer then provided the voice of Patty (not to be confused with the character of Peppermint Patty) in the feature film A Boy Named Charlie Brown. Dryer's last stint with the Peanuts gang was performing the voices of Clara, Shirley, and Sophie in It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown.
Dryer also starred as herself in a pair of documentaries on the 1960s Peanuts television phenomenon. Dryer was interviewed on the special documentary You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown (1990); and on the documentary The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (2001).
Personal life
She is a lesbian and lives with her partner in Jerome, Arizona.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Violet Gray | Voice role |
| 1965 | A Charlie Brown Christmas | ||
| 1966 | Charlie Brown's All-Stars! | Lucy van Pelt | |
| It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | |||
| 1967 | You're in Love, Charlie Brown | ||
| 1968 | He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown | ||
| 1969 | It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown | Clara/Shirley/Sophie | |
| A Boy Named Charlie Brown | Patty | ||
| 1990 | You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown | Herself | |
| 2001 | The Making of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" |