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Gail Matthius

Acting
Known For

71 Years Old

Gail Matthius is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. She was a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its critical and ratings low point at the time (the 1980–1981 season headed by Jean Doumanian), and co-anchored the Weekend Update segment with Charles Rocket in 1981. Matthius had worked as a comedian in Los Angeles appearing at The Comedy Store before successfully auditioning for Doumanian's cast. In 2015, the magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gail Matthius at, out of 141 cast members, the 74th best of Saturday Night Live, calling her, "A flicker of hope in the Saturday Night Live 1980 debacle, with a sharp valley girl mall-chick character named Vickie. Matthius and Vickie both deserved better." Matthius played the following recurring characters on SNL: Vicki, a valley girl who, along with her friend, Debbie (played by Denny Dillon) annoyed people with their persistent questions and shallow statements. Roweena, a Midwestern-accented hairdresser who often has a neurotic, middle-aged woman named Nadine (played by Denny Dillon) as a frequent customer. Francis Lively, wife to Charles Rocket's Phil Lively, a fellow game show host who lives life at home as if it were just another game show. Her celebrity impersonations included: Brooke Shields, in a parody of the racy Calvin Klein TV ads that featured her, Irene Cara, Nancy Reagan and Mary Cunningham. Following her stint on SNL, Matthius appeared in the short-lived British/American sketch show Assaulted Nuts and the syndicated sketch comedy series Laugh Trax (where she revived her valley girl Vicki character from SNL). She did a good deal of voice acting for animated shows from the late 1980s into the 1990s, including Bobby's World (with Laugh Trax co-star Howie Mandel), Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Bump in the Night and The Tick, often using the voice of her valley girl and Roweena characters from Saturday Night Live (in characters such as Martha, who sounds like Roweena, and Shirley the Loon from Tiny Toon Adventures). She also is a member of the Spolin Players Improv comedy troupe and acts as a drama and theater coach and teacher in Pacific Palisades, CA for various acting studios including Theatre Palisades. She continues to perform as an improv and drama theater actress. In 2016, Matthius appeared in the play For Piano and Harpo by Dan Castellaneta. (Source: Wikipedia)

Born

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA on 14th December 1953

All Credits

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Animaniacs
Candie Chipmunk (voice)
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Image
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Hostess (voice)
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Image
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Stewardess (voice)
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Tiny Toon Adventures
Shirley the Loon (voice)
Bump in the Night Image
Bump in the Night
Molly Coddle (voice)
Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
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Spider-Man
Sue Richards / Invisible Woman (voice)
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Simon & Simon
The Ren & Stimpy Show Image
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Waffle Woman (voice)
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Challenge of the GoBots
Pinky and the Brain Image
Pinky and the Brain
I Am Weasel Image
I Am Weasel
Nurse / Woman #1 (voice)
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Wu Assassins
Waitress
Bobby's World Image
Bobby's World
Martha (voice)
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Men Behaving Badly
Hilary Clinton (voice)
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Fantastic Max
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Snorks
Smallstar Seaworthy
No Image
The Adventures of Hyperman
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation Image
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
Shirley the Loon / Sissy Boo (voice)
Tiny Toon Spring Break Image
Tiny Toon Spring Break
Shirley the Loon / Plucky's Dream Girl / Additional Voices (voice)
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery Image
Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
Shirley the Loon (voice)
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The Pound Puppies
Violet (voice)
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Surviving Theater 9
Linda
'Twas the Night Before Bumpy Image
'Twas the Night Before Bumpy
Molly Coddle (voice)