Billie Lou Watt

Billie Lou Watt was an actress in theater and television, including several voice acting roles for commercials, anime and animated series. She is best known as the original English dub voice of the title characters of the 1960s anime series Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion, the character Elsie the Cow for Borden Cheeses TV commercials, and a liveaction turn playing Ellie Harper Bergman on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

Watt was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where her career on the stage began at the age ofin the role of Becky in a local play based on the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Her first role on a professional stage came two years later at the St. Louis Municipal Opera production of The American Way. Her first acting role using mainly her voice was heard by listeners of the KMOX radio program The Land We Live In. She graduated from Ritenour High School and Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois before continuing her acting career in the touring company of the play Kiss and Tell. This would lead up to performing on the stages of New York City, with special thanks to George Abbott for hiring her for the play Barefoot Boy with Cheek. She also appeared in Little Women and King of Hearts during her time on Broadway. Watts first regular role on television was for the 1958 series From These Roots as Maggie Barber Weaver.

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