Teresa Ganzel

Teresa Ganzel (born March 23, 1957) is an American television, film and voice over actress.

Career
Ganzel may be best known as a recurring cast member of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as the Matinee Lady in the popular "Tea Time Movie" skits. She often played ditzy busty blonde bimbo roles, as in the 1982 film The Toy with Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor, in the Married... with Childrenepisode "A Three Job, No Income Family" (1989), National Lampoon's Movie Madness and as Greedy Gretchen in the Three's Company episode "Lies My Roommate Told Me" (1981).

Ganzel was a frequent game show celebrity in the 1980s, particularly on the $25,000 and $100,000 incarnations of Pyramid, and a recurring celebrity on the 1986–1989 version of Hollywood Squares. She also appeared as a celebrity in the 1987 game show pilot for Money in the Blank. In 1984, she played yet another young and ditzy blonde, Mrs. Sheree Winkler in the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory, which introduced a young Jim Carrey to American audiences.[citation needed]

In her later years, Ganzel has had several voice-over roles on cartoons, animated movies, and series, including Cow and Chicken, The Emperor's New School, Monsters, Inc., Goof Troop, ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rugrats and Horton Hears a Who!''. Her first venture into voice acting was playing Kitty Glitter in Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats. Her most well-known role in animation is Miss Vavoom. The character is an homage to all of the sexy film stars, singers and damsels in distress, who served as Droopy's love interest in the Tex Avery cartoons. She appears in Tom & Jerry Kids and Droopy, Master Detective.[citation needed]

In 2010, she played a principal role in the Off-Broadway production of Viagara Falls,[1] after appearing in the same role, Jacqueline Tempest, in productions of the play staged in other cities.[2] Most recently, Ganzel appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on April 20, 2016.

Reputation
TV writer Mark Evanier opined that Ganzel "took the Matinee Lady from being someone to be ogled and laughed-at because her I.Q. was lower than her bra-size to being a skilled comic actress playing that kind of character...This all may wind up to a tiny milestone in the evolution of women on TV but I think it's quite real and that Teresa deserves some real credit."[3]

Filmography

 * Three's Company (1981) (TV Series) - Greedy Gretchen
 * My Favorite Year (1982) - Dumpling
 * The Toy (1982) - Fancy Bates
 * The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Tea Time Movie Lady (1982–1991)
 * National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1983) - Diana
 * The Duck Factory (1984) (TV series) - Mrs. Sheree Winkler
 * Three's a Crowd (1985) (TV series) - Greedy Gretchen
 * Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) - Elizabeth Ellison
 * Newhart (1986) (TV series) - Kathy Newman
 * Fresno (1986) (TV miniseries) - Bobbi Jo Bobb
 * Roxie (1987) (TV series) - Marcie McKinley
 * Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (1987) (animated TV movie) - Kitty Glitter
 * The New Yogi Bear Show (1988) - Additional voices
 * Mama's Family (1989) - Heather
 * Married... with Children (1989) - Heather (episode: "A Three Job, No Income Family")
 * The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990) - Regular
 * Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–94) - Miss Vavoom and others
 * Droopy, Master Detective (1993–94) - Miss Vavoom
 * I Am Weasel (1998) - Loulabelle (season 3 only)
 * Rugrats (1998) - Colleen McNulty (episode: "A Very McNulty Birthday")
 * Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Betty (voice)
 * Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) - Liz
 * EverQuest II (2004 computer game) - 13 voice roles
 * The Emperor's New School (2006) - Princess Lalala
 * Surf's Up (2007) - Female Penguin #2s
 * Horton Hears a Who! (2008) - Female Who #2
 * WALL-E (2008) - Additional voices
 * Up (2009) - Additional voices
 * Random! Cartoons (2009) - Lulu
 * Toy Story 3 (2010) - Additional voices
 * Monsters University (2013) - Gladys
 * Inside Out (2015) - Additional voices
 * Despicable Me 3 (2017) - Additional voices