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Barbara Dale Goodson (born August 16, 1949) is a Brooklyn-born voice actor. Her best-known roles are either older women (or old ladies in general) or young boys (and back in the day, The Smurfette too). She is very well known as either Laharl or Rita Repulsa. Her capacity for ham knows few bounds.

She is notable for being one of the first actors to get regular work dubbing anime, being very prominent throughout the 80s and early 90s, appearing in many projects considered gateway drugs for anime fans at the dawn of the medium's popularity, and many titles regarded as classics today. She has also appeared in many older anime dubs that have since been redone over the years.


These here are the roles of the great Evil Overlady Barbara Goodson! HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!:


Tropes associated with roles by Barbara Goodson:

  • Large Ham: As Rita Repulsa and Laharl.
  • Ridiculously Cute Critter: When she isn't voicing elderly characters, she occasionally voices non-human male and female characters with a notably cute appearance, with Baby Chirin, Katy the Caterpillar, and Unico being the most notable examples where she uses her "cute voice".
  • Woman of a Thousand Voices: While she's able to voice elderly characters, even at the age of 73, she's still able to pull off her younger sounding voice for characters; Reu from Mugen Souls Z being the most recent example.


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