Debra Philece Sampler (July 16, 1953 - July 1, 2021) was an American voice actress and television actress, whose credits included various characters in anime. She also went by the aliases of Sue Beth Arden, Victoria Pryne, and Debra Cunningham. After starting out in small roles in films, she would star on the serial Days of Our Lives and the soap opera Another World.
Philece's vocal range was one of the best among voice actors: She demonstrated the ability to play male roles (Cody/Iori Hida from Digimon Adventure 02), Old Women roles (Tiptory in Eureka Seven), as well as being able to use her normal voice in many many roles.
Other well-known roles from her include Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure, Alice McCoy in Digimon Tamers, Nanami in Digimon Data Squad, Hiyori Tamura in Lucky Star, Makimachi Misao in Rurouni Kenshin, Haré in HarĂ©+Guu, Beauty in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, and Taokaka in BlazBlue.
She passed away on July 1st, 2021, from a heart attack. May she rest in peace.
Notable roles from Philece Sampler:
- AI: The Somnium Files: Mayumi Matsushita
- Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura: Z'an Al'urin
- Argento Soma: Ai
- Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia: Hama and Tastiella
- BlazBlue: Taokaka
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Beauty (credited as Vicky Green)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Rokuta Kamado
- Digimon Adventure: Mimi Tachikawa, T.K. Takaishi (eps. 13-16) and Koromon ("The Arrival of SkullGreymon")
- Digimon Adventure 02: Cody/Iori Hida
- Digimon Tamers: Alice McCoy
- Digimon Data Squad: Nanami
- Eureka Seven: Tiptory
- Fire Emblem Heroes: Mia (Summer variant only), Niime (Posthumous Credit for the latter)
- The Incredible Hulk (1996): Betty Ross
- HarĂ©+Guu: Haré
- Kill la Kill: Mataro Mankanshoku (credited as Lindsay Eaton)
- The Legend of Korra: Toph Beifong (old)
- League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra: Kennen, Fizz
- Lucky Star: Hiyori Tamura
- Miraculous Ladybug: Sabine Cheng and Ms. Mendeliev
- Pororo to the Cookie Castle: Loopy
- The Promised Neverland: Lannion, Grandma
- Rune Factory 5: Yuki
- Rurouni Kenshin: Makimachi Misao
- Suikoden V: Lymsleia Falenas
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise: Kelly
- Viewtiful Joe (Anime version): Silvia (credited as Jessie Green)
- World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth: Nisha/Female Vulpera NPCs.
One last question, Ms. Sampler. What is yaoi?