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Cheryl Ladd was not prepared to try and replace Farrah Fawcett's leading lady role on Charlie's Angels. In an exclusive clip from Ladd's upcoming feature episode on Oprah: Where Are They Now?, the 65-year-old, who played Kris Munroe on the female-centric series, reveals that she was first asked to replace the late Fawcett. After taking on the singing voice of Melody on the cartoon series Josie and the Pussy Cats, Charlie's Angels producer Aaron Spelling approached Ladd about joining the drama. "When Farrah left the show, he called me right away and said he wanted me to do it and I said,...

Cheryl Ladd was not prepared to try and replace Farrah Fawcett's leading lady role on Charlie's Angels.

In an exclusive clip from Ladd's upcoming feature episode on Oprah: Where Are They Now?, the 65-year-old, who played Kris Munroe on the female-centric series, reveals that she was first asked to replace the late Fawcett.

After taking on the singing voice of Melody on the cartoon series Josie and the Pussy Cats, Charlie's Angels producer Aaron Spelling approached Ladd about joining the drama.

"When Farrah left the show, he called me right away and said he wanted me to do it and I said,...

Janet Waldo, a prolific voice actress most known for her work as Judy Jetson on The Jetsons, has passed away at the age of 96, reports TV Guide.

Waldo voiced a number of roles over the course of her decades-long career, including Josie on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon Josie and the Pussycats.

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Janet Waldo, who provided the voice of teenage daughter Judy Jetson on the classic animated series “The Jetsons,” has died, her daughter Lucy Lee told ABC News. She was 96. According to Lee, Waldo was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor that couldn’t be operated on five years ago. Born in Yakima, Washington, in 1920, Waldo had a vast career providing voices for animated series, with roles that included Josie on “Josie and the Pussycats” and the title role on “The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.” Also Read: 'Alf' Star Michu Meszaros Dies at 76 (Report) Waldo first voiced Judy Jetson during “The Jetsons'” first.

This article originally appeared on EW.com.Janet Waldo, the prolific voice actress best known for her role as The Jetsons' eldest daughter Judy, has died, her daughter confirmed to ABC News. Waldo was 96.In addition to her work as the animated teen of the future, Waldo voiced a number of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, ranging from Penelope Pitstop to Josie and the Pussycats' Josie. Her last credited voice work came in 2000, when she reprised Pitstop in a Wacky Races video game. Waldo, who passed away on Sunday morning, was diagnosed with a benign but inoperable brain tumor five years ago,...

This article originally appeared on EW.com.Janet Waldo, the prolific voice actress best known for her role as The Jetsons' eldest daughter Judy, has died, her daughter confirmed to ABC News. Waldo was 96.In addition to her work as the animated teen of the future, Waldo voiced a number of Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, ranging from Penelope Pitstop to Josie and the Pussycats' Josie. Her last credited voice work came in 2000, when she reprised Pitstop in a Wacky Races video game. Waldo, who passed away on Sunday morning, was diagnosed with a benign but inoperable brain tumor five years ago,...

Voice actress Janet Waldo, best known for playing The Jetsons‘ far-out daughter Judy from 1962 to 1987, had died. She was 96.

Waldo’s daughter tells ABC News that her mother was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor five years ago.

Though Waldo is best-recognized as the voice of Judy, she brought dozens of cartoon characters to life during her career, which spanned from 1938 to 2000. Waldo also provided the voices of Josie and the Pussycats‘ Josie (1970-1972), Wacky Races‘ Penelope Pitstop (1968–1970), The Addams Family‘s Morticia (1973) and The Smurfs‘ Hogatha (1981–1989), to name just a few.

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Janet Waldo, who supplied the voice of the hip teenage daughter Judy Jetson on the space-age cartoon The Jetsons, died Sunday at her longtime home in Encino, her daughter told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 96. Waldo's daughter Lucy Lee said that her mother had been diagnosed with a benign brain tumor in 2011 and "had been bed-bound for many months." Waldo voiced scores of cartoon characters during her long career, including guitar-playing frontwoman Josie McCoy on Josie and the Pussycats, the always-in-danger Penelope Pitstop on The Perils of Penelope Pitstop and Wacky Races, Granny

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The new year brought good news to longtime fans of Archie Andrews and his friends: The CW has ordered the pilot for Riverdale, a live-action show that will offer a "gritty" take on the long-running comics series. Gritty or not, it's a good fit; after all, if any network can get teenage longing right, it's the CW, which has already found success adapting other comics into shows such as Arrow, The Flash and iZombie. Since news of the pilot order hit in January, there's been Archie news trickling online. New Zealand actor K.J. Apa was cast as Archie, and 90210 vet...

The new year brought good news to longtime fans of Archie Andrews and his friends: The CW has ordered the pilot for Riverdale, a live-action show that will offer a "gritty" take on the long-running comics series. Gritty or not, it's a good fit; after all, if any network can get teenage longing right, it's the CW, which has already found success adapting other comics into shows such as Arrow, The Flash and iZombie. Since news of the pilot order hit in January, there's been Archie news trickling online. New Zealand actor K.J. Apa was cast as Archie, and 90210 vet...

Goodbye, Casey Kasem. The legendary radio DJ, who hosted the wildly-popular "American Top 40" program and its various offshoots for over 30 years, died Sunday at the age of 82 surrounded by family and friends at a Washington hospital. "Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken," wrote daughter Kerri Kasem on Twitter and Facebook. "The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our dad." Kasem, who suffered from advanced Parkinson's disease and dementia in his later years, recently became the subject of a bitter feud when his adult children accused his second wife, former actress Jean Kasem, of keeping their father isolated from his close friends and family. Last year they filed a legal petition to be granted control over his health care, and in May a judge temporarily stripped Jean of her caretaker role after she...

Casey Kasem, the iconic radio host and voice actor, passed away Sunday at the age of 82. For a certain generation, Kasem was the inimitably raspy voice of the American Top 40 countdown. However, Kasem had a long career as an actor, particularly as a voice actor. Here are seven memorable characters you may not have realized that Kasem was behind. Norville "Shaggy" Rogers, Scooby-Doo Kasem voiced Norville "Shaggy" Rogers from 1969-1997 and again from 2002-2009. A strict vegetarian, Kasem suggested that Rogers be one on the show as well. Robin, SuperFriends One of Kasem's first voice-acting roles was Robin in The...

You may not know her name but you certainly know her voice. Janet Waldo has been acting professionally for more than 70 years. Discovered by Bing Crosby, she worked on many radio shows and starred for eight years as teenager Corliss Archer on Meet Corliss Archer. She went on to become a staple of many classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons as the voice of Judy Jetson (The Jetsons), Nancy (Shazzan), Granny Sweet (The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show), Josie McCoy (Josie and the Pussycats, Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space), Penelope Pitstop (Wacky Races, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop), and Morticia Addams (The Addams Family).

At age 87, Waldo is just as energetic as ever and her voices sounds virtually the same. I spoke to her about The Jetsons and the release of the 1988 TV movie called Rockin with Judy Jetson. But first, I had to ask Waldo about...

During the late 1960s, Filmation was having incredible success with The Archie Show on CBS. Not only was the TV series very popular but one of the animated show's songs, "Sugar, Sugar," hit the top spot on the Billboard charts. Hanna-Barbera wanted to duplicate the idea and licensed the Josie characters from Archie Comics. They centered the stories around the girls' band, added mysteries (ala Scooby-Doo, Where are You!), and were on their way.

Josie and the Pussycats debuted on September 12, 1970 on CBS. The animated show centers around six young people. Josie (Janet Waldo), Valerie (Barbara Pariot), and Melody (Jackie Joseph) make up the band. Handsome Alan (Jerry Dexter) is their roadie, Alexander (Casey Kasem) is their cowardly manager, and Alexandra (Sherry Alberoni) is his nasty sister.

Alan's sweet on Josie but Alexandra wants him to herself and will sabotage sweet Josie...