American actress
Teresa Ganzel |
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 Ganzel in 2012 |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
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| Agent(s) | Arlene Thornton and Associates[1] |
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Teresa Ganzel is an American actress and comedian.[3]
Career
Ganzel was a recurring cast member of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as the Matinee Lady in the "Tea Time Movie" sketches. She has often played stereotypical ditzy blonde bimbo roles, including Greedy Gretchen in the Three's Company episode "Lies My Roommate Told Me" (1981), National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982), the film The Toy (1982) with Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor, and the Married... with Children episode "A Three Job, No Income Family" (1989).[citation needed]
In 1984, Ganzel played another young and ditzy blonde, Sheree Winkler, in the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory, which introduced Jim Carrey to American audiences.[citation needed] She was a frequent game show celebrity in the 1980s, particularly on the $25,000 and $100,000 incarnations of Pyramid, as well as a recurring celebrity on the 1986–1989 version of Hollywood Squares. She also appeared as a celebrity in the game show pilot for Money in the Blank (1987).[citation needed]
Ganzel has had several voice-over roles in 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 voice role was as Kitty Glitter in Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats. Ganzel voices Miss Vavoom, the 1990s revival of Red Hot Riding Hood, in Tom & Jerry Kids and Droopy, Master Detective.
In 2010, Ganzel played a principal role in the off-Broadway production of Viagara Falls (2010) after appearing in the same role, Jacqueline Tempest, in productions of the play staged in other cities.[4][5]
On April 20, 2016, Ganzel appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast.[citation needed]
Reputation
TV writer Mark Evanier said:
"[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."[6]
