Voice Over Actress Janet Waldo Passes Away

Many reports say that voice over actress Janet Waldo passed away peacefully at her home.  According to Stu's Show's Facebook, Janet had an inoperable brain tumor.  Her daughter Lucy claims that Janet always had a positive attitude despite being in poor health.  She had that happy spark right up until the very end. She was 96.

Janet Waldo provided the voices for many Hanna-Barbera characters and shows including The Flintstones, The Smurfs, and many others.  Her most popular roles included Granny Sweet  on Atom Ant, Josie in Josie and the Pussycats, Penelope Pitstop in Wacky Races and The Perils of Penelope Pitsop, but for everyone around the world, she was best known as Judy Jetson on The Jetsons.  Janet also appeared in many acting roles starting in radio but worked her way into television.  One notable guest appearance was in I Love Lucy.  She played a teenager who had a crush on Ricky.  Coincidentally, at that time she was pregnant of her daughter.

Many of these Hanna-Barbera shows have come and gone, but you can still catch The Flintstones and The Smurfs late nights on Boomerang.  Many condolences to the family of Janet Waldo at this time.