Blanc, Mel
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| Birthname | Blanc, Melvin Jerome | ||||
| born on | 30 May 1908 | ||||
| Place | San Francisco, California, 37n47, 122w25 | ||||
| Timezone | PST h8w (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   08°58' 
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Biography
American king of the voiceover and provider of voices for 3,000 cartoons with nearly 400 characters as well as a dazzling array of sound effects. From the time he was a kid, he had an endless curiosity about voices and sounds. Attending school in Portland, OR, he took up musical instruments.
Blanc married Estelle Rosenbaum in 1933 and the two worked in radio together; they had one son. When the company could not afford additional actors, Mel did the voices. When they moved to Los Angeles, he joined a cartoon workshop that led to Looney Tunes where his first character was Porky Pig, followed by Bugs Bunny.
Mel was admitted to the hospital on 5/19/1989 with heart disease and emphysema and died on 7/10/1989.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Entertainment: The Flintstones (born 30 September 1960). Notes: Voiced Barney Rubble and Dino, 1960-1966, 1972-1973, 1977-1978, 1980-1984, 1986-1988, 1994, 2000
- associate relationship with Entertainment: The Jetsons (born 23 September 1962). Notes: Voiced Cosmo Spacely, 1962-1963, 1985-1987, 1990
- role played of/by West, Billy (born 16 April 1952). Notes: West impersonated Blanc's voice
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1933 (Estelle Rosenbaum)
- Social : Institutionalized - prison, hospital 19 May 1989 (Hospitalized for heart disease and emphysema)
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Source Notes
LMR quotes media for data; time unknown; the son of Frederic and Eva Katz Blanc.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs (Over 60 years)
- Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted (Son did voice-overs)
- Vocation : Entertainment : Voice-Over (Pro, noted, voices for over 400 characters)
