Ginny Tyler dies

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Mouseketeer, voice actress Ginny Tyler dies

Ginny Tyler dies at 86 Voice actress was Disney legend Orlando Sentinel The former Mouseketeer had a penchant for storytelling and the ability to mimic animal sounds. Her voice was featured in 'The Sword in the Stone' and 'Mary Poppins.' When episodes of "The Mickey Mouse Club" were repackaged for syndication, a new head Mouseketeer held court from the Main Street Opera House at Disneyland in 1963. For a year, Ginny Tyler hosted new segments of the television show that were woven around the old. As she took viewers behind the scenes of the theme park, more than one noted her resemblance to original Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. At Disneyland, she hosted daily 15-minute segments for "The Mickey Mouse Club" that required a demanding production schedule. She often told stories on the air, signed autographs at the park — and considered the job the highlight of her career. Her voice had long been featured in the chorus of birds outside the park's Tiki Room. As one of the "Disneyland Storytellers," Tyler had already narrated such records as Bambi and Babes in Toyland and would become known for voicing animal characters. In one better-known role, she gave voice to Polynesia the Parrot, who helps teach Rex Harrison to talk to the animals in the 1967 film Dr. Dolittle. In Disney films, she played the two amorous female squirrels in The Sword in the Stone (1963) and sang the parts of several barnyard animals in the "Jolly Holiday" sequence of Mary Poppins (1964). Among many other roles, she voiced Casper the Friendly Ghost in 1963; Jan, the damsel in distress in Space Ghost cartoons in 1966, and many female characters in early episodes of the 1960s television series Davey and Goliath. Tyler died July 13 of natural causes at a nursing home in Issaquah, Wash., said her son, Ty Fenton. She was 86. by Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times complete article

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Ginny Tyler memorial held in West Seattle

Disney legend Ginny Tyler gives an encore performance in spirit at Kenyon Hall West Seattle Herald Ginny Tyler, raised in West Seattle and later rising to entertainment prominence as a voice actor with KOMO in Seattle and later for Disney in Hollywood, passed away in July of this year at the age of 86, but is was apparent from the celebration of her life in West Seattle on Oct. 27 that her legacy lives on in the hearts and minds of family, friends and fans. Kenyon Hall was transformed into Ginny’s Hall for an afternoon celebration that brought over 40 friends and relatives together, including several members of the Seattle-based Mountainears Disney Fan Club whom Tyler spent a lot of time with in her later years, thrilling them with her talent. Nearly every square inch of wall space was adorned with memorabilia from the entertainer’s life and long-lasting career as a voice actor, originally as KOMO Radio’s Mother Goose in the 1950s later as the Chief Mouseketeer at Disneyland. Food was served, scrapbooks, photos and vintage Disney vinyl records were pored over, and memories were shared. Tyler’s son Ty Fenton opened remarks on the day of light-hearted remembrance. continue by Ty Swenson complete article

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