Kathy Garver

Voice Description

Commercials: Warm, friendly, characters, announcer, professional, humor, real peson

Narration: Descriptive, understandable, intelligent

Audio books: Experienced ability to do many different believable characters, lift authors voice from page, pleasant to listen to

Cartoons: Believable fun characters brought to life (I have done several cartoon series as well as guest starred on others as well as animated films and children's videos)

Dubbing: Eexperienced and able to fit language and script to different characters making them sound true to life and synching to lip movements

On hold: Experienced, pleasant to listen to, clear

Multimedia and toy voices: Experienced to bring life to toys, dolls, interactive plush, etc

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I have ISDN in my studio
• I have Phone Patch in my studio
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I offer radio ad production services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

San Mateo, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Ole! yo hablo espanol and can do Mexican, Spanish dialects as Chihuahua or humans, can do Irish lassies or leprechauns, British Queens or parlor girls, french tarts or boudoir mademoiselles, Russian princesses or workers, all regional American accents - from Southern belles, to nasal impersonations of "The Nanny". Have done dogs, cats, evil queens, brillo pads, cups, saucers - you name it!

Can also establish a spokesperson voice that is recognizable

My Voice Experience

Animation:
SPIDERMAN “Firestar” regular
DIXIE’S DINER “Dixie”
DENNIS THE MENACE “Mother”
MARVIN “Jenny”
FONZIE AND OUR GANG – 3
CHUCK NORRIS “Pepper” regular SUPERFRIENDS (6)
JO JO Anime – “Enyah”
ANGEL BABY - MATTEL
SAMMY SHAPES - TOYS ARE US

Commercials:


MACYS Spokesperson 3 years
DAVIDSONS Spokesperson (50)
DREYFUSS
CLOROX
PILLSBURY
CONTROL CAT LITTER (2)
CHICAGO SPAS (2)
AMERICAN HOME SHIELD
NORDETTE
MERVYNS
BAY MEADOWS
ADIA TEMPORARY SERVICES
ALBERTSON STORES
UNION BANK
PROCTOR AND GAMBLE
WESTERN PHYSICIAN
VONS FOOD STORES
MORE ON REQUEST

Industrials:
IBM TRAINING VIDEO (4)

LEVI STRAUSS
PACIFIC BELL
BENECOL
TRIAD CORPORATION (2)
INMAC CORPORATION (16)
TOY FAIR (3)
THRIFTY DRUG STORES
ROUGHHOUSING VIDEO
MEDELA CORPORATION (2)
MITSUBISHI
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM HAWAII
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN (5)
REAL ESTATE TRAINING
BANK OF AMERICA
METASOUND

LOOPING RESUME

FILM

ED TV Universal/Ron Howard, Director

APOLLO 13 Universal/ Ron Howard, Director

JINGLE ALL THE WAY Twentieth Century Fox

BILLY MADISON MCA/Universal

RANSOM Walt Disney Pictures

BACK DRAFT Universal/ Ron Howard, Director

COP AND A HALF MCA

INVISIBLE MOM II Phoenician Films

RED SHOES Golden Films/Hallmark

PARENTHOOD Universal

NORTH DALLAS FORTY Paramount

THE HERETIC Warner Brothers

TELEVISION

NASH BRIDGES Series, Rashack Entertainment

MOW - FBI MURDERS Hallmark Entertainment

MOW - RUBY RIDGE CBS

PARENTHOOD Series, Paramount

MATLOCK Episodes, Universal

SIMON AND SIMON Episodes., Universal

MOW - STAY THE NIGHT New World Television

FATHER DOWLING Paramount

DUBBING

MONKEY KING (From Chinese Language) 39 Episodes, Rainbow Entertainment

RUMPLESTILSKIN (From Russian Language) Video, Kellie Walsh Productions

Jo JO's Bizarre Adventures (From Japanese)
INDUSTRIALS
IBM TRAINING VIDEO (4)

LEVI STRAUSS
PACIFIC BELL
BENECOL
TRIAD CORPORATION (2)
INMAC CORPORATION (16)
TOY FAIR (3)
THRIFTY DRUG STORES
ROUGHHOUSING VIDEO
MEDELA CORPORATION (2)
MITSUBISHI
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM HAWAII
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN (5)
REAL ESTATE TRAINING
BANK OF AMERICA
METASOUND


DIRECTOR:

OPPOSITE OF FATE (Audie Award Winner) Directed Amy Tan
BRILLIANCE AUDIO

SAVING FISH FROM DROWNING - Directed Amy Tan
BRILLIANCE AUDIO

SLEEPING WITH FEAR - Directed David Colacci
BRILLIANCE AUDIO

BEATRIX POTTER - Directed Katherine Thomas
SMARTY PANTS

WHITE LIES – Directed David Colacci
BRILLIANCE AUDIO


NARRATION:

SEASONS UNDER HEAVEN by Beverly La Haye and Terri Blackstock
Zondervan
Narrator and character voices

WHEN LOVE BLOOMS by Robin Lee Hatcher
Zondervan
Narrator plus character voices.

WORD of PROMISE Old Testament
Falcon Pictures and Thomas Nelson Publishers
Woman of Blood

EVEN NOW by Karen Kingsbury (AUDIE AWARD NOMINATION)
Zondervan
Narrator plus muti voices

Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury
Zondervan
NARRATOR plus character voices

WORD OF PROMISE New Testament (King James version) with James Caveizel and Marisa Tomei (AUDIE AWARD NOMINATION - MULTI CAST)
FALCON PICTURES AND THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS
RACHEL plus Slave Women


BEYOND TUESDAY MORNING by Karen Kingsbury
ZONDERVAN
NARRATOR plus character voices

TWILIGHT ZONE RADIO THEATRE
FALCON PICTURES (AUDIE AWARD NOMINATION _ Multi cast)
Six Characters in Search of an Exit
The Long Morrow
The Fever
STARRED as PRIMARY CHARACTERS in above

EVER AFTER by Karen Kingsbury
ZONDERVAN PUBLISHING
NARRATOR plus character voices (Men, women, children, dialects)

SLEEPING WITH FEAR by Kaye Hooper
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus character voices (Men, women, children, dialects)

TIME OF FEAR by Kaye Hooper
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus character voices (Men, women, children, dialects)

ALL NIGHT LONG by Judith Krentz
BRILLIANCE ADUIO
NARRATOR plus character voices (Men, women, children, dialects)

TWILIGHT WHISPERS by Barbara Delinsky
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus character voices (Men, women, children, dialects)

ISLAND OF DREAMS (Romance)
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus character voices (different genders, ages, plus Irish, Italian, French and American Regional dialects)

BRADAMANT (Fantasy/science fiction) (Violet Crown Award Winner) TIMBERWOLF
Title role of BRADAMANT plus other voices (Wizard, sex goddess, old Crone, young princess, aged countess)

CALCULATED RISK (Mystery)(Violet Crown Award Finalist)
NARRATOR plus main character (twenty something woman)

THE CONVENIENT WIFE (Romance)
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus all other voices (Dutch, French, British dialects, etc.)

LISTEN TO THE SILENCE (Mystery)
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus character voices (American regional dialects)

THE ART OF SPOONING (Self help)
LISTEN AND LIVE AUDIO
NARRATOR

WHAT WE DO FOR LOVE (Non-fiction)
LISTEN AND LIVE AUDIO
FIRST PERSON NARRATOR plus character voices

THE WORLD’S SHORTEST STORIES (Fiction) (AUDIE AWARD WINNER)
LISTEN AND LIVE AUDIO
SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHARACTERS

GREATEST CAT STORIES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (Fiction)
DOVE AUDIO /NEW STAR MEDIA
SEVERAL DIFFERENT CHARACTERS


ANGEL BOOK TRILOGY (Three books - THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS, SEASON OF
ANGELS, TOUCHED BY ANGELS) (Fiction/fantasy)
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR with myriad of character voices (young, teen, old, men, women, Irish, Spanish, African American, Asian, American regional dialects)

WHEN THE MAN YOU LOVE WON’T TAKE CARE OF HIS HEALTH (Non-fiction)
DOVE AUDIO/NEW STAR MEDIA
FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

FOREVER IN YOUR EMBRACE (Romance)
BRILLIANCE AUDIO
NARRATOR plus many different characters (Russian, French, British, Irish dialects)

THE RED SHOES (Fairy Tale)
GOLDEN FILM PUBLISHING
CHARACTERS (Gypsy, young French ballerina, English seamstress, British patron of the arts, gypsy singer, cat)

UNICORN ENGLISH COURSE I and II
BUN EIDO PUBLISHING. KYOTO, JAPAN
READER TALENT (Teacher voice, character voices)

APRICOT ENGLISH COURSE I and II
BUN EIDO PUBLISHING. KYOTO, JAPAN
READER TALENT (Teacher voice, character voices)

POWWOW
BUN EIDO PUBLISHING. KYOTO, JAPAN
READER TALENT (Teacher voice, character voices)

BARNYARD BUDDIES
KID-TEL
NARRATOR plus Character voices (pigs, horses, puppies, chickens, etc.)

PETER RABBIT
SMARTY PANTS
PRODUCED, NARRATED, DID CHARACTER VOICES AND WROTE
THE LYRICS FOR ORIGINAL SONGS (BEST CHILDREN’S AUDIO TAPE AWARD).

JEMIMA PUDDLE DUCK
SAME AS ABOVE

MRS. TIGGY WINKLE
SAME AS ABOVE

THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
SAME AS ABOVE

BENJAMIN BUNNY
SAME AS ABOVE

THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE
SMARTY PANTS
PRODUCED, NARRATED, DID CHARACTER VOICES AND WROTE for 8 CASSETTES MY BEATRIX POTTER AUDIO TAPES HAVE SOLD OVER A MILLION COPIES

Teaching

10 years experience teaching Speech, Diction and Audio Narration at Voice One Studios in San Francisco

My Training

BA in Speech from UCLA, MA in Theatre Arts from UCLA. Training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England; William Lockwood, singing; Uta Hagen, Theatre Arts; Jeff Corey, Acting; Voice One training and teaching in San Francisco; Mell Wells, Voice Over Training, Los Angeles.
Have taught seminars in speech, diction and voice over, on Cruises, in Seminars nationwide (North Carolina, Los Angels, San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose, Orlando,Florida, more)

My Studio Equipment

Neumann TLM 103 Condenser microphone, APHEX Model 230 Master Voice Channel, M Audio M Box Pro 2, DAW, ProTools 7.4 LE, 5x5 Sound Booth - have great sound!

Additional Skills

Have been in show business since I was a child. I am most noted for having originated the role of "Cissy" in the world wide Emmy nominated hit TV series "Family Affair"
Have produced, directed and narrated many voice over projects and received awards for same - from children's audio tapes to having received "Audie" awards for my work in Audio books
Would love to work for you!

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Credit cards
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

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