Mantra Plonsey

American English, including Texan and Southern accents, 1940's Lauren Bacall, Valley Girl, Eastern Seaboard (a la Linda Hunt, Sigourney Weaver, Kathleen Turner), straight heartland Midwestern, vaudeville-style Yiddish, Brooklyn Jewish; Native American; British English, including "twit", Cockney, Liverpool, upper class (a la Cate Blanchett/ Judi Dench); Southern and Northern Irish; Scottish; Hispanic, French, Swedish, Brazilian, Eastern European (Russian, Bulgarian); African-American Mississippi, New York, Los Angeles cartoon character voices: evil Disney Queen, goofy, earnest and dumb (think Patrick the Starfish); teenage airhead girl; Japanese, Chinese; lisps All of the above available in toddler, brat, baby; horror screams; aliens, monsters; laughs, squeaky, growly animals and birds; gay man/woman, opera singer

Celebrated for her expertise with unique extended vocal techniques, Mantra Plonsey is a contributor to many sound scores for the film industry. Mantra was specifically invited to create creature sound effects for Jerry Garcia's film "Pocoloco". Mantra appears on the soundtrack for Adrian Lyne's feature film "Jacob's Ladder", score by Maurice Jarre, recorded at Columbia Studios, Los Angeles; two films of the "9@Night" series, produced by Al Nelson at Skywalker Sound with performances originated by Mantra, and the movie "I love You, I love You Not", with Claire Danes and Jeanne Moreau. Additionally, Mantra Plonsey is featured daily on a national promo on PBS radio, running over 15 years for City Arts and Lectures. Written by Pat Gleeson, the vocal performance is Mantra's. Multiple character voices for the Electronic Arts Playstation Game "Psychic Detective". Latest job: for THX/Onkyo Integra Theater Systems-- Corporate presentation recorded at MarcoCo. Education: Voice One, San Francisco. Professional working actress and singer since 1979. Journalist and Editor in Chief at San Francisco Music Calendar (now SF Weekly). Screenwriter, scriptwriter/editor, director and librettist. Home studio: Blue Yeti mic with MacBook interface. Access to state of the art fully equipped studio, including vast sound effect and music library.