Alice Playten (born August
28, 1947) is an American
actress and Voice
actress. Playten is also the current voice of
Felix the Cat.
Born Alice
Plotkin in New York
City
, Playten began her career in 1959 in the Broadway
musical Gypsy. Additional
Broadway credits include
Oliver!,
Henry, Sweet Henry,
Hello, Dolly!,
Rumors,
Seussical, and
Caroline, or Change. Her many
off-Broadway credits include
Promenade,
The Last
Sweet Days of Isaac,
Up from
Paradise,
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for
You,
Spoils of War,
Four Short Operas,
First Lady Suite,
A Flea
in Her Ear and
National Lampoon's
Lemmings, which also starred then up-and-comers
John Belushi,
Chevy
Chase and
Christopher
Guest.
Playten's screen credits include
Ladybug Ladybug,
I.Q., and
Legend. She labored under heavy makeup
and prosthetics in
Legend, incidentally, to
portray the character of 'Blixx', a major minion of the Lord of
Darkness whom the latter addresses as his "most loathsome of
goblins". She has done voice work in several animated features,
including
Felix the Cat,
Heavy Metal,
Doug and
My Little Pony: The Movie.
She was a regular on the children's
television series
The Lost Saucer and
That's cat and has had guest shots on
Frasier,
Law & Order,
Third Watch, and
As the World Turns, among
others.
Playten probably is remembered best for her role of the newlywed
creating gastronomic delights for her husband (
Terry Kiser) in a classic 1970
Alka-Seltzer commercial. Lying in bed, reliving
the triumph of her first home-cooked meal (a single, monumental
dumpling), she is oblivious to her spouse surreptitiously gulping a
fizzy glassful behind her as she pores through a cookbook in search
of
recipes for her next
menu. Her exultant cry of discovery, "marshmallowed
meatballs and poached oysters!," became a popular catch phrase
among television viewers throughout the country.
Awards and nominations
- 1994 Obie Award (First Lady
Suite)
- 1989 Drama Desk Award
nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Spoils
of War)
- 1973 Obie Award for Distinguished
Performance (National Lampoon's Lemmings)
- 1968 Tony Award nomination for Best
Featured Actress in a Musical (Henry, Sweet Henry)
- 1968 Theatre World Award
(Henry, Sweet Henry)
References
- 1972–1973 Obie Awards accessed 27 November 2009
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