Susan Blu
Born	October 30, 1948 (age 61) Saint Paul, Minnesota

Susan Blu (born October 30, 1948), sometimes credited as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress, voice director, and casting director in American and Canadian cinema and television. She most notably voiced Arcee in the original Transformers movie and also in Seasons 3 and 4 of The Transformers, and is also well-known for playing the roles of Stormer and Lindsay Pierce in the 80s animated series, Jem. She has patented the "Susan Blu" technique in an improvisation popular with voice actors today.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Life and career

Blu graduated from Stephens College, Columbia Missouri 1968. Her voice roles include Nanny Smurf on The Smurfs, Judge J.B. McBride on Bravestar, Jessica Wray, Futura, Time Hopper and Belfry in Filmation's Ghostbusters, Aimee Brightower in Galaxy High, Kim on Fangface, Lofty, Paradise, and Buttons and other minor characters on My Little Pony, the character Transmutate in the episode of the same name of the series Beast Wars, and one of Petrie's brothers and sisters in The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers. She even played Princess PawPaw on Hanna-Barbera's Paw Paws and the Sphinx on Tiny Toon Adventures.

Blu is the voice director for the Ocean Group, a Canadian-based company most notable for providing the voice-actors for Viz Communications and Beast Wars series. She was the voice director for Beast Wars, a prequel (and sequel) of The Transformers, and the sequel, Beast Machines. She was the dialog director on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) and is also the voice director on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series). She was the voice director for Transformers: Animated and reprised the role of Arcee.

Blu's on-screen appearances include the role of Mrs. Shepard in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, an appearance in the television series Knight Rider, and an appearance in the 1977 television series Three's Company. She was going reprise the role of Arcee in the 2009 sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen but was replaced by Grey DeLisle.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Susan Blu at the Internet Movie Database
• Susan Blu at Allmovie

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