Susan Silo Explained

Susan Silo (née Margolis) is an American actress who is known for her work in voice-over roles.^[1]

Early life

Susan Silo was born in New York City. Both her parents, Jon Silo and Ruth Silo, were actors.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Career

Her acting career started in television on the episode "The Dick Clark Show" of The Jack Benny Show. Silo co-starred with Larry Blyden, Dawn Nickerson and Diahn Williams in the NBC sitcom Harry's Girls, about a vaudeville troupe touring Europe.^{[6] [7]}

Her first TV appearance was when she entered and won a contest over 350 people who auditioned across the US, at age 15, to sing (Mr. Wonderful) on The Jerry Lewis Show on November 5, 1957. She also made guest appearances in episodes of numerous TV series from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Hawaiian Eye, McHale's Navy, Route 66, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Have Gun Will Travel, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Sea Hunt, Ripcord, Hazel, Combat!, Batman, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Love Boat, L.A. Law and The Wild Wild West. In 1964, Silo appeared in an episode of Jack Palance's The Greatest Show on Earth. She also played Rita Lane on Gunsmoke in 1969.^[8]

Susan Silo is a successful voice actress, and she teaches workshops in this field and lectures all over the country. She is also a successful singer, which she has brought to her work in cartoons. Silo began her voice-acting career as a talking cow in a series of Land O' Lakes Margarine commercials for over ten years. In addition, she has done animated cartoon voices for Hanna-Barbera, Marvel, Disney, Ruby-Spears, DIC, Film Roman, Murakami Wolf Swenson and many others.^[9]

Her most known roles include Wuya in Xiaolin Showdown, Sartana of the Dead in , Dr Karbunkle in Biker Mice from Mars, White Queen on Pryde of the X-Men, multiple voices on What A Cartoon, Sue on Pac-Man and Tess on Zazoo U. She also played the roles of Mama Mousekewitz in Fievel's American Tails and Petaluma in The Smurfs.^[10]

She has also done voices for video games, such as Crash Tag Team Racing and X-Men, where she reprised the White Queen. She later voiced Auntie Roon on The Life and Times of Juniper Lee and Flamestrike in in 2008.^[11]

From 2009 to 2012, Silo guest-starred as the cat empress Neferkitty on The Garfield Show. In 2014, she voiced Yin on Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra.^{[12] [13] [14] [15]}

Personal life

Silo was married to actor Burr DeBenning, who died in 2003. They have two sons together.^[16] Later, she married Michael Irwin Nave.^[17]

Filmography

Television

Film

Video games

Notes and References

1. Web site: Friday Fun Abroad With "Harry Girls". The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. January 1, 2020. April 29, 2020. July 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724232048/https://www.newspapers.com/image/129215367/?terms=susan%2Bsilo. live.
2. Web site: Strike It Lucky!. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. January 3, 2020.
3. Web site: TaleSpin: Volume 2 DVD Review. Ultimate Disney. January 11, 2020. April 28, 2020. February 10, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200210040936/https://www.dvdizzy.com/talespin-volume2.html. live.
4. Web site: The Tick vs. Season One DVD Review. Ultimate Disney. January 14, 2020. April 28, 2020. April 22, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422192938/https://www.dvdizzy.com/thetick-season1.html. live.
5. Web site: TaleSpin: Volume 2. Ultimate Disney. January 16, 2020. April 28, 2020. June 21, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180621191107/http://www.dvdizzy.com/talespin-volume2b.html. live.
6. Web site: Susan Silo. January 6, 2020. December 21, 2019. January 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190121001955/http://susansilo.com/www/silobio.html. live.
7. Web site: Harry's 3 Girls Will Charm You. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. January 6, 2020.
8. Web site: Sea Hunt 50th Anniversary Podcast. Podomatic. February 2, 2020. April 27, 2020. November 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108113659/https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/marshallkarp/episodes/2013-11-05T14_36_17-08_00. live.
9. Web site: Xiaolin Showdown Premieres On New Kids' WB! Sked. Animation World Network. February 4, 2020. April 27, 2020. January 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113131852/https://www.awn.com/news/xiaolin-showdown-premieres-new-kids-wb-sked. live.
10. Web site: Having A Voice In The Industry. Animation World Network. February 6, 2020. April 27, 2020. July 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724074234/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/having-voice-industry. live.
11. Web site: So You Want To Be An Actor. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 8, 2020.
12. Web site: The Desert Sun. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 11, 2020.
13. Web site: The Advocate-Messenger. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 13, 2020.
14. Web site: Susan Silo. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 16, 2020.
15. Web site: The Star Press. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. February 18, 2020.
16. News: Crawford. Bill. Burr DeBenning: A Sooner In Hollywood. The Lawton Constitution And Morning Press. July 11, 1971. Oklahoma, Lawton. 57. Newspapers.com. June 1, 2017.
17. Web site: Kana's Korner – Interview with Susan Silo (2011). ((91.8 The Fan)). July 21, 2015. Youtube.com. June 9, 2018. December 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191221111808/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAyDaMebUFc. live.
18. Web site: December 16, 2019 . Susan Silo (visual voices guide) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200806220454/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Susan-Silo/ . August 6, 2020 . March 30, 2020 . A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
19. Team Tachyon. Now Production. Undead Knights. Tecmo. Ending credits, 4:39 in, Cast. 2009.
20. Avalanche Studios. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Credits, 5:40 in, Talent. Mad Max. 2015.