Melodee M. Spevack
Description
Melodee M. Spevack is an American voice actress with a career spanning several decades, known for her extensive work in English-language dubs of Japanese anime series, as well as voice roles in video games and live-action productions. Born on October 13 in Chicago, Illinois, she pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Miami. In addition to her performance work, she has served as a voice director and is a vice president of the Nevada-based voice-acting corporation Voxworks.
Spevack has been active in anime dubbing since the late 1980s, providing voices for numerous characters across a wide variety of series. One of her most recognized roles is Mikami Kuramitsu, the headmistress of the Galaxy Police Academy, in the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. She voiced this character in Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA 3 and its specials, as well as in the series Tenchi Muyo! GXP, for which she was sometimes credited under the pseudonym Sonja S. Fox.
She also performed the role of Julia in the Streamline Pictures English dub of the 1986 theatrical film Fist of the North Star. Another of her early anime roles was providing the voice of Hutch's Mother in the 1995 English adaptation of the 1970s series The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee. In the comedy series Hare+Guu, she voiced the character Bell.
Her filmography demonstrates frequent work on long-running and popular franchises. She had a prominent recurring role in the Digimon franchise, voicing Birdramon, Garudamon, and LadyDevimon across Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, and later in the Digimon Adventure tri. theatrical releases. Her other anime credits include roles in Cowboy Bebop, Paranoia Agent, Samurai Champloo, Monster, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo,.hack//Legend of the Twilight, and Ergo Proxy, among many others.
Beyond animation, Melodee M. Spevack has built an extensive career in video game voice-over. Her game credits include Lost Odyssey, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, Baten Kaitos Origins, several titles in the Star Trek franchise such as Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgment Rites, and multiple World of Warcraft expansions. For her work on Star Trek: Judgment Rites, she also served as the voice director.
Spevack has been active in anime dubbing since the late 1980s, providing voices for numerous characters across a wide variety of series. One of her most recognized roles is Mikami Kuramitsu, the headmistress of the Galaxy Police Academy, in the Tenchi Muyo! franchise. She voiced this character in Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki OVA 3 and its specials, as well as in the series Tenchi Muyo! GXP, for which she was sometimes credited under the pseudonym Sonja S. Fox.
She also performed the role of Julia in the Streamline Pictures English dub of the 1986 theatrical film Fist of the North Star. Another of her early anime roles was providing the voice of Hutch's Mother in the 1995 English adaptation of the 1970s series The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee. In the comedy series Hare+Guu, she voiced the character Bell.
Her filmography demonstrates frequent work on long-running and popular franchises. She had a prominent recurring role in the Digimon franchise, voicing Birdramon, Garudamon, and LadyDevimon across Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, and later in the Digimon Adventure tri. theatrical releases. Her other anime credits include roles in Cowboy Bebop, Paranoia Agent, Samurai Champloo, Monster, Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo,.hack//Legend of the Twilight, and Ergo Proxy, among many others.
Beyond animation, Melodee M. Spevack has built an extensive career in video game voice-over. Her game credits include Lost Odyssey, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, Baten Kaitos Origins, several titles in the Star Trek franchise such as Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Star Trek: Judgment Rites, and multiple World of Warcraft expansions. For her work on Star Trek: Judgment Rites, she also served as the voice director.
All Characters
- EnglishAnime overview: Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki: Final Confrontations
- EnglishAnime overview: Fist of the North Star
- EnglishAnime overview: The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee
- English
- EnglishAnime overview: Tokyo Zombie
- EnglishAnime overview: Ergo Proxy
- EnglishAnime overview: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo
- EnglishAnime overview: Argento Soma
- EnglishAnime overview: Dragon Ball