{{short description|American actress (born 1956 or 1957)}} {{Infobox person | name = Lainie Frasier | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|40|1997|6|22}} | birth_place = | other_names = Lainie Ferrante | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1985–present }}
'''Lainie Frasier''' (born 1956 or 1957),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stanley |first1=Thomas J. |last2=Danko |first2=William D. |title=Central Texas Paychecks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114773587/central-texas-paychecks/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=22 June 1997 |page=136 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> sometimes credited as '''Lainie Ferrante''', is an American actress, known primarily for voice acting.
==Career== Frasier attended the University of Texas, where she received a BFA in theater in 1979. Through college, she did voice-over work, and worked on advertisements and audio production. She started teaching voice acting around 1990, and later started her own teaching business.<ref name="Gaar">{{cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2013/08/31/funny-voices-are-serious-business-for-austin-woman/10011047007/|title=Funny voices are serious business for Austin woman|last=Gaar|first=Brian|date=August 31, 2013|work=Austin American-Statesman|accessdate=14 December 2022}}</ref>
Frasier has done a few voices in anime, but is best known for voicing Raindevila in ''Wedding Peach''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4787|title = Lainie FRASIER - Anime News Network}}</ref> She has also made a few appearances in live action film and television productions.
==Filmography== ===Live action=== *''Austin Stories'' - Mom (ep.11) *''Black Vomit'' - Astrid *''Confessions of a Serial Killer'' - Stranded Motorist *''Friday Night Lights'' - Mrs. Laura Davidson *''Rain'' - Mrs. Whiteny
===Anime=== *''Devil Lady'' - Harpy, Chiyoko's Grandmother *''Final Fantasy: Unlimited'' - Chocobaba *''King of Bandit Jing'' - Mama Stout *''Legend of Crystania'': The Motion Picture - Irim *''Legend of Crystania'': The Chaos Ring - Irim *''MAPS'' (1994 OVA) - Mother *''Mazinkaiser'' - Baron Kaiser *''New Fist of the North Star'' - Yura *''Rurouni Kenshin'' Trust And Beyond - Landlady *''Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie'' - Miles "Tails" Prower<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Lainie Frasier (visual voices guide) |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Lainie-Frasier/ |website=BTVA |access-date=8 March 2021|type= 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}}</ref><ref name="Gaar" /> *''Wedding Peach'' - Raindevila *''Wedding Peach DX'' - Spider Woman
===Video games=== *''DC Universe Online'' - Granny Goodness *''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption''<ref name="Gaar" /> - Aurora Unit 242 *''Pirate101'' - Additional Voices *''Wizard101''<ref name="Gaar" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0273925}} *[http://www.lainiefrasier.com Official website] *{{BTVA person|Lainie-Frasier}} *{{Anime News Network|people|4787}}
{{S-start}} {{Succession box| before = none | title = English voice of Miles "Tails" Prower (anime)| years = 1999 | after = Amy Palant}} {{S-end}}
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