April Terri Winchell in New York City borough of Queens in Whitestone, but raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area (primarily Woodland Hills), Winchell is the daughter of inventor, ventriloquist and comedian Paul Winchell and his second wife, actress-writer Nina—née Ventimiglia—Russell.

Winchell attended Sequoia Junior High School, North Central Michigan College.

Career

Acting

thumb|Winchell in [[Los Angeles, California in June 2004]]

Winchell's projects include the role of Sylvia in Wander Over Yonder, a Disney Channel animated series featuring Jack McBrayer in the title role. Created by The Powerpuff Girls producers Craig McCracken and Lauren Faust, the show chronicles the adventures of Wander and his trusty (and cynical) steed Sylvia, as they travel the universe. The series premiered on the Disney Channel in September 2013.

As a voice actress, she has been heard in hundreds of animated television series, such as Goof Troop (as Peg Pete), Recess (as Mrs. Muriel Finster), House of Mouse and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (as Clarabelle Cow), Bonkers (as Lucky's wife, Dyl Piquel), Pepper Ann (as title character's mom, Lydia Pearson), and Kids from Room 402 (as Miss Gracie Graves the school teacher, along with several other characters that appear on the show), The Legend of Tarzan (taking over for Rosie O'Donnell as Terk in the original film), 101 Dalmatians: The Series (as Cruella De Vil), and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (as Molly Mange).

She has also voiced characters in numerous films, including Antz, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Monsters University and Rob Zombie's The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Winchell portrayed the "Glendale Federal Bank" lady – a cranky, cynical customer alleviated by the service at her new bank – in a series of radio commercials, which Winchell wrote and directed herself. The commercials caught the attention of Roseanne Barr, who hired her as a writer on Barr's eponymous sitcom. Since that time, Winchell has received many awards including Cannes, Clio, The $100,000 Mercury Award and The International Grand Andy (bestowed by The Association of Independent Commercial Producers) – it was the only time the Andy was given for radio. Winchell also provided the award-winning radio and television advertising for Big Bear Mountain Resorts for over 20 years.

Internet

In October 2009, Winchell (under the pseudonym "Helen Killer") launched Regretsy, a blog website which satirized Etsy. Within four days, the site had received nearly 90 million hits. This huge viral success caught the attention of Random House, who subsequently won a bidding war to publish a book based around the Regretsy website. The book, which was published April 6, 2010, features humorous and bizarre crafts and artwork from several different artists, as well as essays about Winchell's personal life, childhood and own crafting failures. As of March 1, 2012, the Regretsy site had raised over $200,000 for charitable causes. The popularity of Regretsy's "Not Remotely Steampunk" section even inspired a viral "chap hop" music video. Winchell ceased updating Regretsy on February 1, 2013.

Winchell made several appearances on early episodes of the internet broadcast series "Talk Radio One," interviewed by former Los Angeles radio personality Marc Germain. She became a weekly guest on the series beginning in 2017.

Other work

Winchell worked as a voice director for the 1996 video game Toonstruck and voiced Ms. Fit, Polly, Punisher Polly and Dr. Payne's Receptionist. She also worked as a punch writer for Recess: School's Out and wrote three episodes of the American sitcom Roseanne.

Personal life

Winchell and Kevin Spacey dated after high school. She is married to John Foley.

Filmography

Film

{| class = "wikitable sortable"

|+ List of voice performances in animated feature and direct-to-video films

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

|-

| 1988

| Who Framed Roger Rabbit

| Mrs. Herman, Baby Herman's baby voice

|

|-

| 1990

| Jetsons: The Movie

| Additional voices

|

|-

| 1997

| Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off

| Tanya

| rowspan="3" | Direct-to-video

|-

| rowspan="3" | 1998

| Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World

| Chandeleria

|-

| Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

| rowspan="2" | Additional voices

|-

| Antz

|

|-

| rowspan="2" | 1999

| Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

| Mom, Old Woman, Firefighter #1

| Direct-to-video

|-

| 2006–2016

| Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

| Clarabelle Cow

| 52 episodes

|-

| rowspan="2" | 2007

| '

| Mrs. Slither

| Episode: "Detention X"

|}

Live-action

{| class = "wikitable sortable"

|+ List of acting performances in television shows

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class = "unsortable" | Notes

|-

| 1994

| Limboland

| Various

| Episode: "Pilot"

|-

| 1996

| Grace Under Fire

| Ms. Salem

| Episode: "Grace Tests Out"

|-

| 1999

| Time of Your Life

| Karen

| Episode: "The Time She Got Mobbed"

|-

| 2002

| That '80s Show

| Mrs. Nealon

| Episode: "After the Kiss"

|}

References

  • Official website
  • Current appearances on Talk Radio One