Teresa Ganzel

American actress
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Teresa Ganzel is an American actress and comedian.

Ganzel was a recurring cast member of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as the Matinee Lady in the "Tea Time Movie" sketches. She has often played stereotypical ditzy blonde bimbo roles, including Greedy Gretchen in the Three's Company episode "Lies My Roommate Told Me" (1981), National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982), the film The Toy (1982) with Jackie Gleason and Richard Pryor, and the Married... with Children episode "A Three Job, No Income Family" (1989).

In 1984, Ganzel played another young and ditzy blonde, Sheree Winkler, in the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory, which introduced Jim Carrey to American audiences. She was a frequent game show celebrity in the 1980s, particularly on the $25,000 and $100,000 incarnations of Pyramid, as well as a recurring celebrity on the 1986–1989 version of Hollywood Squares. She also appeared as a celebrity in the game show pilot for Money in the Blank (1987).

Ganzel has had several voice-over roles in cartoons, animated movies, and series, including Cow and Chicken, The Emperor's New School, Monsters, Inc., Goof Troop, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rugrats, and Horton Hears a Who!. Her first voice role was as Kitty Glitter in Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats. Ganzel voices Miss Vavoom, the 1990s revival of Red Hot Riding Hood, in Tom & Jerry Kids and Droopy, Master Detective.

In 2010, Ganzel played a principal role in the off-Broadway production of Viagara Falls (2010) after appearing in the same role, Jacqueline Tempest, in productions of the play staged in other cities.

On April 20, 2016, Ganzel appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast.

Date of Birth23rd March 1957
Age67 Years
Zodiac SignAries
CountryUnited States of America
Current CityToledo
Birth PlaceToledo
NationalityUnited States of America
CitizenshipUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
ReferenceIMDB
SpousesBilly Van Zandt
Occupationactor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, film actor, comedian