April Winchell

 ( 1960 Births ) 

• "Horoscopes: Today's Birthdays". The Baltimore Sun. January 4, 2015. p. A14. " Actress April Winchell, 55. Singer Michael Stipe, 55. Comedian Dave Foley, 52. Musician Till Lindemann, 52. Actress Dot Jones, 51. Actress Julia Ormond, 50." in New York City borough of Queens in Whitestone,United Press International (October 5, 1961). "Paul Winchell and Nina Russell Wed At Harrisburg". The Record American. October 5, 1961. p. 6. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "TV ventriloquist Paul Winchell and actress Nina Russell were married in the Dauphin County Courthouse today after eloping from their homes in Whitestone, N.Y. Winchell, 38, told reporters he met his wife on his television show. It was the second marriage for each." but raised in the Greater Los Angeles Area "Mugging It Up". The Register Leisuretime Magazine. May 12, 1963. p.1 5. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "Ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his youngest daughter, April, aged 3, clown for the camera on his KABC-TV show (Sunday evenings at 7). Winchell, whose wife helps with the show, would like to try a unique video approach to emotional therapy for children." (primarily Woodland HillsChase, Dennis (August 13, 1976). "NCMC Theatre Season Coming to a Close; Meet Six Torch Light Theatre Stars: April Winchell". Petoskey News-Review. 1976. p. 27. Retrieved April 17, 2025. "Do you remember the young lady with the high pitched squeaky voice who played Ado Annie Carnes SO well in 'Oklahoma'? That was April Winchell, 16, and a native of Woodland, Cal. ... 'I got involved in theatre very early,' she recalled, 'since I come from what's known as a show business family. ... 'My mother is a screenwriter and my father is a ventriloquist,' she said, "and while they never pushed me into anything, I was constantly surrounded by all aspects of theatre, and I really loved it.'" "Lagunan Stars in OCC Musical" The Santa Ana Register. June 28, 1977. p. B7. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "April Winchell, a 17-year- old-Woodland Hills resident, portrays Mabel Normand." "Show 'Mac and Mabel' at OCC". Anaheim Bulletin. July 22, 1977. p. B7. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "The show stars Robert Engman of Laguna Beach and April Winchell of Woodland Hills in the title roles."), Winchell is the daughter of inventor, ventriloquist and comedian Paul Winchell and his second wife, actress-writer Nina Russell—née Ventimiglia "Winchell, Star of TV, and Nina Russell Wed at Courthouse; Who Needs a Dummy?". The Patriot-News. October 5, 1961. p. 1. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "Winchell, 38, TV ventriloquist, kisses his new bride, the former Mrs. Tessie DiLena, following their marriage this afternoon by Judge Lee F. Swope in Dauphin County Courthouse.""California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984" : Tue Feb 25 15:48:14 UTC 2025), Entry for Tessie N Ventimiglia and Paul Winchell, Apr 1972.—Nina Russell. In her weblog writings and appearances on radio, Winchell describes her childhood with many references to the great talent of her father as well as the many disturbing incidents owing to his mental health issues.
  Paul Winchell (2004). 9781414068978, Authorhouse. ISBN 9781414068978

Winchell attended Sequoia Junior High School, North Central Michigan College. "Campus Report from ... Sequoia Junior High School ... Reseda". Valley News. February 28, 1974. p. 115. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "CREATIVE WRITING contest winners have been announced as follows: prose. Karen Becker, first; Matt Leipzig, second; Jeannie Kadow, third; Janet Rising, Lydia Schrader, and April Winchell, honorable mention in poetry." and Orange Coast College, where, in August 1977, her "vivacious acting and full-throated singing" as the female lead in OCC's summer theater production of the Michael Stewart-Jerry Herman musical, Mack and Mabel, found an enthusiastic audience in Los Angeles Times critic Richard Buffum.Buffum, Richard (August 7, 1977). "Better a Little Late Than Never". The Los Angeles Times. pt.X, p.2. Retrieved April 18, 2025. "I confess to being a little slow in getting around to doing some things I've been meaning to do, but 21 years is a rather inexcusable lapse, don't you think? At any rate, that's how it is with me and Orange Coast College's summer theater productions. ... Other work I especially admired included costume designs by Stanley Tudor, OCC theater arts instructor; the vivacious acting and full-throated singing in the role of Mabel by April Winchell, young daughter of ventriloquist Paul Winchell; the comedic talents and singing voice of Nicolino Furticella (Daily Pilot, circulation) and the general direction of J. B. Ferzacca, OCC theater arts instructor."

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),