Melissa Altro

 ( 20th-century Canadian Actresses ) 

Melissa Amy Altro (born May 16, 1982) is a Canadian voice actress and voiceover coach from Montreal, Quebec.

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Early life Altro was born in Montreal, Quebec to Irene (née Stern), who died in 2019 and David Altro.

She is an alumna of St. George's School of Montreal and McGill University, where she majored in English, Drama, and Theatre, both located in her hometown.

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Career Prior to having a career to voice acting, Altro guest-starred on a 1994 episode of the YTV/Nickelodeon horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?.

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She also starred as Heather in the 1995 film Kids of the Round Table and as Barb in The Woods. Altro is perhaps best known as the voice actor of Muffy Crosswire in the hit television series Arthur, a role she began when she was 12 years old and has continued into adulthood — the only child voice actress on the show to do so. She has also voiced her Arthur character in the series Postcards from Buster, and the specials Arthur's Perfect Christmas and Arthur's Halloween. She also has voiced other characters in Arthur, Altro also provides the voice for Gretchen in the Teletoon/Disney XD animated series Camp Lakebottom. She has also provides the voice for Pippi Longstocking in the 1997 film and the series of the same name.

In 2019, Altro became the announcer of Subway across Canada.

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Filmography

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Film

1995	Kids of the Round Table	Heather
1997	Pippi Longstocking	Pippi Longstocking	Voice
2006	The Woods	Barb	As Missy Altro
2012	I Declare War		Talent coordinator
2016	Acting Up		Short film; special thanks

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Television

1994	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Alex	Episode: "The Tale of the Room for Rent"
1996–2022	Arthur	Muffy Crosswire
1997–1998	Pippi Longstocking	Pippi Longstocking
1999–2003	Mona the Vampire	Additional voices
2000	Arthur's Perfect Christmas	Muffy Crosswire
2002	Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
2006–2007	Z-Squad	Grindel
	Grossology	Paige Logan	Voice; 11 episodes
2007	Being Erica	Stephanie	Episode: "The Unkindest Cut"
2008	Teddy Bear	Shelley	Television film
2008–2009		Sally Keaner	Voice; 3 episodes
	World of Quest	Way / Deceit	Voice
2010–2011	Bolts & Blip	Saedee
2011	InSecurity	Ms. Perkins	Episode: "Recycle After Reading"
2013–2017	Camp Lakebottom	Gretchen	Voice
2017	Arthur and the Haunted Tree House	Muffy Crosswire
2018	Max Voltage	Rose
2019	Esme & Roy	Mommy Ooga	Voice

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External links

• Voice Pro Studio with Melissa Altro on Facebook
• Melissa Altro's Tips for Voicing Cartoons on YouTube

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