Denise Bryer

Acting

Denise Bryer

Born 1928-01-05 · Kensington, London, England, UK

Denise Bryer (born 5 January 1928) is an English voice actress. Best remembered in her UK homeland for her work on the Gerry Anderson series, Terrahawks, where she voiced both the main villain Zelda and the heroic Capt. Mary Falconer, Bryer became well known in the United States when she voiced Billina in Disney's 1985 film Return to Oz, as well as The Junk Lady in the 1986 movie Labyrinth, and many other films. In addition to her work voice acting in film and television she also worked extensively on UK radio and children's recordings. She was the first wife of Nicholas Parsons. Bryer first came to public attention when she voiced Twizzle in Gerry Anderson's The Adventures of Twizzle and would go on to voice in Anderson's later series Four Feather Falls as Ma Jones and Little Jake. She also voiced Kiki The Frog in Hector's House and Noddy on the eponymous television show. She dubbed the voice of Commander Makara in the Japanese puppet series Star Fleet around the same time as Terrahawks. In Big Finish's Doctor Who audio dramas The Reaping and The Gathering, she provided the voice of Dominique Van Gyseghem. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

Labyrinth poster
7.3

Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah, a teenager with an active imagination, summons the Goblins to take her baby stepbrother away. When little Toby actually disappears, Sarah must follow him into a fantastical world to rescue him from the Goblin King. Guarding his castle is the labyrinth itself, a twisted maze of deception, populated with outrageous characters and unknown dangers.

Labyrinth

1986

Return to Oz poster
6.7

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

Return to Oz

1985

Gulliver's Travels poster
5.6

Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu episode. It was made partly in live action and partly animated.

Gulliver's Travels

1977

The Furry Folk on Holiday poster
NR

Animal puppet cartoon demonstrating three aspects of accident prevention, not swimming whilst the tide goes out, not burying broken glass in the sand and remembering kerb drill. Produced as part of the Tufty child safety campaign.

The Furry Folk on Holiday

1967

Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected poster
8.0

The year is 2020, and Mars has been invaded by the evil android Zelda, who plans the total destruction of the human race; on Earth, an elite fighting force, the Terrahawks, stands ready at its secret base to counter Zelda's first attack.

Terrahawks: Expect the Unexpected

1983

Reflections in the Mirror poster
1.0

Reflections in the Mirror - about a young man obsessed with Return to Oz.

Reflections in the Mirror

2017

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NR

Kandy the koala gets in a spot of bother when some unexpected visitors arrive at the house.

Here Comes Kandy

1955