Happy Birthday Tara Strong · 5:06pm Feb 12th, 2016
Today is Tara Strong's birthday, she is the talented woman who voices Twilight Sparkle. And as I mentioned last year, she originally auditioned for the role of Pinkie Pie (intending to voice her in a manner similar to that of Bubbles from "The Powerpuff Girls").
What you may not know, is that she was born as Tara Charendoff. She married Craig Strong in 2000, and currently has 2 children in this marriage.
Also, although she is known for many roles, Tara was not the original voice of Bubbles or Timmy Turner. For the "What A Cartoon" shorts that led to the creation of "The Powerpuff Girls" Bubbles was voiced by Katherine Soucie (who you may remember as the voice of Phil and Lil from "Rugrats") and in the "Fairly Odd Parents" shorts which aired on Nick in the late 90's, Timmy Turner was voiced by the late Mary Kay Bergman. Sadly, Mary comitted suicide on November 11, 1999, and while Tara's fellow California based voice actor Grey Delisle (also known as Grey Griffin) succeeded Mary in the role of Daphnie, Tara succeeded Mary in the role of Timmy Turner.
In addition to Twilight Sparkle, Timmy Turner, and Bubbles, Tara Strong has also voiced Dil Pickles from "Rugrats", Batgirl a.k.a Barbra Gordon in "The New Batman Adventures"/"Batman Beyond: Return of The Joker" (in a flashback)/"Batman: Mystery of The Batwoman"/"DC Super Friends"/and "Beware The Batman" (only Barbra Gordon), Raven from "Teen Titans" (and "Teen Titans Go"), Harley Quinn for "Batman Arkham City"/"Arkham Origins"/"Arkham Knight"/as well as "Injustice: Gods Among Us", Melody in "The Little Mermaid 2: Return to The Sea", Mary Jane in "Ultimate Spiderman", and Princess Clara from "Drawn Together", among her other roles. She even voiced Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash in a "MAD" parody sketch (in another parody sketch Katherine Soucie voiced Rainbow Dash).
Happy birthday to you, Tara Strong, I look forward to what you will bring to the table for Season 6 and the upcoming FiM movie.
3749939 Yeah, just what I was thinking.
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Gilbert is probably best known for her association with Little House on the Prairie (NBC; 1974-83)
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Me three.
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3749939 3749949 3749960 Corrected, thanks for noticing.
3749972 You're quite welcome, hun. Just glad I could be of help.
Tara Strong rules!
Happy birthday, indeed.