Sonja Ball

Acting

Born October 20, 1956

Sonja Ball (born October 20, 1956) is a Canadian voice actress. She is well known for her work as the voice of Arthur's Mother Jane Read in the PBS children's TV series Arthur, Huckle Cat on The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Polly Ester in the English version of Samurai Pizza Cats, Nicole in the Madeline TV specials, and Marina and Hedwig in the English version of Adventures of the Little Mermaid. She was also the puppeteer for 5 year old Wimzie, the boisterous and happy go lucky bird-dragon, in the children's TV series Wimzie's House. She is also known for her lovely singing voice for several theme songs such as Ovide Video, The Adventures of the Little Koala, The Little Flying Bears and The Legend of the North Wind as well as providing narration and vocalist for the National Film Board of Canada's 1998 short Ludovic: The Snow Gift. She has done voices for many cartoons, videogames, commercials, and anime. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonja Ball, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2020The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur — Jane Read (voice)
• 2019Spookley and the Christmas Kittens — Spookley / Shoo / Peas (voice)
• Ping and Friends — Pong/Matilda (voice)
• 2018Troll: The Tale of a Tail — Mother Sheriff, Queen Guld (voice)
• 2017Arthur and the Haunted Tree House — Jane Read
• 2017Arthur: D.W. and the Beastly Birthday — Jane Read (voice)
• 2013The Legend of Sarila — Kimi (voice)
• 2012The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa — Gummibär (voice)
• 2010The Busy World of Richard Scarry: It's a Busy, Busy, Day! — Huckle Cat (voice)
• Monster Buster Club
• Dragon Hunters — Jeanneline (US)
• My Goldfish Is Evil — Beanie/Standford/Nanna (voice)
• Creepschool — Elliot Kaufmann (voice)
• 2004Pinocchio 3000 — Pinocchio (voice)
• 2004Spookley the Square Pumpkin — Spookley the Square Pumpkin / Other Honeydoos
• 2004The Adventures of Princess Sydney: Night of the Pumpkins — Sydney
• The Tofus — Buba (Voice)
• Zoe Kezako
• Life's a Bitch
• 2003Penguins Behind Bars — Oily Doily Valdeez
• 2002Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll — Jane Read (voice)
• 2002Glasses — Norbert
• Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
• The Lost World
• Toad Patrol
• Inuk — Sedna
• Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat
• The Upstairs Downstairs Bears — Henrietta Bosworth (voice)
• 2000Arthur's Perfect Christmas — Mom / Quackers (voice)
• 2000Heavy Metal 2000 — Kerrie
• 2000Lion of Oz — (voice)
• Mega Babies — Buck (voice)
• Mona the Vampire — Mrs. Bryerson (voice)
• 1998The Girl Next Door — Radio Announcer
• Patrol 03 — Carmen (voice)
• Arthur — Mrs. Read (voice), Dr. Iris (voice), Miss Sweetwater (voice), Lucy (voice), Ms. McWord (voice)
• 1996The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Summer Picnic — Huckle Cat (voice)
• 1995Simba Junior to the World Cup — Simba Junior
• 1995The Busy World of Richard Scarry: Mr. Frumble's New Cars — Huckle Cat (voice)
• The Busy World of Richard Scarry — Huckle Cat (voice), Theme Song Performance
• 1993Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau — Additional Cast
• Gulliver's Travels
• 1992The Real Story of Here Comes the Bride — Tina (voice)
• 1991Madeline and the Bad Hat — Nicole (voice)
• 1991Madeline and the Gypsies — Nicole / Gypsy (voice)
• 1991Madeline in London — Nicole (voice)
• 1991The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You — Olivia (voice)
• 1991The Real Story of O Christmas Tree — Mother (voice)
• Young Robin Hood
• C.L.Y.D.E. — (voice)
• 1990Madeline's Christmas — Nicole / Marie (voice)
• Samurai Pizza Cats
• The Little Flying Bears — Frandisema/Theme Song (voice)
• 1990The Real Story of I'm a Little Teapot — Dormouse (voice)
• 1988Madeline — Nicole (voice)
• Wimzie's House — Wimzie (voice), Theme Song Performance