'Courage The Cowardly Dog' Voice Artist Thea White Dies At 81

Thea, best known for voicing Muriel Bagge on 'Courage the Cowardly Dog' cartoon show, passed away on July 30.

'Courage The Cowardly Dog' Voice Artist Thea White Dies At 81

Veteran voice actor Thea White is no more. According to Variety, Thea, best known for voicing Muriel Bagge on 'Courage the Cowardly Dog' cartoon show, passed away on July 30. She was 81.

The news of Thea's demise was shared by her brother John Zitzner on his Facebook page, saying that the actor had died two days after undergoing a second surgery related to liver cancer.

Speaking more about Thea, she rose to fame after giving her voice to Muriel Bagge, the elderly woman who adopts Courage into the family despite the grumpy attitude of her husband, Eustace.

 

Late Thea had voiced Muriel in all episodes of the series, which ran for four seasons from 1999 to 2002. Thea also voiced the popular character in several spin-offs.

Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1940, White reportedly knew early on that she wanted to pursue a career in acting. Her penchant for the craft seemingly stemmed from her exposure to it at an early age, considering both her mom, Eleanor Hazard, and grandmother, Eva, worked as vaudeville performers.

In 1983, White tied the knot with Scottish musician Andy White, who performed as a drummer on some of the Beatles’ hit songs, such as “P.S. I Love You” and “Love Me Do.” White stayed with her husband until his demise in 2015, according to Variety.

White is survived by her brothers, John and Stewart Zitzner.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, White’s final projects as Muriel included the 2014 short “The Fog of Courage” and last year’s “Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog.”

With ANI inputs