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Diane Pershing (born May 27, 1943) is an American voice actress. She began her singing career as a back-up singer for Johnny Mathis and went on to appear in the show group, The Establishment, on tour and on TV. She also voiced Poison Ivy in the DC Animated Universe.

Diane Pershing
Pershing at the East Coast Comicon
Born	Diane Pershing May 27, 1943 Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Voice actress, singer
Years active	1978–present
Website	www.dianepershing.com

Early years

Pershing has a Bachelor of Arts degree from UCLA.[1]

Career

As a writer, she has written for TV (The Love Boat, What's Happening Now), 19 romance novels, published film reviews for various small newspapers and Rotten Tomatoes, and is a member of Romance Writers of American and Mystery Writers of America and The Authors' Guild.

As a voice actress, she is perhaps most well known for providing the voice of the villainess Poison Ivy on Batman: The Animated Series and its subsequent spin-offs. She has also lent her voice to series such as Inspector Gadget, Darkwing Duck, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, The Centurions (as Crystal Kane), Dungeons & Dragons, She-Ra: Princess of Power and The Smurfs.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	A Snow White Christmas	Queen Snow White	Television film
1982	Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All	Dale Arden	Television film
1982	Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase	Pearl Pureheart
1984	Gallavants	Nesse
1997	Ravager	Des

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	The Freedom Force	Isis	5 episodes
1978	Tarzan and the Super 7	Isis	5 episodes
1979	The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle	Pearl Pureheart
1979–1980, 1982	The New Adventures of Flash Gordon	Dale Arden, Queen Undina, Queen Azura, Queen Desira	24 episodes
1982, 1988	The Smurfs	Additional Voices	2 episodes
1985	Inspector Gadget	Sadie	Episode: "Gadget and Old Lace"
1986	The Centurions	Crystal Kane	65 episodes
1986–1987	Defenders of the Earth	Dynak X, Dale Arden	25 episodes
1986	Wildfire	Lady Aura	Episode: "Strangers in the Night"
1986–1987	She-Ra: Princess of Power	Netossa, Spinnerella	4 episodes
1988	Superman	Mrs. White	Episode: "Wildsharkk/To Play or Not to Play"
1988	Denver, the Last Dinosaur
1989	The Karate Kid	Additional Characters	Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1991	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Elizabeth, Will's Wife, Gypsy, Women, Maid	5 episodes
1992–1994	Batman: The Animated Series	Poison Ivy, Reporter	8 episodes
1992	Goof Troop	Launch countdown computer voice, Sandee Seznee	Episode: "E=MC Goof"
1992	Darkwing Duck	Woman Next to Henry	Episode: "Fraudcast News"
1997–1998	The New Batman Adventures	Poison Ivy	4 episodes
2000–2002	Gotham Girls	Poison Ivy, Reporter	25 episodes
2002	Rugrats	Caroller	Episode: "Babies in Toyland Part 2"
2003	Static Shock	Poison Ivy, Mrs. Langford	Episode: "Hard as Nails"
2003	Justice League	Poison Ivy	Episode: "A Better World: Part II"
	Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs	Additional Voices
	Dungeons & Dragons	Additional Voices
	Hang Time	Woman V.O.

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Tron: Solar Sailer	Yori
1994	Quest for Glory IV	Erana, Rusalka
1994	The Adventures of Batman & Robin	Poison Ivy	Sega CD version
1997	Zork: Grand Inquisitor	Fishmarket Lady, Shona
1998	Baldur's Gate	Centeol, Safana, Tamoko
2000	Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	Adalon
2000	Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus
2001	Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
2001	Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura	Silver Lady
2001	Batman: Vengeance	Poison Ivy
2008	White Knight Chronicles	Dragon Matriarch, additional voices	[2]
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Additional Voices

References

External links

• Official website
• Diane Pershing at IMDb
• SBV Talent Agency Profile

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