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Sonja Ball

Sonja Ball

Acting

Biography

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.

Known For

Wimzie's House
9.0

Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.

Wimzie's House

Series
The Little Flying Bears
6.3

The series focuses on a rare species of little bears with wings that live in the magical forest in a utopian cooperative community. The little flying bears together with their friends, took on themselves the task to defend their forest from pollution. However, their efforts, very often, are disturbed by two weasels, Skulk and Sammy, which strive to pollute the forest. Every so often the weasels receive help from Slink the snake. The three always strive to find new ways to disturb the harmony of the forest but their plans are destroyed always by the bears. The bears are always attentive to the advices of the old bear, Plato (who is too old to fly) and his friend Ozzy the owl. This cartoon helps children realize the importance of protecting the environment. The series shows the harmful effects of pollution and fires as well as the important role of the ecosystem.

The Little Flying Bears

1990Series