JANET WALDO

February 4, 1918

Janet Marie Waldo Lee was born in Yakima, Washington. Some sources give her birth year as 1920. She attended the University of Washington, where her performances brought her to the attention of Bing Crosby.  A  talent scout signed Waldo for a screen test, which led to a contract with Paramount. 

She became best known as the voices of Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop, and Josie in “Josie and the Pussycats.” 

On radio, she was one of three actresses who voiced the title character in “Meet Corliss Archer” (1943-56).  

She made her screen debut (uncredited) in the 1938 Paramount film Cocoanut Grove starring Fred MacMurray and Eve Arden. 

She made her TV debut in “The Young Fans” (ILL S1;E20) filmed on January 18, 1952 and aired on February 25, 1952.

Waldo played Peggy Dawson, a young fan of Ricky Ricardo. 

Waldo  was actually pregnant during the episode.  She had married playwright and lyricist Robert E. Lee in 1948. 

Eleven years later she played Lucy’s sister on “Lucy’s Sister Pays a Visit” (TLS S1;E15), a 1963 episode of “The Lucy Show.” 

Waldo played Marge, who is nervous about marrying her sweetheart Hughie (Peter Marshall).

That same year, on the Desilu Studios back lot, she played a suitor to Sheriff Taylor on an episode of “The Andy Griffith Show.” 

She was diagnosed with a benign but inoperable brain tumor five years before her death on June 12, 2016.