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Gail Matthius‌

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Female

Birthday

calendar1953-12-14

Popularity

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Gail Matthius

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Gail Matthius

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1953-12-14

Popularity

star1.1

Biography

Gail Matthius is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. She was a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its critical and ratings low point at the time (the 1980–1981 season headed by Jean Doumanian), and co-anchored the Weekend Update segment with Charles Rocket in 1981. Matthius had worked as a comedian in Los Angeles appearing at The Comedy Store before successfully auditioning for Doumanian's cast. In 2015, the magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gail Matthius at, out of 141 cast members, the 74th best of Saturday Night Live, calling her, "A flicker of hope in the Saturday Night Live 1980 debacle, with a sharp valley girl mall-chick character named Vickie. Matthius and Vickie both deserved better." Matthius played the following recurring characters on SNL: Vicki, a valley girl who, along with her friend, Debbie (played by Denny Dillon) annoyed people with their persistent questions and shallow statements. Roweena, a Midwestern-accented hairdresser who often has a neurotic, middle-aged woman named Nadine (played by Denny Dillon) as a frequent customer. Francis Lively, wife to Charles Rocket's Phil Lively, a fellow game show host who lives life at home as if it were just another game show. Her celebrity impersonations included: Brooke Shields, in a parody of the racy Calvin Klein TV ads that featured her, Irene Cara, Nancy Reagan and Mary Cunningham. Following her stint on SNL, Matthius appeared in the short-lived British/American sketch show Assaulted Nuts and the syndicated sketch comedy series Laugh Trax (where she revived her valley girl Vicki character from SNL). She did a good deal of voice acting for animated shows from the late 1980s into the 1990s, including Bobby's World (with Laugh Trax co-star Howie Mandel), Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Bump in the Night and The Tick, often using the voice of her valley girl and Roweena characters from Saturday Night Live (in characters such as Martha, who sounds like Roweena, and Shirley the Loon from Tiny Toon Adventures). She also is a member of the Spolin Players Improv comedy troupe and acts as a drama and theater coach and teacher in Pacific Palisades, CA for various acting studios including Theatre Palisades. She continues to perform as an improv and drama theater actress. In 2016, Matthius appeared in the play For Piano and Harpo by Dan Castellaneta. (Source: Wikipedia)

Movie Credits

The Pound Puppies

The Pound Puppies‌
star2.0
calendar 1985

Surviving Theater 9

Surviving Theater 9‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation‌
star6.7
calendar 1992

Tiny Toon Spring Break

Tiny Toon Spring Break‌
star6.5
calendar 1994

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy‌
star6.9
calendar 1995

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

Tv Credits

Spider-Man

Spider-Man‌
star8.3
calendar 1994

Challenge of the GoBots

Challenge of the GoBots‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Tiny Toon Adventures

Tiny Toon Adventures‌
star7.8
calendar 1990

Pinky and the Brain

Pinky and the Brain‌
star7.6
calendar 1995

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981

Snorks

Snorks‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Camp Candy

Camp Candy‌
star5.0
calendar 1989

Bump in the Night

Bump in the Night‌
star7.1
calendar 1994

Fantastic Max

Fantastic Max‌
star7.3
calendar 1988

The Adventures of Hyperman

The Adventures of Hyperman‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
star6.9
calendar 1975

The Ren & Stimpy Show

The Ren & Stimpy Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1991

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

I Am Weasel

I Am Weasel‌
star7.2
calendar 1997

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries‌
star6.5
calendar 1995

Bobby's World

Bobby's World‌
star6.9
calendar 1990

Animaniacs

Animaniacs‌
star8.0
calendar 1993

Wu Assassins

Wu Assassins‌
star6.8
calendar 2019

Men Behaving Badly

Men Behaving Badly‌
star5.5
calendar 1996