Talk:Mary Kay Bergman

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Contents 1 Mrs. Cartman's name 2 Best Known? 3 who replaced her? 4 Less Known but Notable 5 Religion 6 Marital Status 7 Motives for suicide? 8 HOW did she commit suicide?

[edit] Mrs. Cartman's name

IMDb has Mrs. Cartman's name as "Liane" [1], while it's spelled both "Liane" [2] and "Lianne" [3] at South Park Studios' site. It's never spelled "Luanne", though; if there's a source for the latter, please post it. --Arteitle 05:42, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Best Known?

Is she really best known for South Park? I seem to recall that she has a long history of voice work in a variety of old cartoons. Is this something worth researching and adding into here? --Xquester

I think she's best known for South Park. I realize her career was more than that, but South Park just sticks out to me. After all, the South Park characters, according to findagrave.com, are on her grave. Jbm867 05:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] who replaced her?

So who has replaced her in South Park? Is the voice difference obvious?--Sonjaaa 23:23, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Eliza Schneider replaced her.

[edit] Less Known but Notable

Fans of interactive computer games of the 1990s may recognize her work if they'd played the Palladium Interactive send up of X-Files, known as "X-Fools." Bergman performed the Gillian Anderson-like voice of Detective Dede Scudder, as well as other voices. She also did voices for titles such as Leisure Suit Larrys 6 & 7, Sierra's Gabriel Knight, she did all the female parts for Nine Worlds featuring Patrick Stewart, The Curse of Monkey Island, and many more. Besides being the official Snow White voice for Disney in 1989, Bergman could imitate a host of other familiar voices. She had an unique talent of replicating the voices of well known names like Marilyn Monroe, Cher, Catherine Deneuve, Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Alanis Morrissette, Jewel, Annie Lennox, Helen Hunt, Holly Hunter, Alfre Woodard, Joan Cusack, Eartha Kitt, Melissa Gilbert, Elizabeth Taylor, and even a young Macaulay Culkin. She had a pheomenally versatile singing voice as well.

In Weird Al Yankovic's CD title Running With Scissors, Bergman was the voice of the "Gentile Chick" on the third track of the album, Pretty Fly For A Rabbi. Her voice over work was also featured in hundreds of commercials. Chances are you still hear her today, but don't know it. She also trained a many others in voice over workshops where she taught others how to do what she did. There's a lot more about her at (see [4]).

[edit] Religion

How can she be a Jewish-American and a Roman Catholic at the same time?? Please explain or I will delete the religion category as a mistake. Headoftheclass 11:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Its possible that she was born a Jew, but converted to Catholicism. However, once a Jew, always a Jew, a person cannot decide they are not one, they will remain Jewish their entire life. Benjy613 15:06, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand, is Jewish a relgion or a race? If you decide not to be Jewish anymore, for whatever reason, how can you then always be a Jew?Davidac18643 04:42, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

You can't, they just like to claim that you are. 86.150.211.165 19:54, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Ignore that offensive comment. "Jewishness" is both a religious and an ethnic distinction. An ethnic Jew who does not practice his/her religion or who converts to another faith entirely is still ethnically a Jew. A Jewish-American cannot cease being an ethnic Jew anymore than an ethnic Italian-American can cease being Italian. 12.22.250.4 15:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marital Status

Marital status, should it say "deceased" or summat? JayKeaton 13:26, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motives for suicide?

There is a clear lack of suggestions for motive behind suicide. Did she suffer from depression? Was there some traumatic event that triggered it? Or mayhaps, is a lack of evidence responsible?

Agreed. Does anyone have more information on this? Jackryan 21:07, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

IMDb says she had depression, which she kept hidden from everybody else. Nqnpipnr 18:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] HOW did she commit suicide?

This probably sounds like a sick request, but some information is vital. You can't just go around saying "she commited suicide", you have to state how she did it (was it hanging, was a weapon involved, etc.) So go on then, lets have the info. 81.145.241.67 20:52, 18 August 2007 (UTC)