gmabfd Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 To me, Lizabeth Scott, is a very beautiful lady and actress. Her voice, it so deep and harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathcat Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 This is just my opinion,so no offense to any Judy Garland fans.I liked her in The Wizard of Oz,but in her other movies her voice drives me insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDouglas Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I recall Andy Devine, and his raspy voice, mostly as Guy Madison's sidekick in tv's "Wild Bill Hickok" in the 1950's. However, he certainly had a long career in films, besides just westerns. I recall the Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer 1936 version of Shakepeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and I heard that unmistakeable raspy voice. Sure enough it was Andy. I looked it up in the TCM database to confirm I wasn't hearing things, and found that not only was Andy in the film, he had a very respectable character role. Andy Devine doing Shakespeare in a major MGM production. I thought he did just fine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 MikeDouglas, Andy Devine in "Romeo and Juliet"? I think Hollywood versions of Shakespeare's plays usually did not 'mess' with The Bard's words. However, I wonder if MGM let Andy slip in a couple of "crocacrooka...owlhoots" for his dialogue? Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDouglas Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Rusty It sounds nuts doesn't it...Andy Devine doing Shakespeare. Besides that raspy voice, he just did not look right in those 14th or 15th century tights. I guess in my mind I have type-casted him in western gear. It has been a good while, but from what I recall, he does well in his role. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john32404 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Oh yes, you're right: Roseanne Whatever-Her-Name-Is-This-Week But special mention MUST be given to Madonna: whether it's her "I'm British now!" accent or her natural voice, I think it's grating. Marlon Brando (I have a tough time watching his movies because of that strangled-sounding voice) Phil Silvers (but maybe it's just because I can't stand the man...so the same could be said for Tom Cruise & Mel Gibson, both of whom I wish would just disappear into a black hole) Rex Harrison (I love Brits but that weird voice of his gives me the creeps) Woody Allen Keanu Reeves Franklin Pangborne (sp?) Ron Silver And, as someone already astutely noted, Butterfly McQueen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leed Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Kirstie Alley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargzn Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I'm with gmabfd - Lizabeth Scott puts me to sleep (sorry Lizabeth) Jennifer Tilly (ala Melanie who 'babyfies' her voice - and seems to be seeking infant status) Jason Alexander re: Andy Devine -- I'm sure there were a few characters in old Verona. lol He didn't detract from my enjoyment of watching Norma and Leslie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leobertucelli Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 For my taste the worst voices belong to Holly Hunter & Jodie Foster. They both ought to get a voice couch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbabykmd Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Can't stand: Demi Moore Melanie Griffith Jennifer Tilly and Rachel Ray on the Foodnetwork is starting to sound more and more like Brenda Vacarro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolrob1955 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Carol Channing has the most annoying voice in the whole history of movies. This fact is not debatable. AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I think I hear it now, run for your life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeanddaisy666 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 sweetbabykmd, isn't it funny how a little notoriety and an emphasis on flash rather than content changes (or brings out the real) people? I now find both Rachel Ray and Paula Deen insufferable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintorini Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 My vote for second most annoying voice (after Carol Channing's) would be Patricia Neal's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken123 Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 The most annoying voice- Carol Channing - Jennifer Tilly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted September 20, 2006 Share Posted September 20, 2006 Oh my... I love Patricia Neal's nettled voice. I find it warm and inviting. It's the daybed-in-a-sunny-bay-window of voices. It's Melanie Griffiths' voice that sends me to the mute button... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbabykmd Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 > sweetbabykmd, isn't it funny how a little > notoriety and an emphasis on flash rather than > content changes (or brings out the real) people? > > I now find both Rachel Ray and Paula Deen > insufferable. Sorry it took me 6 months to reply to you stoneyburke. I can't stand listening to Rachel Ray anymore, she's over the top, and now Paula Deen has sold out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintorini Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I think the only reason Patricia Neal annoys me is that, at least in her early films, she strikes me as some studio's and/or casting director's attempt to find a younger Barbara Stanwyck. First Neal got the role in *The Fountainhead* that Stanwyck desperately wanted and lobbied for, and then some of her roles in the early 50's (like in *Diplomatic Courier*) seem so Stanwyck-like that when I watch them, all I can think about is how much I'd have rather seen Stanwyck in the part. In other words, it may be just a misplaced sense of loyalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintorini Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Best deliberately-annoying voice: Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont in *Singin' in the Rain*. The scene in which the voice coach is trying to teach Lina to say "I cahhhn't stahhhnd it" is a scream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredCDobbs Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 Thelma Ritter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I find Helen Hunt's dull, uninflected, lugubrious speaking voice very difficult to listen to for more than 30 seconds at a time. I saw her onstage - she has absolutely no projecting power. The sound of voices like Thelma Ritter's were the voices I grew up with (though I don't think I've got one), and they make me feel at home (hers and Connie Gilchrist's). A really annoying voice belonged to Mae Busch (of Laurel & Hardy movies), but it was supposed to annoy you, and if you take it in context, I think it's bearable. I don't have as much problem with the sound of male voices of classic films. Maybe it's the recording process, which mellowed out their voices? I may be put off by a manner of speech, but the voice itself doesn't bother me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoolittle Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 I have to say Penny Marshall voice Along with Meg Tilly And who doe's the voice of Marge Simpson! I know someone who sounds like her! nice person annoying voice though! Fran Drescher also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackBurley Posted September 21, 2006 Share Posted September 21, 2006 "And who does the voice of Marge Simpson?" Julie Kavner is the voice of Marge Simpson. Previously, she was better known as a regular on the Tracey Ullman Show and as Rhoda Morgenstern's sister, on Valerie Harper's sit com... Simpson, of course, is a character voice performed by Ms. Kavner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdb1 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 > "And who does the voice of Marge Simpson?" > > Julie Kavner is the voice of Marge Simpson. > Previously, she was better known as a regular on the > Tracey Ullman Show and as Rhoda > Morgenstern's sister, on Valerie Harper's sit com... > Simpson, of course, is a character voice performed > by Ms. Kavner. Interesting to note that in the first year or two of "The Simpsons," Kavner's reading of Marge was much scratchier and more off-putting that it is now. And Homer spoke like Walter Matthau. I like it better now. The voice of another actress on that show, Tress MacNeil, is poison to me, unless she is disguising the true sound of her voice in a character. When she speaks as a normal woman, in that brassy voice, it sets my teeth on edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobhopefan1940 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 i have just two people that come to mind when i think of annoying voices... cary grant and gracie allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyishere Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Walter Brennan--Yikes. Also kate hepburn, bogie, spencer tracy, william holden, ray milland, betty hutton, jimmy stewart--another yikes, and anthony quinn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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