Carmen Twillie (actress)
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Carmen Twillie | |
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| Born | Carmen Beth Twillie April 8, 1950 Playa del Rey, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Carmen Beth Twillie (born April 8, 1950) is an American actress and singer. She is a longtime friend of Tommy Morgan and has appeared as guest contralto soloist with Morgan's choir. She is best known for singing the Elton John and Tim Rice song "Circle of Life" in the beginning of the 1994 Disney animated feature film The Lion King. She provided the singing voice of Stormella in the 1998 Christmas animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie and she was a singer in the 1997 animated film Cats Don't Dance. She did a few small voice roles in the 1993 stop-motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas as the Undersea Gal and the Creature under the bed. She also appeared on the Chowder episode "Sing Beans" doing one of the voices for the sing beans alongside voice actors Jess Harnell, John DiMaggio, and Tara Strong.
She also is a backup singer, having appeared on several albums released by artists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick and Pink Floyd for their 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Carmen Twillie at IMDb
- Carmen Twillie discography at Discogs
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- American film actresses
- American television actresses
- African-American actresses
- American voice actresses
- 20th-century African-American women singers
- 20th-century American women singers
- 20th-century American singers
- American contraltos
- 21st-century African-American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses