Susan Blu

Sue Blu
Sue Blu
Other names	Sue Blu
Occupations	Voice actress; voice director; casting-director;
Years active	1968–present
Partner	Cynthia Songé (1982–2010; her death)

Susan Blu, also known as Sue Blu, is an American voice actress, voice director, and casting director. She works in both American and Canadian movies and television.

She is known for voice acting Sphinxy Sphinx in Tiny Toon Adventures, and Arcee in The Transformers: The Movie, and in seasons 3 and 4 of The Transformers. She voice acted Arcee again in Transformers: Animated.

She is also known for voice acting Stormer/Mary Phillips and Lindsey Pierce from the television series Jem.

She was a casting and voice director for Handy Manny. She also appeared as the character Marion.

Life and career

Blu graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.^[1]

She is known for voice acting many different characters. For example, she has voiced Nanny Smurf on The Smurfs, Judge J.B. McBride on BraveStarr, Jessica Wray, Futura and Belfry on Ghostbusters, Aimee Brightower on Galaxy High, Kim on Fangface, Hiccup on Little Clowns of Happytown, Lofty, Paradise, Buttons and other less important characters on My Little Pony, Transmutate from the series Beast Wars, and one of Petrie's brothers and sisters in The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006). She also played Princess PawPaw on Hanna-Barbera's Paw Paws, Sphinxy Sphinx on Tiny Toon Adventures, and voiced Sibella from the television movie Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School (1988).

Blu worked for the Ocean Group as a voice director. The Ocean Group is a Canadian company. They supplied voice actors for Viz Communications and the television series Beast Wars. She was the voice director on Beast Wars, a prequel to The Transformers. She was also the voice director for its sequel, Beast Machines.

She worked as dialogue director for the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series. She was also the voice director for the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles television series.

She was voice director for Transformers: Animated, and also voice acted as the character Arcee. She had previously voice acted Arcee in The Transformers.

She was the voice director for The Magic School Bus. She also did voice acting for the series.

She played Vikki Grimm in the video game series Army Men.

She worked as the voice director for Transformers: Prime. She left after Season 1 Episode 7 because her wife died. Jamie Simone became voice director after Blu left.

Blu has also acted in live-action. For example, she acted in the 1977 television series Three's Company as Sandra Boyd, the television series Knight Rider, and as the character Amanda Shepard in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988). She also guest starred as herself and provided the voices of several various Muppets in The Muppet Show and Sesame Street.

Personal life

Blu is a lesbian.^[2] Blu had a domestic partner, actress Cynthia Songé. Songé died on on May 19, 2010, in Arroyo Grande, California.^[3]

Filmography

Live-action television

ABC Saturday Comedy Special (1976) – Archie (unsold pilot) – Midge
The Archie Situation Comedy Musical Variety Show (TV special) (1978) – Midge
The Wild Wild West Revisited (TV Movie) (1979) – Gabrielle

Single-episode roles in the following series

Kojak
The Brian Keith Show
The Waltons
The Muppet Show - Herself, Various Muppets
Sesame Street - Herself, Various Muppets
Three's Company - Sandra Boyd
Whiz Kids
St. Elsewhere
Newhart
Knight Rider (1982 series)
[[Simon & Simon]]
TUGS - Sally Seaplane (Only in test US dub)

Crew work

A.T.O.M. – Voice Casting and Dialogue Director
All-New Dennis the Menace – Voice Director
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster – Casting & Voice Director
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island – Casting & Voice Director
Astroblast! – Voice Director^[4]
Balto II: Wolf Quest – Casting & Voice Director
Balto III: Wings of Change – Casting & Voice Director
Barnyard Commandos – Dialogue Director
Beast Machines – Voice Director
Beast Wars – Voice Director
Ben 10: Omniverse – Casting & Voice Director (78 episodes)
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot – Dialogue Director
[[Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night]] – Voice Director
Butt-Ugly Martians – Voice Director
Capertown Cops – Voice Director
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman – Voice Director
Clifford the Big Red Dog – Voice Director
Clifford's Puppy Days – Voice Director
Clifford's Really Big Movie – Voice Director
Chucklewood Critters – Voice Director
Cyberchase – Voice Director (Seasons 1-4 and 6-8)
Curious George – Voice Director (Uncredited)
Curious George – Casting & Voice Director (Seasons 1-9) (102 episodes)
Curious George Swings Into Spring – Casting & Voice Director
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest – Casting & Voice Director
Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas – Casting & Voice Director
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! – Casting & Voice Director
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle – Casting & Voice Director
Darkstalkers – Voice Director
Dino Babies – Dialogue Director
Dragon and Slippers – Voice Director
Dragon Booster – Voice Director
Dragons: Riders of Berk – Voice Director (ep. 6-40)
Extreme Ghostbusters – Dialogue Director
Godzilla: The Series – Dialogue Director
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer – Voice Director
Handy Manny – Casting & Voice Director (78 episodes)
Heavy Gear: The Animated Series – Dialogue Director
Invasion America – Casting & Voice Director
Jackie Chan Adventures – Dialogue Director
Jackie Chan Adventures – Dialogue Director
James Bond Jr. – Dialogue Director
Jumanji – Dialogue Director
Kong: The Animated Series – Voice Director
Legion of Super Heroes – Casting & Voice Director (Season 2)
Little Orphan Annie's A Very Animated Christmas – Voice Director
Lost in Oz – Casting & Voice Director
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies – Voice Director
Max Steel – Dialogue Director
Maya & Miguel – Voice Director
Men in Black: The Series – Dialogue Director
My Life – Voice Director (Seasons 3-5)
New Kids on the Block – Casting & Voice Director
Open Season – Voice Director
Richie Rich – Voice Director
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles – Casting & Voice Director
Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends – Voice Director
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles – Dialogue Director
Skeleton Warriors – Voice Director
Snow White and the Magic Mirror – Dialogue Director
Space Cats – Dialogue Director
Special Agent Oso – Dialogue Director (43 episodes)
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series – Dialogue Director
Superman: Brainiac Attacks – Casting & Voice Director
Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Casting Services
Stone Protectors – Voice Director
Street Fighter – Voice Director
Stuart Little: The Animated Series – Dialogue Director
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild – Casting & Voice Director
Surf's Up – Voice Director
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Dialogue Director
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Voice Director (seasons 1-5)
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit – Casting & Voice Director
The Adventures of Corduroy – Voice Director
The Adventures of Hyperman – Voice Director
The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island – Casting & Voice Director
The California Raisin Show – Dialogue Director
The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor – Dialogue Director
The Land Before Time – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends – Casting & Voice Director
The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave – Casting & Voice Director
[[The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus]] – Casting & Voice Director
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee – Casting & Voice Director
The Magic School Bus – Voice Director
The Mummy: The Animated Series – Voice Director
The New Adventures of He-Man – Voice Director
The New Adventures of Zorro – Dialogue Director
The Night of the Headless Horseman – Casting & Voice Director
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie – Casting Director
The Tick – Voice Director (ep. 1-6) and seasons 2-3
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat – Voice Director Season 1 and (ep. 18-20)
The Wish That Changed Christmas – Voice Director
The Wizard of Oz – Voice Director
Toxic Crusaders – Dialogue Director
Transformers Animated – Casting & Recording Director
Transformers: Prime – Voice Director (ep. 1-11)
TUGS – Voice Director (ep. "Sunshine") (Only in test US dub)
T'was the Day Before Christmas – Voice Director
Ultimate Book of Spells – Voice Director
Vor-Tech: Undercover Conversion Squad – Voice Director
Where's Waldo? – Casting & Voice Director
Wing Commander Academy – Casting & Voice Director
Zorro: Generation Z – Voice Director

References

↑ Peeples, Jase (July 18, 2014). "Susan Blu: Transformation of an Animation Icon". Retrieved July 28, 2023.
↑ "Susan Blu: Transformation of an Animation Icon". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
↑ Kent, Sari N. (May 21, 2010). "Vancouver Voiceover Actress Cynthia Songé Passes Away". thecelebritycafe.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012.
↑ "New AstroBlast Credits". YouTube. 3 May 2023.

Other websites

Susan Blu on IMDb

[1] Peeples, Jase (July 18, 2014). "Susan Blu: Transformation of an Animation Icon". Retrieved July 28, 2023.

[2] "Susan Blu: Transformation of an Animation Icon". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2025-01-16.

[3] Kent, Sari N. (May 21, 2010). "Vancouver Voiceover Actress Cynthia Songé Passes Away". thecelebritycafe.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012.

[4] "New AstroBlast Credits". YouTube. 3 May 2023.

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