Russi Taylor (born May 4, 1944 - died July 26, 2019) was a American voice actress. She was the voice actress of Disney's Minnie Mouse character. She has held this role since 1986, longer than any other voice actress. This includes performances in the Disney's House of Mouse and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Mickey Mousekersize and the Kingdom Hearts video game series, among many others. She also has done the voices of Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri, and Üter on the animated television series The Simpsons. She also starred as Baby Joy in "Super Why!" In the Smurfs cartoon show, Russi voiced the animal characters of Puppy and Smoogle.
Death[]
Sadly, Russi Taylor lost her life to colon cancer aged 75 on July 26, 2019. She is interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. Her husband, Wayne Allwine, who was the voice of Mickey Mouse from 1977 until his death in 2009, is buried next to her.