Susan Blu, better known as Sue Blu, is an American voice-actress, voice-director, and casting-director in American and Canadian cinema and television. She most notably voiced Arcee in The Transformers: The Movie and Seasons 3 and 4 of The Transformers (she later reprised the role in Transformers: Animated). She is also known for playing the roles of Stormer/Mary Phillips and Lindsey Pierce in the 1980s animated series Jem. She also served as a Casting- & Voice-Director for Handy Manny, for which she also guest-starred as Marion.

Life and career

Blu graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.^[1] Her voice roles include 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 minor characters on My Little Pony, the character Transmutate in the episode of the same name of 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, the Sphinx on Tiny Toon Adventures, and provided the voice of Sibella from the television movie Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School (1988).

Blu has worked as a voice-director for the Ocean Group, a Canadian-based company most notable for providing the voice-actors for Viz Communications and Beast Wars series. She was the voice director for Beast Wars, a prequel (and sequel) of The Transformers, and the sequel, Beast Machines. She was the dialogue director on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 TV series and is also the voice director on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series. She was the voice-director for Transformers: Animated and reprised the role of Arcee. She also played the role of Vikki Grimm from the Army Men series. She is also the voice director and voice actor for The Magic School Bus. She worked as voice director for Transformers: Prime until Season 1, Episode 7, when the death of her wife forced her to turn the position over to Jamie Simone.

Blu's on-screen appearances include an appearance on the 1977 television series Three's Company, an appearance on the television series Knight Rider, and the role of Amanda Shepard in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988).

Personal life

Blu is openly lesbian. Blu's domestic partner, actress Cynthia Songé, died in Arroyo Grande, California, on May 19, 2010.^[2] Prior to her death, Songé and Blu were the owners of Blupka Productions, Inc., a Los Angeles–based television and film voiceover school. They also were authors of the industry-related book, Word of Mouth... A Guide to Voiceover Excellence. .

Filmography

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^[3]
• 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
• Dennis and Gnasher – Dialogue Director
• Dino Babies – Dialogue Director
• Dragon and Slippers – Voice Director
• Dragon Booster – Voice Director
• Dragons: Riders of Berk – Voice Director
• 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 (video game) – 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
• 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 – Voice 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
• 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

External links

• Susan Blu at IMDb
• Susan Blu at AllMovie