Sonja Ball

Sonja Ball

Born: October 20, 1956
Sonja Ball (born October 20, 1956) is a Canadian voice actress.

She is well known for her work as the voice of Arthur's Mother Jane Read in the PBS children's TV series Arthur, Huckle Cat on The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Polly Ester in the English version of Samurai Pizza Cats, Nicole in the Madeline TV specials, and Marina and Hedwig in the English version of Adventures of the Little Mermaid. She was also the puppeteer for 5 year old Wimzie, the boisterous and happy go lucky bird-dragon, in the children's TV series Wimzie's House.

She is also known for her lovely singing voice for several theme songs such as Ovide Video, The Adventures of the Little Koala, The Little Flying Bears and The Legend of the North Wind as well as providing narration and vocalist for the National Film Board of Canada's 1998 short Ludovic: The Snow Gift. She has done voices for many cartoons, videogames, commercials, and anime.

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The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur
Title: The Rhythm and Roots of Arthur
Character: Jane Read (voice)
Released: January 20, 2020
Type: Movie
Pack your bags, buckle your seatbelts, and get ready for an ARTHUR road trip to the family farm! Arthur's Great-Grand Uncle Theo is celebrating his 85th birthday, so the Reads (and Buster) are off to Ohio to join in the festivities. While D.W. and Arthur learn that farm life is a little different than life in Elwood City, Buster worries he may be getting in the way at this family reunion. With the help of Cousin Miles, some llamas, and a little bit of music, they all discover what it truly means to be family.
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Spookley and the Christmas Kittens
Title: Spookley and the Christmas Kittens
Character: Spookley / Shoo / Peas (voice)
Released: December 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Spookley and Mistletoe encounter three stray kittens for whom they must brave a raging winter storm to find a home.
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Troll: The Tale of a Tail
Title: Troll: The Tale of a Tail
Character: Mother Sheriff, Queen Guld (voice)
Released: December 25, 2018
Type: Movie
The troll prince Trym has only two days to save his father, King Grom, who has turned to stone and had his tail stolen by the evil presence in the forest.
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Arthur and the Haunted Tree House
Title: Arthur and the Haunted Tree House
Character: Jane Read
Released: October 23, 2017
Type: Movie
While trick-or-treating, Francine meets an elderly woman with a very mysterious past; Binky finds himself at Mr. Ratburn's amazing haunted house; and Arthur, Buster and Ladonna fear the tree house may be haunted.
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Arthur: D.W. and the Beastly Birthday
Title: Arthur: D.W. and the Beastly Birthday
Character: Jane Read (voice)
Released: May 29, 2017
Type: Movie
Time to put on your party hats and dancing shoes - D.W. is turning five! When her birthday doesn't go as planned, D.W. runs away to the magical island of Ukubonga. Meanwhile, Arthur has skipped her birthday party to go on a school trip to the planetarium - but instead of transporting him into outer space, it transports him 4 years into the future! This is one party you don't want to miss.
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The Legend of Sarila
Title: The Legend of Sarila
Character: Kimi (voice)
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
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The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa
Title: The Yummy Gummy Search for Santa
Character: Gummibär (voice)
Released: November 1, 2012
Type: Movie
The internet’s favorite musical candy bear brings his sense of fun and creativity to an exciting search for Santa. Will he find him in time?
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Madeline's Christmas
Title: Madeline's Christmas
Character: Nicole / Marie
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Snow! Santa! And holidays galore! From Ludwig Bemelmans best-selling childrens books comes little Madeline and her wintery adventures with her dog Genevieve, her loyal friends from Miss Clavels class and next-door neighbor Pepito! Five Brilliantly Fun Adventures, Including: Madelines Winter Vacation Madeline And Santa Madeline At The North Pole Madelines Holiday With Mr. Grump Madeline And The Ice Skates
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Title: Monster Buster Club
Released: June 9, 2008
Type: TV
This action-comedy follows the adventures of four 10 year-olds protecting their town against alien invasion. Juggling school and top-secret monster busting can be tough, especially when your science teacher turns out to be an alien! Monster Buster Club, or 'MBC' as it is known, follows the exploits of Cathy and her friends on their mission to protect Singletown from troublesome aliens.
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Title: Dragon Hunters
Character: Jeanneline (US)
Released: January 14, 2006
Type: TV
Dragon Hunters is a cartoon series created by Arthur Qwak and produced by the French company Futurikon. It follows the adventures of two hunters for hire through a medieval world of floating land masses that is terrorized by a widely varying menace of monsters known collectively as dragons. A 3-D feature film and a videogame based on the film have also been released. Its original French title is Chasseurs de Dragons.
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Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Title: Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Character: Spookley the Square Pumpkin / Other Honeydoos
Released: October 30, 2004
Type: Movie
Dare to be square! In a world where "The only good pumpkins are round pumpkins!" SPOOKLEY THE SQUARE PUMPKIN is often teased by the other pumpkins because of his odd shape. Soon, Spookley is befriended by Edgar, Allan and Poe, three hilarious spiders, who convince Spookley that square or not, he has a right to be the "Pick of the Patch" on Halloween. "A square pumpkin the Pick of the Patch?" Not if mean round pumpkins Big Tom and Little Tom can help it. These two bullies tease and taunt Spookley because of his square roots. Encouraged to continue to become the "Pick of the Patch" by kindly Jack the Scarecrow and his bat sidekicks, Boris and Bella, Spookley isn't sure he has what it takes until a mighty storm threatens to destroy the entire patch. As the storm rolls the round pumpkins uncontrollably across the patch towards the raging river, Spookley realizes "it's fine to be round while the weather is fair, but there are times it's better to be a square!"
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The Adventures of Princess Sydney: Night of the Pumpkins
Title: The Adventures of Princess Sydney: Night of the Pumpkins
Character: Sydney
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Princess Sydney is so lonely… When she hears about the Great Pumpkin Ball, she gets excited – what a wonderful opportunity to make new friends! But there’s a catch: She has to find a witch to turn her into a pumpkin. Her search takes her to strange and scary places, where she meets a wacky bunch of characters.
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Pinocchio 3000
Title: Pinocchio 3000
Character: Pinocchio (voice)
Released: May 14, 2004
Type: Movie
This is the story of a little robot known as Pinocchio 3000 whose greatest wish is to become a real boy. The year is 3000. Geppetto, with the help of his faithful assistant, Spencer the cyber penguin, and by the holographic fairy Cyberina, creates Pinocchio, a prototype superrobot equipped for emotions. But before he can be given a heart and become a real boy, Cyberina insists that Pinocchio learn the difference between right and wrong.
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Title: Creepschool
Released: March 13, 2004
Type: TV
Creepschool is a Swedish, French and Canadian animated series by Alphanim, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Happy Life and France 3 about four kids who find themselves at a spooky boarding school. The basic concept was created by Torbjörn Jansson, which was then substantially re-worked and developed by the co-head-writers Kristina Mansfeld and Per Carlsson into the series it is today. They also wrote all the storylines. Creepschool has been compared to Gravedale High.
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Penguins Behind Bars
Title: Penguins Behind Bars
Character: Oily Doily Valdeez
Released: June 20, 2003
Type: Movie
Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.
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Title: Toad Patrol
Released: September 3, 2002
Type: TV
A group of toadlets find themselves trapped in a forest after missing the migration to Toad Hollow. They must face great dangers on their journey, such as a giant snake and a calculating hawk, but will also meet many new friends.
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Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Title: Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Jane Read (voice)
Released: September 1, 2002
Type: Movie
When the prospect of an Elwood City concert by the Backstreet Boys drives everyone else into a frenzy, a disgusted Francine decides to counter with an "anti-cute" band of her own called U Stink. But things don't go quite the way she had planned.
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Title: Mr. Bean: The Animated Series
Released: January 5, 2002
Type: TV
The animated daily trials and tribulations of clueless yet clever loner Mr Bean (aided by his best friend Teddy of course!) as he stumbles from one mishap to the next, always finding complex solutions to the simplest of problems.
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Title: The Lost World
Released: January 1, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat
Released: September 3, 2001
Type: TV
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Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Title: Arthur's Perfect Christmas
Character: Mom / Quackers (voice)
Released: November 23, 2000
Type: Movie
Arthur, D.W., and their family and friends prepare to make the best Christmas ever in Elwood City - but obstacles get in their way.
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Heavy Metal 2000
Title: Heavy Metal 2000
Character: Kerrie
Released: April 19, 2000
Type: Movie
Upon discovery of a shard of what could be the Loc-Nar, a miner named Tyler becomes possessed with an insatiable hunger for power and a thirst for immortality. On his way to the planet of youth, Tyler wipes out most of a space colony and kidnaps a beautiful young woman. His only mistake is that he doesn't kill her sister, Julie, who then sets out on a mission of rescue and revenge.
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Title: Mega Babies
Character: Buck (voice)
Released: October 10, 1999
Type: TV
The disgusting adventures of Meg, Derrick and Buck: three orphaned babies who gain intense superpowers after being hit by a bolt of cosmic lightning.
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Title: Mona the Vampire
Character: Mrs. Bryerson (voice)
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: TV
Mona the Vampire is a Canadian/French animated television series based on the series Robyn le Vampire, directed by Louis Piché and Jean Caillon, originally based on the short stories created and written Sonia Holleyman and later written by Hiawyn Oram. It is mainly shown on YTV, Radio-Canada, VRAK.TV, CBBC and Cartoon Network Poland. The series follows the extraordinary adventures of 10-year-old Mona Parker and her friends as they battle a new foe of the supernatural in every episode. The show was produced in Montreal by Cinar, in association with Alphanim, Fancy Cape Productions, Agogo Media and Tiji.
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Ludovic - The Snow Gift
Title: Ludovic - The Snow Gift
Character: Ludovic (voice)
Released: November 5, 1998
Type: Movie
It's winter in a thatched cottage, home to a family of teddy bears. The young cub Ludovic dreams of tobogganing but his parents tell him he's too little. He invents wonderful games to share with a doll that miraculously comes to life. This tender tale evokes the cozy relationship between a child and a favourite toy.
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The Girl Next Door
Title: The Girl Next Door
Character: Radio Announcer
Released: October 19, 1998
Type: Movie
Based on a true story. Annie Nolan is saved from domestic violence by Officer Craig Mitchell. Craig wants to be with Annie, and manipulates her into falling in love with him. He then persuades her to kill his wife, Wendy so that he does not have to go through the inconveniences of a divorce.
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Title: Arthur
Character: Mrs. Read (voice)
Released: October 7, 1996
Type: TV
The show revolves around the lives of 8-year-old Arthur Read, an anthropomorphic aardvark, his friends and family, and their daily interactions with each other.
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Title: The Little Lulu Show
Released: November 11, 1995
Type: TV
The Little Lulu Show is an animated television series, based on the Marjorie Henderson Buell comic book character Little Lulu. The show was produced by CINAR Animation after Marge's death in 1993, and aired on HBO Family and Cartoon Network in the United States and on, CTV, and the Family Channel in Canada from 1995 to 1999. In Canada, reruns are currently being shown on both the English and French versions of Teletoon Retro. The series centered on the life and adventures of Lulu Moppet and Tubby Thompkins. Between stories, they showed stand-up comedy that Lulu hosted. This show is not to be confused with Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, an anime TV series featuring the same characters made in 1976.
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Simba Junior to the World Cup
Title: Simba Junior to the World Cup
Character: Simba Junior
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Winner becomes the coach of a soccer team set to participate in the first ever “Animal Soccer World Cup”. This is sure to be the most extraordinary and unforgettable tournament ever played in the whole wide world! On each team are animals typical of the nations they represent.
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Title: The Busy World of Richard Scarry
Character: Huckle Cat (voice)
Released: March 9, 1994
Type: TV
The Busy World of Richard Scarry is a Canadian/French animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, which aired from 1994 to 1997, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes. The television series was based on the books drawn and written by Richard Scarry. Reruns of the show formerly aired in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Kids Network block, but the show now continues to air on the Cookie Jar Toons block on ThisTV.
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Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau
Title: Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau
Character: Additional Cast
Released: April 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.
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Title: Gulliver's Travels
Released: September 8, 1992
Type: TV
Follows the fortunes of sailor Dr. Lemuel Gulliver who decided to explore the whole world. During his travel Gulliver meets the world, and he's accompanied by a Dr. Flim, his wife Fosla, her daughter Folia and best friend Raphael.
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The Real Story of O Christmas Tree
Title: The Real Story of O Christmas Tree
Character: Mother (voice)
Released: December 21, 1991
Type: Movie
In this children's video a little girl asks a little pine tree to stay green through the winter to remind people of spring. The little tree must disobey King Winter to stay green. He gets thrown into King Winter's dungeon. Anneka sets off to save her friend with Piney, the pinecone gnome, and Little Acorn.
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Madeline in London
Title: Madeline in London
Character: Nicole (voice)
Released: November 28, 1991
Type: Movie
Madeline in London
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Madeline and the Gypsies
Title: Madeline and the Gypsies
Character: Nicole / Gypsy (voice)
Released: October 14, 1991
Type: Movie
Madeline and the Gypsies
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Title: Young Robin Hood
Released: September 15, 1991
Type: TV
Young Robin Hood is an animated series produced by Cinar and Hanna-Barbera. The series takes place when Robin is a teenager, Richard the Lion Heart is on his "first crusade" and Robin Hood's father, the Earl of Huntington, joins him.
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Madeline and the Bad Hat
Title: Madeline and the Bad Hat
Character: Nicole (voice)
Released: March 3, 1991
Type: Movie
Madeline and the Bad Hat
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Title: The Little Flying Bears
Character: Frandisema/Theme Song (voice)
Released: September 15, 1990
Type: TV
The series focuses on a rare species of little bears with wings that live in the magical forest in a utopian cooperative community. The little flying bears together with their friends, took on themselves the task to defend their forest from pollution. However, their efforts, very often, are disturbed by two weasels, Skulk and Sammy, which strive to pollute the forest. Every so often the weasels receive help from Slink the snake. The three always strive to find new ways to disturb the harmony of the forest but their plans are destroyed always by the bears. The bears are always attentive to the advices of the old bear, Plato (who is too old to fly) and his friend Ozzy the owl. This cartoon helps children realize the importance of protecting the environment. The series shows the harmful effects of pollution and fires as well as the important role of the ecosystem.
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Title: Samurai Pizza Cats
Released: February 1, 1990
Type: TV
The setting is a Japanese looking village named "Little Tokyo" where the Pizza Cats run a pizza fast food business. Little Tokyo is populated by all kinds of animals. The official governor of the town is the Emperor, but since he has gone bananas a council takes care of the well-being of the village. One of the members of this council is called Seymour "Big" Cheese, who secretly wishes to take over control of the village. The pizza take away restaurant is merely a cover for their true job... Whenever evil is afoot, the Pizza Cats are launched towards the danger from the gun-lookalike clock tower that emerges from the top of their restaurant.
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Title: C.L.Y.D.E.
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: TV
CLYDE (Computer Linked Yield Driven Entity) was an alien computer banished from another planet when he developed a virus called a sense of humour. Finding his way to earth, he was discovered by siblings Matt (age 12) and Samantha (age 10) who hooked him up to an old juke box. The juke box came to life...a joking, fun loving, extrovert in a world not quite ready for him. Clyde and the kids work out of Alberto's Diner, in the heartland of North America. Clyde would always send the kids into computer systems...who often faced off against the bugs...and helped solve everything from nuclear disasters to why the competing diners were selling more hamburgers. With Clyde's Brains and some the ingenuity on the part of Matt and Sam, they always averted the danger in the nick of time.....even when it was Clyde who caused it!
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Madeline
Title: Madeline
Character: Nicole (voice)
Released: November 7, 1988
Type: Movie
In a Parisian girls school, our perky, popular heroine charms her eleven classmates with funny pranks and youthful wit. But when Madeline needs her appendix out, it's she who needs charm and humor for a speedy recovery.
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Title: The Wombles
Released: February 5, 1973
Type: TV
The Wombles is a stop motion animated British television series made in 1973–1975. After the first Wombles book, published in 1968, was featured on the BBC children's television programme Jackanory, the BBC commissioned producer FilmFair to create a television series of the books. The series was produced by Graham Clutterbuck and directed by Ivor Wood using stop-motion. The characters were all voiced by actor Bernard Cribbins. Sets and model making were by Barry Leith. Two series of 30 five minute episodes were produced, with the first series airing in 1973, animated by Ivor Wood, and the second in 1975, animated by Barry Leith. In all, sixty episodes were produced. The original television series was regularly screened for many years. After FilmFair was acquired by the Canadian company Cinar Films in 1996, a new series of episodes was created, with a number of new Womble characters. In the UK, the series was purchased by ITV.
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Title: Wimzie's House
Character: Wimzie (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Wimzie's House is a Canadian children's television program which ran on YTV from 1995 to 1996, and in the United States on Public Broadcasting Service from October 1, 1997 to September 28, 2001. The show has also aired at least as early as 1995 and through the late-1990s on CBC Television, and on Radio-Canada. The show also aired on Nickelodeon's preschool programming block Nick Jr. from January 21, 2000 – April 26, 2002, and on CBS as part of Nick Jr. on CBS from September 16, 2000 – September 7, 2002, then returned after a four-year hiatus from September 17, 2005 and was seen through September 9, 2006. Reruns of the show currently air in the United States on qubo on January 7, 2008, and in Canada on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and in syndication as part of the Cookie Jar Network block. The series was produced by Cinar, with the PBS telecasts presented by Maryland Public Television, and Children's Television Workshop from 1997 – 2000, then Sesame Workshop from 2000 – 2002. The show's puppetry is in the style of Sesame Street, which led to some legal troubles with The Jim Henson Company, in 1999.