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Janice Karman
Born
Janice Felice Karman

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Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active1978–present
Notable workThe Chipettes
Spouse
(m. 1980)
Children2
FatherHarvey Karman

Janice Felice Karman is an American actress, producer, writer, and director. She is the co-owner of Bagdasarian Productions with her husband Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

Early life

Karman was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father was psychologist Harvey Leroy Karman (born Harvey Walters). Her mother, Felice Karman, was also a psychologist.[1] Karman played the role of Bunny in the 1975 film Switchblade Sisters (alternate title: The Jezebels), and Hank in the 1976 exploitation film Slumber Party '57.

Bagdasarian Productions

The focus of Bagdasarian Productions company is on creating albums, cartoons, and other products based on the Alvin and the Chipmunks characters, who were created by Bagdasarian's father Ross Bagdasarian, besides helping to produce the records and cartoons. Karman provides the singing voices of Theodore and the members of the female spin-off group The Chipettes: Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor (Dody Goodman did the voice of Miss Beatrice Miller as well).

In 1983, Janice Karman as writer and producer, assisted with the creation of an Alvin and The Chipmunks version of the Christmas Carol. This version of the film is available on DVD.[2]

In Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks, Janice also got to play the role of La-Lu. She originally voiced Theodore in the live-action/computer-animated film adaptation, but for promotional reasons Theodore was re-recorded by the singer and actor Jesse McCartney.[3] However, her singing was kept in.

Personal life

Karman and her husband Ross Bagdasarian Jr. were married in 1980, together they have two children, a daughter Vanessa and a son Michael.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ms. Magazine". Ms. Foundation for Education and Communication. July 1, 1975. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "The Christmas Encyclopedia (3rd edition)2014 129 William D. Crump The Christmas Encyclopedia (3rd edition) Jefferson, NC McFarland 2013 x+527 pp. 9780786468270 $75". Reference Reviews. 28 (4): 17. May 13, 2014. doi:10.1108/rr-01-2014-0011. ISSN 0950-4125.
  3. ^ thestate.com Archived February 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "The Chipmunks: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. & Janice Karman : How I Built This with Guy Raz". NPR.org. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
Preceded by
Created
Voice of The Chipettes
1983–Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Created
Voice of Brittany Miller
1983–Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Created
Voice of Jeanette Miller
1983–Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Created
Voice of Eleanor Miller
1983–Present
Succeeded by
Preceded by Voice of Theodore Seville
1978–Present
Succeeded by