Maddie Blaustein: A Voice to Remember

Madeleine Joan Blaustein, the voice actress you may best recognize as the smart-talking voice of Meowth, passed away in her sleep last week on Thursday, December 11, after a short bout with an illness. She was 48.

Born in Long Island, NY, Blaustein’s work on the Pokémon anime began with her doing the roles of walk-on characters including Lt. Surge and Bill. In season 1, episode 32 she took over the role of Meowth from Nathan Price which she continued for 300 episodes and 8 years.

In addition to her feline role, Blaustein also voiced characters for many other anime including Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kirby: Right Back At Ya! and One Piece. She was also featured in popular video games including Shadow Hearts and Valkyrie Profile. Having just playing through the latter example, I can attest to her broad range of abilities as she voiced several characters in that game from the rough, macho voice of the warrior Arngrim to the effeminate wizard Lezard Valeth; a character who remains to this day in my personal pantheon of great hero/villains. This is in no small part thanks to her brilliant portrayal.

Blaustein was also an accomplished artist and writer who created 3D content for the online world Second Life and helped with the art and writing of several comics including Static and Hardware.

4Kids Entertainment posted an article on their site in memorial of Maddie where readers can comment.

If you have some final words for Maddie, or would simply like to comment about her life and career, we encourage you to send us a voicemail for our next episode.  (206) 202 4575

[4Kids] [Filmography] [Blaustein as Meowth] [Blaustein as Lezard-Go to 8:00]