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Arleen SOrkin, who was the original voice of Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series
, has died. Arleen, who was the original voice of Harley Quinn for children in the nineties, thanks to her work on Batman The Animated SeriesTwitter (X) has died. Neil Kaplan, a fellow voice actor, broke the news first on
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It was a shock to hear that Arlene Sorkin had passed away. Neil Kaplan, Voice Actor (@NeKap), pic.twitter.com/QtypvmvNUX
I loved her work as Calliope and HQ in “Days of Our Lives.” Sorkin was 67.1001010Of Course, Sorkin is regarded by many as having one of the most iconic voice roles in August 26, 2023
Batman The Animated Series
, right up there with Mark Hamill’s Joker and Kevin Conroy’s Batman. In recent years, the character was played by Margot Robbie in the live action version of Joker Folie a Deuxand (soon by Lady Gaga) in the HBO Max animated show. Many still believe that Sorkin is the definitive version of the character. Dini knew Sorkin from college and saw her playing a jester on an episode of Days of Our Lives – and thus, history was made! Dini, who knew Sorkin in college, saw her as a jester in an episode of Day of Our Lives and the rest is history!In additional to voicing Harley Quinn and acting in 420 (!) Sorkin wrote and acted in 420 (!) episodes of the daytime drama
Days Of Our Lives, as well as being a writer for the NBC comedy-FiredUp. Sorkin voiced Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series from 2010 to 2012; her last credit was a videogame. Robbie cited Sorkin’s work in Suicide squad as one of the influences for her performance. The high-pitched Brooklyn accent Sorkin used to play the character is now a defining characteristic. It’ll be interesting to see if Lady Gaga follows the tradition in Folie a Deux.Indeed, Arleen Sorkin’s performance as Harley Quinn is one I doubt any of us will ever forget. She was fantastic and will always have a special place for Batman fans around the world.
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