Maddie Blaustein

Madeleine Joan Blaustein, most commonly credited as Maddie Blaustein, was a voice actress who provides the voices of many characters in the English dub of the Pokémon anime. Her most famous role is that of Meowth. She was also credited as Adam Blaustein and Addie Blaustein.

Biography

Maddie Blaustein was born on October 9, 1960 in Long Island, New York, USA, as Adam John Blaustein. She was a male-to-female transexual.

In addition to being a voice actress, Blaustein was also an artist and writer. She had written and edited for Marvel Comics and, at the time of her death, was the senior digital artist at DC Comics. She created the character of Rubber-Band Man from the cartoon Static Shock. Blaustein was an artist in Tranny Road Show, a performing group composed of transgendered artists and performers. She had also collaborated with Gina Kamentsky on the cartoon Platform 6. She also coached Kayzie Rogers for anime voice acting.

It was reported on December 16, 2008 that Blaustein had passed away in her sleep on the previous Thursday after a short illness.

Pokémon

Blaustein was one of the original voice actors on Pokémon. She initially only played characters of the day, but after EP032, she took over Nathan Price's role as Meowth. She had commented that she tried to view the Japanese version of the series, and one of her goals was to emulate the scream that Inuko Inuyama gives Meowth. She remained with the series up until Pokémon USA took control of the dubbing and distribution. Most of her roles on Pokémon were taken over by Bill Rogers and Billy Beach.

She returned in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2 special and provided the voice of Chatot.