Russell "Russi" Taylor (May 4, 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - July 26, 2019, Glendale, California, USA) was an American voice actress. She was best remembered as the voice of Minnie Mouse for 33 years from 1986 until her death in 2019, longer than her predecessors. She also did the voices of Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri, and Üter on the longest-running animated series The Simpsons. Her other credits include Huey, Dewey and Louie (and Webby) on DuckTales, Baby Gonzo, Baby Robin and Nanny's sister Fanny on Muppet Babies.
Taylor was also heard in the Creature Shop movie Babe (as Duchess the Cat) and its non-Henson sequel, Babe: Pig in the City.
Taylor was born on May 4, 1944, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She voiced Huey, Dewey and Louie and Webby Vanderquack in the television series DuckTales, the video game Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers and in other appearances such as in the holiday movies Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. In appearances where the three young ducks appear at an older age, such as in Mickey Mouse Works and Disney's House of Mouse, Tony Anselmo, the voice of Donald Duck, reprises Taylor's role as their voice actor. In Mickey's Boo to You Halloween Parade at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Mickey Mouse Works and in Disney's House of Mouse, she played Clara Cluck.
Taylor provided the voices of numerous characters in the animated series The Simpsons, including fourth-grade nerd Martin Prince, purple-haired twins Sherri and Terri, and German exchange student Üter. On occasions, she voiced Martin's friend, Wendell. In addition, she participated in two anime dubbing projects. The first is Daisy Nohara, Max, Cheetah and Shin's Grandmother (Tsuru Nohara) in the English Vitello dub of Crayon Shin-chan, while the other is the voice of Otama in Disney's re-dubbing of Pom Poko.
She was married to composer Robert Taylor and then later to the 3rd official voice of Mickey Mouse, Wayne Allwine, from 1991 until his death in 2009. They were both named Disney Legends in 2008, a year before Allwine's death.
Taylor died from colon cancer on July 26, 2019, at her home in Glendale, California, at the age of 75. She is now interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park right next to Allwine's grave.
