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Diane Pershing
Pershing at the 2019 East Coast Comicon
Born	Queens, New York, U.S.
Education	University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Occupation(s)	Voice actress, singer
Years active	1978–present
Children	2
Website	www.dianepershing.com

Diane Pershing is an American voice actress, film critic, and novelist. She began her singing career as a back-up singer for Johnny Mathis and went on to appear in the show group, The Establishment, on tour and on TV. She also voiced Poison Ivy in the DC Animated Universe.

Early years

Pershing was born in Queens, New York. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Career

Pershing appeared with The Establishment in Las Vegas and sand with Mathis, Elvis Presley, and Andy Williams. She performed in regional theater, including the Downey Civic Light Opera Association. In total, she performed in more than 100 musicals and plays at regional theaters.

Pershing was a disc jockey at radio station KOST in Los Angeles, did studio singing, and did voiceovers for cartoons, commercials, narrations, and radio and television promos.

As a writer, she has written for TV (The Love Boat, What's Happening Now!!), 19 romance novels, published film reviews for various small newspapers and Rotten Tomatoes, and is a member of Romance Writers of American and Mystery Writers of America and The Authors' Guild.

As a voice actress, Pershing is known for voicing Poison Ivy in the DC Animated Universe, beginning with Batman: The Animated Series. She has also lent her voice to series such as Inspector Gadget, Darkwing Duck, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, The Centurions (as Crystal Kane), Dungeons & Dragons, She-Ra: Princess of Power and The Smurfs.

Personal life

Pershing has been married, and she has two children.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

1. ^ "Pershing, Diane". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
2. Palmer, Verne (November 8, 1992). "What is it about romance novels?". The Daily Breeze. California, Torrance. p. D 1. Retrieved March 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Sparks to Fly as Lilli, Fred Do Battle in 'Kiss Me, Kate'". South Gate Press. September 3, 1977. p. 4. Retrieved January 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "About: Actor-Writer-Singer-Lots of Other Stuff". Diane Pershing. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
5. ^ "Diane Pershing (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 28, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

External links

• Official website
• Diane Pershing at IMDb
• SBV Talent Agency Profile

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