Editing Jean Vander Pyl

{{Short description|American voice actress (1919–1999)}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Dutch|Vander Pyl|wrong=Pyl}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Jean Vander Pyl
| image         = Publicity_Photo_of_Jean_Vander_Pyl.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = Publicity photo of Jean Vander Pyl
| birth_name    = Jean Thurston Vander Pyl
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1919|10|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1999|04|10|1919|10|11|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [[Dana Point, California]], U.S.
| other_names   = Jean Vanderpyl
| occupation    = Voice actress
| years_active  = 1939–1997
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Carroll G. O'Meara|1939|1962|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Roger Wells DeWitt|1963|1992|end=died}}
}}
| children      = 4
}}
'''Jean Thurston Vander Pyl''' (October 11, 1919 &ndash; April 10, 1999) was an American voice actress. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best known as the voice of [[Wilma Flintstone]] for the [[Hanna-Barbera]] cartoon ''[[The Flintstones]]''.<ref name=mouchard>{{cite news| title=Meet Jean Vander Pyl, the Real Voice Behind Wilma Flintstone| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=September 29, 1989| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-29-li-377-story.html| access-date=2010-08-24| first=Andre| last=Mouchard| url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to Wilma Flintstone, she also provided the voices of [[Pebbles Flintstone]]; [[List of The Jetsons characters#Rosie|Rosie]] the robot maid from ''[[The Jetsons]]''; Goldie, Lola Glamour, Nurse LaRue, and other characters in ''[[Top Cat]]''; [[Winsome Witch]] on ''[[Secret Squirrel|The Secret Squirrel Show]]''; and Ogee on ''[[The Magilla Gorilla Show]]''.<ref>{{cite news| title=Jean Vander Pyl; Cartoon Voice of Wilma Flintstone| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=April 15, 1999| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-15-mn-27591-story.html| access-date=2010-08-24| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Early life and career==
Vander Pyl was born in [[Philadelphia]] to John Howard and Kathleen Hale Vander Pyl. Her grandfather had come from the [[Netherlands]]. Her father was the district manager for Knit Underwear; her mother was from Tennessee.<ref>1920 U.S Government Census</ref> The two died within six months of each other in the early 1950s.<ref>California death records, 1952-53</ref> By 1939, she was already working as a radio actress.{{Citation needed |date=November 2020}}

On radio, she was heard on such programs as ''[[The Halls of Ivy]]'' (1950–52) and on ''[[Father Knows Best]]'' during the early 1950s, where she portrayed Margaret Anderson; the role was played on television by [[Jane Wyatt]]. Her husband, Carroll G. O'Meara, was a graduate of [[Stanford University]] who worked as a copywriter at [[KHJ (AM)|KHJ]] radio in the mid-1930s and later became an advertising executive.<ref>{{cite news| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| title=Rosary Will Be Recited for Carroll G. O'Meara| date=February 21, 1962}}</ref>

Vander Pyl made numerous TV appearances as an actress in programs such as ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'', ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'', ''[[Father Knows Best]]'', ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[That Girl]]'', and ''[[Petticoat Junction]]''. One of her final TV appearances was in the opening scene of the season-two ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' episode, "One Good Bid Deserves a Murder". Vander Pyl also had a cameo appearance in the 1994 live-action film version of ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' as Mrs. Feldspar, an elderly woman in a conga line right behind Dino.

===Voice work===
Vander Pyl was the voice of Wilma Flintstone, her best-known character, in the original ''Flintstones'' series. She told an interviewer in 1995 that she received $250 per episode for making ''The Flintstones'', and in 1966, when the series ended, she rushed to accept $15,000 in lieu of residual payments from syndication. ''The Flintstones'' ran in syndication across the globe for decades. At the time, Vander Pyl lived in [[San Clemente, California]], and remarked: "If I got residuals, I wouldn't live in San Clemente. I'd ''own'' San Clemente."<ref name=nyt>{{cite news| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| title=Jean Vander Pyl, 79, the Voice of Wilma on 'The Flintstones'| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/15/arts/jean-vander-pyl-79-the-voice-of-wilma-on-the-flintstones.html| date=April 15, 1999| access-date=20 May 2018| agency=[[Reuters]]| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Most of her other [[voice acting]] work was also for the Hanna-Barbera studio, where she played her first voice role in 1958 on an episode of ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'', voicing an actress in the ''[[Yogi Bear]]'' episode, "Show Biz Bear". She did additional voices, the Narrator and Southern belles and beautiful girls, on ''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'', ''[[Snagglepuss]]'', and ''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]''. In 1961–62, Vander Pyl played Nurse Larue, Charlie the baby, Goldie, Lola Glamour, and additional voices on multiple episodes of ''[[Top Cat]]'' and in 1962, she did another memorable role, as [[Rosie the Robot Maid|Rosie]], the Jetsons' robotic maid, and 23 years later in 1985 she reprised the character on the returning series.

Later, she did the voices of Maw Rugg and her daughter Floral Rugg on a rural cartoon, ''[[The Hillbilly Bears]]'' and ''[[Winsome Witch]]''; both shows were part of ''[[The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show]]'' (1965–1967). Jean Vander Pyl was also the voice of Little Ogee on ''[[The Magilla Gorilla Show]]''. In 1969, Vander Pyl guest-starred on the ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' episode "Foul Play in Funland", playing Sarah Jenkins.

In the 1970s, she was the voice of Marge Huddles, the main character's wife on ''[[Where's Huddles?]]'', in which she played a role similar to that of Wilma Flintstone and was reunited with her ''Flintstones'' cast members [[Alan Reed]] and [[Mel Blanc]]. She went on to voice Mrs. Finkerton on ''[[Inch High, Private Eye]]'', and several female characters on ''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]'', ''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]'', and ''[[Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels]]''.

In the 1980s and 1990s, she did voices on ''[[Mister T (TV series)|Mister T]]'', ''[[Snorks]]'', and ''[[Yogi's Treasure Hunt]]'', and also on ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' as Mrs. Slaghoople. She mostly reprised Wilma Flintstone on spin-off series and films such as ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'', ''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]'', ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980 TV series)|The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'', ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'', ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'', and ''[[A Flintstones Christmas Carol]]''.

Her last roles were again as Wilma Flintstone on ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'' episode "[[Dino: Stay Out!]]" in 1995, ''A Flintstone Family Christmas'' in 1996 and on ''[[The Weird Al Show]]'' in 1997.

==Personal life==
Vander Pyl was married twice and was a widow twice over. She married Carroll G. O'Meara on March 9, 1939; together they had three children. O'Meara died on February 18, 1962, at the age of 53.<ref>"[https://www.walkmemorylane.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/jean-vander-pyl/amp/ Jean Vander Pyl]". {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044050/https://walkmemorylane.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/jean-vander-pyl/amp/ |date=2018-12-19}}. {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}</ref> She then married her second husband Roger Wells DeWitt in 1963; the couple had one son. They remained married until DeWitt's death in 1992.<ref name=mouchard/>

==Death==
On April 10, 1999, Vander Pyl, the last surviving original cast member of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', died of [[lung cancer]] at her home in [[Dana Point, California]], at the age of 79.<ref name=nyt/>  Vander Pyl was interred in Ascension Cemetery in [[Lake Forest, California]].<ref>{{cite news| title=Jean Vander Pyl| url=https://www.ocregister.com/2008/11/07/jean-vander-pyl/| first=Doug| last=Irving| date=November 7, 2008| newspaper=[[Orange County Register]]| location=Irvine, Calif.| access-date=May 6, 2023| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
*''[[Deep in My Heart (1954 film)|Deep in My Heart]]'' (1954) - Miss Zimmermann (uncredited)
*''[[Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!]]'' (1964) - (voice)
*''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' (1966) - Wilma Flintstone (voice)
*''[[Santa and the Three Bears]]'' (1970) - Nana (voice)
*''[[Energy: A National Issue]]'' (1977, Short) - Wilma Flintstone (voice)
*''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'' (1987, TV Movie) - Wilma Flintstone / Rosie / Mrs. Spacely (voice)
*''[[Rockin' with Judy Jetson]]'' (1988, TV Movie) - Rosie (voice)
*''[[Jetsons: The Movie]]'' (1990) - Rosie the Robot (voice)
*''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' (1993, TV movie) - Wilma Flintstone / Mrs. Slate (voice)
*''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'' (1993, TV Movie) - Wilma Flintstone (voice)
*''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994) - Mrs. Feldspar
*''[[A Flintstones Christmas Carol]]'' (1994, TV Movie) - Wilma Flintstone (voice)
*'' The Flintstones Christmas in Bedrock '' (1996, TV Movie) - Wilma Flintstone (voice)

===Television===
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*''[[Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre]]'' (1955) -
*''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]'' (1955) - Party Guest
*''[[Big Town]]'' (1956) -
*''[[Medic]]'' (1956) - Julia
*'' [[Leave It to Beaver]]'' (1957–1963) - Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Woods
*''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'' (1958–1960) - various voices
*''[[The Flintstones|The Flagstones]]'' (1959) - pitch reel pilot - Wilma
*''[[The Quick Draw McGraw Show]]'' (1959–1961) - Hazel, various voices
*''[[Mister Magoo]]'' (1960) - various voices
*''[[Loopy De Loop]]'' (1960–1965) - various voices
*''[[The Flintstones]]'' (1960–1966) - 166 episodes - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, additional voices
*''[[The Yogi Bear Show]]'' (1961) - various voices
*''[[Top Cat]]'' (1961–1962) - various voices
*''[[The Jetsons]]'' (1962–1963, 1985–1987) - 45 episodes - Rosie the Robot, Mrs. Spacely
*''[[The Magilla Gorilla Show]]'' (1964–1966) - 9 episodes - Ogee, Old Lady, Fairy Godmother
*''[[Secret Squirrel|The Secret Squirrel Show]]'' (1965) - 26 episodes - Winsome Witch, additional voices
*''[[The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show|The Atom Ant Show]]'' (1965–1966) - 26 episodes - Maw Rugg, Floral Rugg
*''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' (1969) - five episodes - Mrs. Cutler, Candy Mint, Princess's Owner, Sarah Jenkins, Swami Customer, additional voices 
*''[[Where's Huddles?]]'' (1970) - 10 episodes - Marge Huddles
*''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' (1971–1972) - 10 episodes - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' (1971) - episode - 11-4-1971 - herself
*''[[The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie]]'' (1972) - episode - "[[Yogi's Ark Lark]]" - Maw Rugg, Floral Rugg, Woman
*''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'' (1972) - 18 episodes - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[Yogi's Gang]]'' (1973) - various voices  
*''[[Inch High, Private Eye]]'' (1973) - 13 episodes - Mrs. Finkerton
*''[[Hong Kong Phooey]]'' (1974) - Various
*''[[The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series)|The Tom and Jerry Show]]'' - segment - "[[The Mumbly Cartoon Show|Mumbly]]" (1976) - Additional voices
*''[[The All New Superfriends Hour]]'' - Dr. Xra (in "The Man Beasts of Xra"), Magda Duval (in "The Marsh Monster")
*''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]'' (1977–1978) - 95 episodes - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels]]'' (1977–1980) - additional voices
*''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]'' (1977) - TV Special - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstones: Little Big League]]'' (1978) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[The All New Popeye Hour]]'' (1978) - segment - "[[Dinky Dog]]" - additional voices
*''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]'' (1979) - 17 episodes -  Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Thing]]'' (1979) - 13 episodes -  Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone]]'' (1979) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone, Gladys
*''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo]]'' (1979–1980) - 17 episodes -  Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstones' New Neighbors]]'' (1980) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling]]'' (1980) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'' (1980–1981) - 18 episodes - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma]]'' (1981) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstones: Jogging Fever]]'' (1981) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
*''Rosie'' (1982) - episode: "Stacey Comes To Visit" - Aunt Linda
*''[[The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show]]'' (1983) - various voices
*''[[Mister T (TV series)|Mister T]]'' (1983) - various voices
*''[[Hardcastle and McCormick]]'' (1985) - episode - "Games People Play" - Agnes O'Toole
*''[[Snorks]]'' (1985) - additional voices
*''[[Blacke's Magic]]'' (1986) - Older Woman
*''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' (1986) - episode - "One Good Bid Deserves a Murder" - Fan
*''[[The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'' (1986) - TV Special - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' (1986–1988) - 32 episodes - Pearl Slaghoople
*''[[The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special]]'' (1988) - TV special - Pearl Slaghoople, various voices
*''[[Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration]]'' (1989) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[Wake, Rattle, and Roll]]'' (1990) - segment - "Fender Bender 500" - 50 episodes - Winsome Witch
*''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (ride)|The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera]]'' (1990) - ride show - Wilma Flintstone, Rosie the Robot
*''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'' (1993) - TV special - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[What a Cartoon!]]'' (1995) - episode - "[[Dino: Stay Out!]]" - Wilma Flintstone
*''[[The Weird Al Show]]'' - episode (1997) - "Talent Show" - Wilma Flintstone - (final appearance)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0888717}}
*{{Find a Grave|6710}}

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