Gerri Lawlor

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Gerri Lee Lawlor (May 16, 1969 – January 28, 2019) was an American actress, voice actress and homeless advocate. She was the co-creator, along with Marc Gimbel and Stephen Kearin, of the fictitious Simlish language used in The Sims.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=KQED />

Lawlor was the voice of numerous Sims in The Sims, The Sims Livin' Large, The Sims: House Party, The Sims Makin' Magic, The Sims 2, The Sims Life Stories, The Sims: Superstar, and SimCity 4.

Lawlor played the "Vanna White" hostess in the 3DO game Twisted.

In her spare time, Lawlor was a homeless advocate. In the #BeRobin campaign of 2014, Lawlor performed improvised music and comedy on the street to raise money for the homeless with Margaret Cho.<ref name=KQED /> Some of those performances appeared in the 2016 documentary #BeRobin The Movie by Kurt Weitzmann.<ref>Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Lawlor starred as Elizabeth Goodman in the deconstructive comedic film Suckerfish in 1999. She was the voice of "The Bully" in the Annie Award-winning animated short Hubert's Brain.

Lawlor was a Company Player at BATS Improv.

Between 2006 - 2007 and in 2011, Gerri Lawlor worked closely as a female vocalist for the anonymous art collective The Residents.

Lawlor died suddenly on January 28, 2019, from causes that have not been disclosed.<ref name=KQED /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

From IMDB

Year	Title	Director / Game Studio	Role
1994	Twisted: The Game Show	Jim Eisenstein / Studio 3DO	Hannah
1999	Suckerfish	Brien Burroughs	Elizabeth Goodman
2000	The Sims	Will Wright / Maxis & Edge of Reality	Sim
	The Sims Livin' It Up
2001	The Sims: House Party
	Hubert's Brain	Phil Robinson & Gordon Clark	The Bully
	Wet Hot American Summer	David Wain	Whistling Woman, Uncredited
2003	SimCity 4	Will Wright / Maxis	Sim
	Security	Brien Burroughs	Actress
	The Sims: Superstar	Will Wright / Maxis	Sim
	SimCity 4: Rush Hour
	The Sims Makin' Magic
2004	The Sims 2	Will Wright / Maxis Redwood Shores	Adult Female Sim 1
2005	The Sims 2: University
2006	The Sims 2: Open for Business		Sim
	The Sims 2: Pets
2007	Limbo	Mitch Temple	Piffy
	Orange #8	Leonardo D'Antoni	The Piffy / Piccolo Player
2008	The Council	Brien Burroughs	City Clerk
2010	Telephone: The Office Version	Peter Furia	Phone Licker
2011	Tower Heist	Brett Ratner	Performer on 'Stars And Stripes Forever March'
2015	#BeRobin the Movie	Kurt Weitzmann	Self
2018	Billionaire Boys Club	James Cox	Performer on 'Someone To Watch Over Me'

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• MobyGames' entry on Lawlor

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