Mary Kay Bergman

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Mary Kay Bergman
Born	(1961-06-05)June 5, 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	November 11, 1999(1999-11-11) (aged 38) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot
Burial place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.
Other names	Shannen Cassidy
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Occupations	Voice actress voice-over teacher
Years active	1978–1999
Spouse	Dino Andrade ​ (m. 1990)​

Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the official voice of the Disney character Snow White from 1989 to 1999^[1][2] and the lead female voice actress on South Park from the show's debut in 1997 until her death. She was also the voice actress of Claudette and Laurette in Beauty and the Beast, Dr. Blight in Captain Planet and the Planeteers (replacing Meg Ryan), Katie in Family Dog, and Daphne Blake from 1997 to 1999. Throughout her career, Bergman performed voice work for every aspect in media, including over 400 television commercials.^[1]

Bergman was born in Los Angeles, California. Bergman had an interest in animation and impersonation early in her life. After acting in her first professional role in the television film Return Engagement, she studied theater arts at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for three years. Struggling to find a job suited for her, she was trained under her voice-acting teacher Kat Lehman and started performing radio voiceovers. She was chosen as the replacement of Snow White after a long search of talent agencies and voiceover classes. She joined The Groundlings to sharpen her voice acting skills, which contributed to her audition of Family Dog. In 1994, she started teaching voice acting classes. Bergman was cast as nearly every female character in South Park after she gave Trey Parker and Matt Stone ideas they originally did not have.

Bergman suffered generalized anxiety disorder in her private life. Her condition, which led to physical symptoms and severe stress, was privately kept as a secret. On November 11, 1999, she wrote two suicide notes and shot herself in the head. Shortly after Bergman's death, her husband Dino Andrade established the Mary Kay Bergman Memorial Fund.