Olive Oyl

Olive Oyl
Olive Oyl
Thimble Theatre/Popeye character
	Olive Oyl in Little Swee'Pea (1936)
First appearance	Thimble Theatre (1919)
Created by	E. C. Segar
Voiced by	English Bonnie Poe (1933–1934); Mae Questel (1933–1938, 1944–1962, 1983); Harry Foster Welch (1934–1940s public events, 1960s Peter Pan Records records); Olive LaMoy (1935–1936 radio appearances, 1937 Bluebird Records records); Miriam Wolfe (1936–1937, radio only); Marge Hines (1938–1943); Jack Mercer (1943, 1960 Popeye's Zoo LP); Ginny Tyler ("I'm Popeye The Sailor Man" cover); Ruth Edinger (1977 Christmas with Popeye LP); Corinne Orr (Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter, Popeyes commercials); Marilyn Schreffler (1978–1988); Cherry Davis (Suzuki commercial, 1-900 Hotline commercial, Quaker Oats commercials, Center for Marine Conservation commercial, Cartoon Network bumper); Zofia Bil (Popeye Saves the Earth); Tress MacNeille (1990s-2000s, re-dubbed version); Cheryl Chase (Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth, Popeye: The Rescue, Popeye and the Sunken Treasure); Sandy Fox (Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, Pandemonium Cartoon Circus); Lani Minella (Slots from Bally Gaming); Shannon Cullem (Boop-Oop-a-Dooin'); Tabitha St. Germain (Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy); Kelly Hu/Tara Strong/Seth Green (Robot Chicken); Robyn Gryphe (United States Power Squadrons radio spots); Diane Michelle (Prego commercials); Jamie Lee (The Pete Holmes Show); Grey DeLisle (animated film); Sarah Stiles (Fleischerei); Japanese Yumi Murata (Popeye the Sailorman/Olive and Bluto's Race Song); Hisako Kyoda; Yoshiko Yamamoto; Rika Fukami; Emiko Kanno; Yuko Mizutani; Kotono Mitsuishi; Mariko Mukai; Gara Takashima; Michi Yamamura; Mayumi Shinozuka; Sakiko Uran;
Portrayed by	Shelley Duvall (1980 film); Linda Peretz (Popeye y Olivia); Jéssica Nogueira (Vale Cap commercial);
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Castor Oyl (brother); Cole Oyl (father); Nana Oyl (mother); Deezil Oyl (niece); Violet Oyl (niece);
Significant other	Popeye (boyfriend)
Children	Swee'Pea (son)
Nationality	American

Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip Thimble Theatre.^[38] The strip was later renamed Popeye after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was a main character for a decade before Popeye's 1929 appearance.^[39]

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^ "Popeye Records – with the mysterious Harry F. Welch". cartoonresearch.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
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^ "Popeye 1-900 Hotline 80s Commercial (1989)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
^ "Quaker Oats". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
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^ "Cherry Davis". Cherry Davis. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
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^ "Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
^ "Popeye and the Sunken Treasure". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
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^ "Toon Lagoon Pandemonium Cartoon Circus (1999)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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^ "Boop-Oop-A-Dooin' by Fred Seibert". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
^ "Voice(s) of Olive Oyl in Robot Chicken". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
^ "Robyn Gryphe". Voice123. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ "Prego". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
^ "The Pete Holmes Show". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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^ "Creó la frase más famosa entre las esposas y alerta que en Wikipedia está mal su edad: Linda Peretz y los "tres años menos"". La Nación. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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[Welch_1-1] "Who Is Harry Welch – and Was He Ever The Voice of Popeye?". cartoonresearch.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[Welch_2-2] "Popeye Records – with the mysterious Harry F. Welch". cartoonresearch.com. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[Buckley-3] "Sing Me A Cartoon #16: More Sailor Man Rhythm". cartoonresearch.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[Marry-Go-Round-4] "Popeye Marry-Go-Round Close". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved February 21, 2021.

[Records_1-5] "Celebrating the 111th Birthday of "Mercer, the Popeye Man"". cartoonresearch.com. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[Spike_Jones-6] "Spike Jones And His City Slickers - I'm Popeye The Sailor Man (1957, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

[Records_2-7] "Jack Mercer, the Recording Star". cartoonresearch.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2024.

[Man_Laughter-8] "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-08-27.

[Popeyes_Chicken_1-9] "Popeye Advertises Popeyes Chicken 1975)". YouTube. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.

[Popeyes_Chicken_2-10] "Popeye Advertises Popeyes Chicken 1975)". YouTube. Archived from the original on September 3, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2023.

[Suzuki-11] "Suzuki Popeye Japanese Commercial (1989)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[Hotline-12] "Popeye 1-900 Hotline 80s Commercial (1989)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 30 April 2021.

[Quaker_Oats-13] "Quaker Oats". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Center_Marine-14] "Popeye/ Corto Animado Institucional- EE.UU". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[Cartoon_Network-15] "CN: Olive Oyl (OLV)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

[Cherry_Davis-16] "Cherry Davis". Cherry Davis. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

[17] "Popeye Saves the Earth". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Pinball_Promo-18] "Popeye Saves the Earth Promotional Video". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved August 30, 2020.

[Woolly_Mammoth-19] "Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Sunken_Treasure-20] "Popeye and the Sunken Treasure". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[21] Scott, Keith. "Popeye's Bilge-Rat Barges". Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Bilgerat_Barge-22] "Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2019-12-06. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Cartoon_Circus-23] "Toon Lagoon Pandemonium Cartoon Circus (1999)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved May 9, 2021.

[Bally_Slots-24] "Slots from Bally Gaming". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Boop-Oop_1-25] "Sammy Timberg - Boop-Oop-A-Dooin' The Songs Of Sammy Timberg From Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman And Other Musical Classics (2004, CD)". Discogs. Archived from the original on February 26, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2021.

[Boop-Oop_2-26] "Boop-Oop-A-Dooin' by Fred Seibert". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[Robot_Chicken-27] "Voice(s) of Olive Oyl in Robot Chicken". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Robyn_Gryphe-28] "Robyn Gryphe". Voice123. Archived from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[Prego-29] "Prego". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Pete_Holmes-30] "The Pete Holmes Show". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-09-07.

[Popeye_film-31] "Popeye (2016)". Behind the Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-08-30.

[Fleischerei-32] "Gary Lucas' Fleischerei, "The Broken Record" from 'Music from Max Fleischer's Cartoons'". SoundCloud. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

[Spinach_Power_1-33] "Spinach Power – Popeye The Sailorman = ポパイザセーラーマン (1978, Vinyl)". Discogs. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

[Spinach_Power_2-34] "SPINACH POWER/オリーブとブルートの競走曲(1978)". DISCO 45・・・7インチ・シングル発掘の旅. Archived from the original on May 26, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2021.

[Popeye_Olivia_1-35] "Popeye y Olivia". Vimeo. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2021.

[Popeye_Olivia_2-36] "Creó la frase más famosa entre las esposas y alerta que en Wikipedia está mal su edad: Linda Peretz y los "tres años menos"". La Nación. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

[Vale_Cap-37] "Comercial Vale Cap "Popeye" - com Rodrigo David". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[38] Hawkes, Rebecca (11 April 2016). "Popeye: 10 things you never knew". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[39] Wheeler, Lesley (17 August 2017). Voicing American Poetry: Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801474422. Archived from the original on 31 March 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2017 – via Google Books.

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Olive Oyl
Thimble Theatre/Popeye character
Olive Oyl in Little Swee'Pea (1936)
First appearance	Thimble Theatre (1919)
Created by	E. C. Segar
Voiced by	English Bonnie Poe (1933–1934) Mae Questel (1933–1938, 1944–1962, 1983) Harry Foster Welch (1934–1940s public events, 1960s Peter Pan Records records)^[1]^[2] Olive LaMoy (1935–1936 radio appearances, 1937 Bluebird Records records)^[3] Miriam Wolfe (1936–1937, radio only) Marge Hines (1938–1943) Jack Mercer (1943, 1960 Popeye's Zoo LP)^[4]^[5] Ginny Tyler ("I'm Popeye The Sailor Man" cover)^[6] Ruth Edinger (1977 Christmas with Popeye LP)^[7] Corinne Orr (Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter, Popeyes commercials)^[8]^[9]^[10] Marilyn Schreffler (1978–1988) Cherry Davis (Suzuki commercial, 1-900 Hotline commercial, Quaker Oats commercials, Center for Marine Conservation commercial, Cartoon Network bumper)^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] Zofia Bil (Popeye Saves the Earth)^[17]^[18] Tress MacNeille (1990s-2000s, re-dubbed version) Cheryl Chase (Popeye and the Quest For the Woolly Mammoth, Popeye: The Rescue, Popeye and the Sunken Treasure)^[19]^[20] Sandy Fox (Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges, Pandemonium Cartoon Circus)^[21]^[22]^[23] Lani Minella (Slots from Bally Gaming)^[24] Shannon Cullem (Boop-Oop-a-Dooin')^[25]^[26] Tabitha St. Germain (Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy) Kelly Hu/Tara Strong/Seth Green (Robot Chicken)^[27] Robyn Gryphe (United States Power Squadrons radio spots)^[28] Diane Michelle (Prego commercials)^[29] Jamie Lee (The Pete Holmes Show)^[30] Grey DeLisle (animated film)^[31] Sarah Stiles (Fleischerei)^[32] Japanese Yumi Murata (Popeye the Sailorman/Olive and Bluto's Race Song)^[33]^[34] Hisako Kyoda Yoshiko Yamamoto Rika Fukami Emiko Kanno Yuko Mizutani Kotono Mitsuishi Mariko Mukai Gara Takashima Michi Yamamura Mayumi Shinozuka Sakiko Uran
Portrayed by	Shelley Duvall (1980 film) Linda Peretz (Popeye y Olivia)^[35]^[36] Jéssica Nogueira (Vale Cap commercial)^[37]
In-universe information
Gender	Female
Family	Castor Oyl (brother) Cole Oyl (father) Nana Oyl (mother) Deezil Oyl (niece) Violet Oyl (niece)
Significant other	Popeye (boyfriend)
Children	Swee'Pea (son)
Nationality	American