Beaumont, Kathryn 1938–

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Beaumont, Kathryn 1938–

(Kathryn Beaumont-Levine, Catherine Beaumont Levine)

PERSONAL

Born June 27, 1938, in London, England; daughter of Kenneth Beaumont (a broadcaster); married Allan Levine, 1985. Education: University of Southern California, degree and teaching certificate.

Career: Actress and voice performer. Provided voices for theme park attractions, including the voice of the title character and the narrator for "Alice in Wonderland," and the voice of Wendy Darling for a Peter Pan theme park attraction, both at Disneyland. Appeared at Disney conventions. Elementary schoolteacher, beginning in the 1950s, then 1996–. Also known as Catherine Beaumont Levine.

Awards, Honors: Named a Disney legend, the Walt Disney Company, 1998.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Jill Buckland, It Happened One Sunday, Associated British/Pathe Pictures International, 1944.

Penelope "Pineapple" Peabody, On an Island with You, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948.

(Uncredited) Muriel, The Secret Garden, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949.

(Uncredited) Tenement child, Challenge to Lassie, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949.

Voice of Alice, Alice in Wonderland (animated), Buena Vista/RKO, 1951.

Voice of Wendy Darling, Peter Pan (animated), Buena Vista/RKO, 1953.

Voice of Alice, The Search for Mickey Mouse (animated), Buena Vista International, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

(Sometimes billed as Catherine Beaumont Levine) Voice of Alice, House of Mouse (animated; also known as Disney's "House of Mouse"), ABC, 2001–2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Kathryn Beaumont-Levine) Herself, The 100 Greatest Family Films, Channel 4 (England), 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Cohost, One Hour in Wonderland, NBC, 1950.

Voice of Wendy, The Walt Disney Christmas Show (also known as From All of Us to All of You), 1951.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Alice, The Fred Waring Show, CBS, 1951.

Voice of Alice, "Alice in Wonderland," Disneyland (also known as Disneylandia, The Disney Sunday Movie, Disney's Wonderful World, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), ABC, 1954.

Priscilla Mullins, "The Voyage of Captain Tom Jones, Pirate," TV Reader's Digest, ABC, 1955.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice of Alice, Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (animated), Walt Disney, 1991.

Herself, You Can Fly! The Making of Walt Disney's Masterpiece "Peter Pan" (also known as You Can Fly: The Making of "Peter Pan"), Walt Disney Home Video, 1997.