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Mary Gibbs (actress)

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Mary Gibbs
Gibbs at the Bakersfield Mouse-Con in 2022
Born
Mary Morgan Gibbs

(1996-10-05) October 5, 1996 (age 28)
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1998–2004, 2022–present
Known forVoice of Boo in Monsters, Inc.

Mary Morgan Gibbs (born October 5, 1996) is an American voice actress. She is best known for voicing the human toddler Boo in the Pixar animated film Monsters, Inc..

Life and career

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Mary Gibbs was born in Pasadena, California, to Pixar director and story artist Rob Gibbs (1964–2020) and his wife Susan (née Hollands).[1] One of the production babies listed in the film credits of Toy Story 2 (1999) is Mary; Rob Gibbs was the story artist for that film.

As Gibbs was a toddler at the time she was recorded as the voice of Boo in Monsters, Inc., her parents helped the crew simulate scenarios that would elicit the required audio reactions that would be her lines; recording was difficult nevertheless because she would run all over the Pixar office.[2] When Pixar's Inside Out (2015) was in production, the audio recordings of Gibbs's screams as Boo were reused for baby Riley.[2] As a teenager, Gibbs suffered from scoliosis before she had surgery in 2012 to fix it.[3]

2022 Bakersfield Mouse-Con Heroes of Extinction panel

Gibbs returned to acting in 2022, voicing the character of Janessa Jensen in the audio-drama series Heroes of Extinction for Adventurous Ideas, LLC. In January 2022, Gibbs spoke on a panel at the Bakersfield Mouse-Con event about the project alongside other actors and producers of the series: Jason Braden, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Jerry Cornell, C. Andrew Nelson, and Joshua C. Shaffer.[4]

Gibbs has been documenting her life and time as Boo on her YouTube channel, Boo Grown Up.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1998 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Baby Kiara (voice) Video[5]
2001 Monsters, Inc. Boo (voice)
2002 Monsters, Inc. DVD Read-Along Video short/archive recordings
2013 Monsters University Girl in cabin (voice) Archive recordings[6]
2015 Inside Out Baby Riley (voice) Archive recordings
2023 The Dark Ride Series: Monsters, Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue Self Documentary for Theme Parkology

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Monsters, Inc. Boo (voice) Archive recordings
Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training
2002 Mike's Monstrous Adventure
Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena
2019 Kingdom Hearts III

Attractions

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! Boo (voice) archive recordings[7]

Radio

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Year Title Role Notes
2022–2023 Heroes of Extinction Janessa Jensen (voice) 7 episodes (audio drama)[8]
2022 The Lowdown at the Down Low Self 1 episode [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Rob Gibbs, Longtime Director and Story Artist at Pixar, Dies at 55". The Hollywood Reporter. April 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Shaffer, Joshua C (July 17, 2017). Discovering the Magic Kingdom: An Unofficial Disneyland Vacation Guide – Second Edition. Synergy Book Publishing. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-9991664-0-6.
  3. ^ Peek, Kaitlin (July 31, 2020). "The voice of Boo from Monsters Inc, Mary Gibbs, is all grown up". The Voice of Boo. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Con, Mouse (January 30, 2022). "Bakersfield Mouse-Con". Conventions. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com.
  6. ^ "Boo's Rawr In Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University". YouTube.com.
  7. ^ "Monsters, Inc.: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue". Mouse Planet. Mouse Planet. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  8. ^ Ideas, Adventurous (March 21, 2023). "Heroes of Extinction Cast". Cast. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  9. ^ "The Lowdown at the Down Low". Retrieved December 31, 2022.
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