Gail Matthius
Gail Matthius
Biography
Gail Matthius is an American actress, voice actress and comedian. She was a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live during its critical and ratings low point at the time (the 1980–1981 season headed by Jean Doumanian), and co-anchored the Weekend Update segment with Charles Rocket in 1981. Matthius had worked as a comedian in Los Angeles appearing at The Comedy Store before successfully auditioning for Doumanian's cast. In 2015, the magazine Rolling Stone ranked Gail Matthius at, out of 141 cast members, the 74th best of Saturday Night Live, calling her, "A flicker of hope in the Saturday Night Live 1980 debacle, with a sharp valley girl mall-chick character named Vickie. Matthius and Vickie both deserved better." Matthius played the following recurring characters on SNL: Vicki, a valley girl who, along with her friend, Debbie (played by Denny Dillon) annoyed people with their persistent questions and shallow statements. Roweena, a Midwestern-accented hairdresser who often has a neurotic, middle-aged woman named Nadine (played by Denny Dillon) as a frequent customer. Francis Lively, wife to Charles Rocket's Phil Lively, a fellow game show host who lives life at home as if it were just another game show. Her celebrity impersonations included: Brooke Shields, in a parody of the racy Calvin Klein TV ads that featured her, Irene Cara, Nancy Reagan and Mary Cunningham. Following her stint on SNL, Matthius appeared in the short-lived British/American sketch show Assaulted Nuts and the syndicated sketch comedy series Laugh Trax (where she revived her valley girl Vicki character from SNL). She did a good deal of voice acting for animated shows from the late 1980s into the 1990s, including Bobby's World (with Laugh Trax co-star Howie Mandel), Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Bump in the Night and The Tick, often using the voice of her valley girl and Roweena characters from Saturday Night Live (in characters such as Martha, who sounds like Roweena, and Shirley the Loon from Tiny Toon Adventures). She also is a member of the Spolin Players Improv comedy troupe and acts as a drama and theater coach and teacher in Pacific Palisades, CA for various acting studios including Theatre Palisades. She continues to perform as an improv and drama theater actress. In 2016, Matthius appeared in the play For Piano and Harpo by Dan Castellaneta. (Source: Wikipedia)
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
24
Gender
Female
Birthday
1953-12-14 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Acting

2019

Wu Assassins as Waitress

2018

Surviving Theater 9 as Linda

1997

I Am Weasel as Nurse / Woman #1 (voice)

1996

Men Behaving Badly as Hilary Clinton (voice)

1995

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries as Stewardess (voice)

1995

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries as Hostess (voice)

1995

Pinky and the Brain as Not available

1995

The Adventures of Hyperman as Not available

1995

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery as Shirley the Loon (voice)

1995

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy as Molly Coddle (voice)

1994

Spider-Man as Sue Richards / Invisible Woman (voice)

1994

Bump in the Night as Molly Coddle (voice)

1994

Tiny Toon Spring Break as Shirley the Loon / Plucky's Dream Girl / Additional Voices (voice)

1993

Animaniacs as Candie Chipmunk (voice)

1992

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation as Shirley the Loon / Sissy Boo (voice)

1991

The Ren & Stimpy Show as Waffle Woman (voice)

1990

Bobby's World as Martha (voice)

1990

Tiny Toon Adventures as Shirley the Loon (voice)

1988

Fantastic Max as Not available

1985

The Pound Puppies as Violet (voice)

1984

Challenge of the GoBots as Not available

1984

Snorks as Smallstar Seaworthy

1981

Simon & Simon as Not available

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters