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Post by thebroadwayboy on Mar 24, 2023 12:52:38 GMT
I am going to say Lauren Bacall . Very unique voice. Nothing quite like it.
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Post by cavocado on Mar 24, 2023 15:02:08 GMT
Lots of very well known actors are instantly recognisable from their voice (Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Toby Jones, Joanna Lumley, Juliet Stevenson...)
A less well known one is Akiya Henry. I've only seen her in 3 or 4 things, but when I saw Phaedra I recognised her as soon as she spoke - very distinctive.
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Post by Jon on Mar 24, 2023 15:09:15 GMT
BRIAN BLESSED
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Post by alece10 on Mar 24, 2023 15:28:23 GMT
Bette Davis and Katherine Hepburn.
Liza with that ever so slight lisp.
Michael Caine who can only do Michael Caine in whatever he is in.
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Post by TallPaul on Mar 24, 2023 15:37:32 GMT
The late John Shrapnel.
And on the subject of Michael Caine, he (Shrapnel, not Caine) was the son-in-law of Deborah Kerr. Not a lot of people know that!
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Post by marob on Mar 24, 2023 16:36:34 GMT
George Takei, currently performing in a tunnel under a train station London’s glittering West End.
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Post by mkb on Mar 24, 2023 23:16:17 GMT
Con O'Neill.
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Post by crowblack on Mar 25, 2023 10:06:08 GMT
I don't know whether you'd call it distinctive in the 'unusual' sense, but Nigel Terry (Blue, Caravaggio, Excalibur) had a great voice. For the vintage stuff, and very distinctive as they had to be, the old radio sitcoms on BBC Radio 4 extra - Round the Horne, Hancock, The Goon Show etc. Dame Maggie Smith worked with Kenneth Williams earlier in her career, and there's a bit of a similarity there.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 25, 2023 23:21:18 GMT
Julie Andrews.
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Post by d'James on Mar 26, 2023 0:43:09 GMT
Angela Lansbury for sure.
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Post by Marwood on Mar 26, 2023 18:16:09 GMT
Samuel L Jackson
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Post by undeuxtrois on Mar 29, 2023 14:57:56 GMT
Cary Grant is instantly recognisable!
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Post by margoc on Mar 30, 2023 3:14:03 GMT
Dame Juile Andrews
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Post by maggiem on Mar 30, 2023 9:25:45 GMT
Michael Jayston
Julian Bleach
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Post by hadeswasking on Mar 30, 2023 9:33:44 GMT
Audrey Brisson
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Post by FairyGodmother on Mar 31, 2023 12:14:02 GMT
How has nobody said Carol Channing yet?  I first heard her as the mouse in Thumbelina, and recognised her voice instantly when I saw Thoroughly Modern Millie. |
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Post by Roxie on Mar 31, 2023 13:28:59 GMT
<<<<< Linzi Hateley |
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Post by anxiousoctopus on Apr 11, 2023 8:48:29 GMT
Ellen Greene’s singing voice, it’s so strange yet gives me chills
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Post by Marwood on Apr 13, 2023 14:42:05 GMT
Got to mention Kenneth Williams (went past a place near the British Museum last week where he stayed from the thirties to fifties and a blue plaque has been out up, more respect than he got on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 🤣)
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Post by willjam39 on Apr 27, 2023 10:22:34 GMT
Julie Atherton and Julian Bleach are two current musical performers that you can usually pick out easily on albums.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 27, 2023 12:20:15 GMT
Julie Atherton and Julian Bleach are two current musical performers that you can usually pick out easily on albums. Definately agree with Julie Atherton. To me, she has a kind of squeaky nasel voice. That sounds awful doesn't it but I don't know how how else to describe it. I actually love her voice. |
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Post by anthony40 on Apr 28, 2023 8:28:14 GMT
Harvey Fernstein- as a man or as a woman (Hairspray) uniquely gravelly
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