Gail Matthius
Gail Matthius
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 Acting
Popularity 2.923
Birthday 1953-12-14
Place of Birth Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
Also Known As
Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation
1992

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation

Tiny Toon Spring Break
1994

Tiny Toon Spring Break

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy
1995

'Twas the Night Before Bumpy

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery
1995

Tiny Toon Night Ghoulery

Surviving Theater 9
2018

Surviving Theater 9

The Pound Puppies
1985

The Pound Puppies

Challenge of the GoBots
1984

Challenge of the GoBots

Spider-Man
1994

Spider-Man

Pinky and the Brain
1995

Pinky and the Brain

Snorks
1984

Snorks

Camp Candy
1989

Camp Candy

Fantastic Max
1988

Fantastic Max

Tiny Toon Adventures
1990

Tiny Toon Adventures

Simon & Simon
1981

Simon & Simon

Saturday Night Live
1975

Saturday Night Live

Bump in the Night
1994

Bump in the Night

The Adventures of Hyperman
1995

The Adventures of Hyperman

Wu Assassins
2019

Wu Assassins

Bobby's World
1990

Bobby's World

Animaniacs
1993

Animaniacs

The Ren & Stimpy Show
1991

The Ren & Stimpy Show

I Am Weasel
1997

I Am Weasel

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
1995

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
1995

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries