“I got a fan letter once from a little boy who was 7 years old and he wrote me and he said, Could you please tell them to make more Courage the Cowardly Dog, and please tell them to make it scarier and scarier?” the actress recalled.
Thea White, who voiced Muriel on the cartoon Courage the Cowardly Dog, died Friday at age 81.
In a February interview, White revealed she had her own dog named Courage and said it was “so much fun” working on the show. She also said she was “surprised by how many young kids loved being scared.”
Her brother John Zitzner announced the sad news on Facebook, writing in another post that White died after battling liver cancer, which she was diagnosed with months ago. He said she underwent two surgeries in July before dying “peacefully” Friday morning at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
White got her start in theater but was best known for voicing Muriel, the elderly woman who owned the fearful pink dog along with her grumpy husband in the Cartoon Network animated series. She voiced the character from 1999 to 2002 and reprised the role in various shorts and games. She also voiced Aunt Margaret in the 2011 movie Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur. Zitzner also said in his Facebook post that White was “looking forward to seeing” the upcoming film Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo! Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, which features her as Muriel once again.
She Doesn’t Have the Nicest Family Tree
For as sweet and good-natured as Muriel Bagge is, it seems these personality traits don’t run in the family. In fact, most of Muriel’s family featured throughout the show end up serving as antagonists to some degree.
While the likes of Aunt Gertrude are ultimately harmless, despite being a nuisance to Courage and Eustace, a man claiming to be her Uncle Angus is revealed to be the villain Rumpledkiltskin, who attempts to force Muriel into making 5000 kilts. Most famously however, Muriel’s nephew is the fan-favorite Freaky Fred – a psychotic ex-barber who’s been committed to an insane asylum due to his uncontrollable urge to shave everything in sight.
What is Muriel and Eustace last name?
Muriel Bagge is Courage’s owner and Eustace’s wife.
Thea White, best known for voicing Muriel Bagge on Courage the Cowardly Dog, has died aged 81. White’s brother, John Zitzner, announced the news of her death on his Facebook page, writing that the actor had died on 30 July, two days after undergoing surgery related to liver cancer.
Why Did Muriel Marry Eustace? Courage the Cowardly Dog
A timid pink dog of no known specific breed (although some sources call him a beagle) who tries to overcome his fears and save his owners Muriel and Eustace from all sorts of bizarre threats using only his wits, whether they be supernatural, earthly, or from the depths of space.
A sweet old Scottish lady who found Courage abandoned by an alley and took him home. She is constantly in danger from the things that come to Nowhere, but she always smiles at some point during the episode. She also loves using vinegar in all of her cooking, and in an early episode picked up playing the sitar and also has a fondness for tea.
A cranky old farmer who hasnt a modicum of kindness in the slightest. He thinks he can fix anything and grow anything, but this is never the case. He also has an insatiable greed for money. Later in the series we learn that he didnt have the best childhood, growing up with an uncaring mother and a selfish older brother, and his abusive home life is implied to be the reason behind his unpleasant attitude.