I don't remember if it's the episode Birds gotta fly fish gotta talk, but there was one where the skipper was using the transmitter to talk to a Woman in a plane passing over head. Does that episode make anyone think of Amelia Earhart? It was a very good episode but the Woman in the plane reminded so much of Amelia Earhart. Maybe it's just me.

I know the episode you mean. It was "Goodnight, Sweet Skipper" and they were trying to contact the Vagabond Lady.
I have to say though, Amelia Earhart, never crossed my mind.

I always thought she sounded like Wilma Flintstone. I wonder if Jean VanderPyl did the voice.

It probably wouldn't have crossed my mind either if it didn't remind me of an Amelia Earhart skit on Unsolved Mysteries. And yes it did sound like Wilma's voice. It may have been or may not have been her. I guess that's something we will never find out for sure, unless we can become friends with Sherwood Shwartz.

It probably wouldn't have crossed my mind either if it didn't remind me of an Amelia Earhart skit on Unsolved Mysteries.

I thought of Amelia Earhart too, though I do hope Alice MacNeal (aka The Vagabond Lady) had a good map and a better navigator!

And I suppose Wrongway could be thought of as a male equivalent of Amelia, since he and his plane vanished in the Pacific.

No it reminded me of Amelia Earhart too. Always has.

No it reminded me of Amelia Earhart too. Always has.

Me too, in fact I always thought it was meant to be a reference to Amelia Earhart.

I thought of Amelia Earhart too, though I do hope Alice MacNeal (aka The Vagabond Lady) had a good map and a better navigator!

And I suppose Wrongway could be thought of as a male equivalent of Amelia, since he and his plane vanished in the Pacific.

Coincidentally Wrongway Feldman is the next episode of the series.

BTW, "TV Treasures - GI" doesn't list who provided the voice. They list a lot of other uncredited guests, but not on this one.

I thought of Amelia...don't exactly have a finger on who did voice there..

Here are those who WERE ALSO featured, regartding unbilled guests

Parrot-Herb Virgan, Mel Blanc.

Red-headed phone operator ("You've Been Disconnected")-Sandra Gould. Some five years ago thought one of the others in that episode were Bernard Fox or Jerry Hausner, due to the "Caryu Grant" voice..very good choice, but I don't know..

ANY of the odd creatures - Janos Prohaska

Radio announcers - Charles Maxwell, Chick Hearn (yes, the Chick Hearn)

Chick Hearn (yes, the Chick Hearn)


I thought of her as well.

R.I.P. Chuck I miss you!

Hey Steve I was born in Whitter and lived there and La Mirada for a few years.

And I suppose Wrongway could be thought of as a male equivalent of Amelia, since he and his plane vanished in the Pacific.

Actually, Wrongway Feldman was a parody of Douglas "Wrongway" Corrigan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Corrigan

Speaking of radio announcers, after listening to the announcer on Pass the Vegetables Please my immediate thought was Whit Bissell from Time Tunnel.

It reminded me of her too!

Someone suggested that the voice of Alice Mcneal (The Vagabond Lady) was Ida Lupino who directed this episode, and may have doubled as the voice of the Vagabond Lady, but this can neither be denied nor confirmed because there is not record of the actress who voiced the lady, and since there were no unions in place back then, the TV shows were not obligated to print the actresses name in the credits. I you tubed a video of Ida Lupino and listened to her voice but still am unsure. It could be her if she raised voice as if she were talking on a radio, or it may not be.
I have been googling myself to the moon trying to find some kind of record, and all I find is the Director, which is again, Ida Lupino, and after that? It's a dead end. I guess one poster was right in saying. "We may never know who the Vagabond Lady was" And like Amelia Earhart, we may never know what happened to her. The only other thing I can think of, is I can write Dawn or Russel, if he's in good enough health, and ask one of them if they remember who she was. My curiosity is begging me to do that. I really would like to know who played the Vagabond Lady.

Someone suggested that the voice of Alice Mcneal (The Vagabond Lady) was Ida Lupino who directed this episode, and may have doubled as the voice of the Vagabond Lady, but this can neither be denied nor confirmed because there is not record of the actress who voiced the lady, and since there were no unions in place back then, the TV shows were not obligated to print the actresses name in the credits. I you tubed a video of Ida Lupino and listened to her voice but still am unsure. It could be her if she raised voice as if she were talking on a radio, or it may not be.
I have been googling myself to the moon trying to find some kind of record, and all I find is the Director, which is again, Ida Lupino, and after that? It's a dead end. I guess one poster was right in saying. "We may never know who the Vagabond Lady was" And like Amelia Earhart, we may never know what happened to her. The only other thing I can think of, is I can write Dawn or Russel, if he's in good enough health, and ask one of them if they remember who she was. My curiosity is begging me to do that. I really would like to know who played the Vagabond Lady. So the TV industry had no unions back then? When did SAG come about?

It's entirely possible that the cast has no idea who did the voice for the Vagabond Lady and didn't know at the time. It's probable that she recorded the voice somewhere else and they played it for them on set to react to. It's possible that one of the crew or like you said, Ida Lupino herself, did it as a favor. They didn't really need to go pay someone to do the part. The fact that they didn't put it in the credits kind of makes me think they might've done that. Although if they did hire an actress to do it, it's a shame that she didn't get a credit for it.

Hey! I was just on Wikipedia (not sure how accurate it is, of course), but they say that voice over actress June Foray was the voice of Alice McNeil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gilligan's_Island_episodes

Hey! I was just on Wikipedia (not sure how accurate it is, of course), but they say that voice over actress June Foray was the voice of Alice McNeil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gilligan's_Island_episodes

It never even occurred to me to look on Wikpedia. She does kind of sound like June Foray. And guess what else. IMDB also confirms it was June Foray. I guess the mystery is solved. BTW Thanks JWood. It was nice of you to look it up. Here is the imdb link that confirms what you discovered.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004931/

Nice! Case closed! I don't know why it didn't occur to me to look on IMDB before. I found the info on Wikipedia quite by accident and remembered that we were discussing it here. :)

Everytime I read about an Actress/Actor, I look them up on IMDB to get the full scope of their career. Old Grouch suggested that it sounded like Jean Vanderpyl. He was close, she did the voice of Betty Rubble. June had a major career doing voices since the age of 12. Of course no one knows her age for sure. Like Lucille Ball, she is tight lipped about it. According to IMDB, she's still doing voices. Her last one in 2011. A woman all of 4:11, but in reality, she was much bigger.

Everytime I read about an Actress/Actor, I look them up on IMDB to get the full scope of their career. Old Grouch suggested that it sounded like Jean Vanderpyl. He was close, she did the voice of Betty Rubble. June had a major career doing voices since the age of 12. Of course no one knows her age for sure. Like Lucille Ball, she is tight lipped about it. According to IMDB, she's still doing voices. Her last one in 2011. A woman all of 4:11, but in reality, she was much bigger.
Close, Duthcf, but Jean Vanderpyl was WIlma, not Betty, and June Foray wasn;t in cartoons as far back [certainly not in 1940s WB cartoons..] In both cases Bea Benadaret [whose own Petticvoat Junciton daughters also like "air-headed Southern" versions of Mary Ann!] would be credited. I myself can't tell who did the voice there....If it sounded like Betty, Bea would have doine the voice...

IMDB gives credit to June Foray as doing the voice of Betty Rubble. There is a link above you can check it out. If she didn't do the voice, then IMDB needs to do more research.

IMDB is similar to Wiki in that a lot of their information is supplied by well meaning, but not always completely accurate, subscribers.

IMDB gives credit to June Foray as doing the voice of Betty Rubble. There is a link above you can check it out. If she didn't do the voice, then IMDB needs to do more research.
THAT much IS correct, regarding the 1959 pilot [1 min.;with the Capitol Seely music, before it was "Hoyt Curtain"-fitted. It's the Swimming pool.] Hal Smith is Fred and Barney, June Foray's Betty, BUT Jean Vanderpyl is ALWAYS Wilma...

IMDB gives credit to June Foray as doing the voice of Betty Rubble. There is a link above you can check it out. If she didn't do the voice, then IMDB needs to do more research.

Yeah, I saw that more recently and remembered reading about her being the Vagabond Lady.Somewhat sounds like her..

Someone suggested that the voice of Alice Mcneal (The Vagabond Lady) was Ida Lupino who directed this episode, and may have doubled as the voice of the Vagabond Lady, but this can neither be denied nor confirmed because there is not record of the actress who voiced the lady, and since there were no unions in place back then, the TV shows were not obligated to print the actresses name in the credits. I you tubed a video of Ida Lupino and listened to her voice but still am unsure. It could be her if she raised voice as if she were talking on a radio, or it may not be.
I have been googling myself to the moon trying to find some kind of record, and all I find is the Director, which is again, Ida Lupino, and after that? It's a dead end. I guess one poster was right in saying. "We may never know who the Vagabond Lady was" And like Amelia Earhart, we may never know what happened to her. The only other thing I can think of, is I can write Dawn or Russel, if he's in good enough health, and ask one of them if they remember who she was. My curiosity is begging me to do that. I really would like to know who played the Vagabond Lady.

I forgot that Lupino directed this, as well as Wrongway Feldman and The Producer. (I noted on IMDB.com those two..)

You can here all about June's career from June herself here:
http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/june-foray#

According to June, the first animated voice work she did was for Disney's Cinderella (1950).