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Elizabeth Ann Guttman (born September 11, 1961),[1] better known by her stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E.G. Daily, is an American voice actress, actress, singer, songwriter, and musician. She voices Tommy Pickles in Rugrats and its spinoff All Grown Up!, Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls and Steve from Curious George.

Early life and acting career[]

Daily was born in Los Angeles, California, Her longest lasting role has been as the voice of Tommy Pickles, which she played for 17 years in the animated series Rugrats (1991–2004) and All Grown Up! (2003–2008).

In the early 1980s, she played Patti in Rod Stewart's "Young Turks" music video. From 1980 to 1982 she played the character Sandy Burns on the PBS series "The Righteous Apples". Daily appeared in 1983's Valley Girl, 1984's Streets of Fire, 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure (as his love interest Dottie), and 1989's Loverboy.

She made a small appearance in 1985 in the comedy film Better Off Dead where she is singing "One Way Love (Better Off Dead)" and "A Little Luck" on stage at a high school dance. The same year she had a small role in Fandango with Kevin Costner.

She has also provided the voice of Buttercup in The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005), Rudy Tabootie in ChalkZone (2002–2004), Mambo in Duckman, "Dizzy" Flores in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, and as Wacho in the Nintendo GameCube RPG Baten Kaitos Origins.

She made a brief appearance on Friends, as Phoebe's old singing partner in 1997, and Daily appeared in the Rob Zombie film The Devil's Rejects (2005) as "Candy", an enthusiastic prostitute.

In 2006, Daily played the voice of "Baby Mumble", a hatchling penguin, in Happy Feet. She voiced Rhett (Ali's new friend) and Shorty (Littlefoot's adopted brother) on two episodes of the animated television series The Land Before Time.

Daily played Paris Hilton's mother in National Lampoon's Pledge This!; Daily's ex-husband, Rick Salomon, was Paris's co-star in her sex tape 1 Night in Paris.

Singing career[]

Daily signed with A&M Records in 1985, working with Madonna's frequent collaborators John "Jellybean" Benitez and Stephen Bray. In 1986 that the label released the R&B/Rock single "Say It, Say It." The song made it to #70 on Billboard Hot 100, and the #1 spot on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. (Other versions of the song appeared as early as 1981.) Her songs "Shake It Up" and "I'm Hot Tonight" were included in the soundtrack to the film Scarface. Those same songs were later included in the lineup of fictional radio station Flashback 95.6 in the Grand Theft Auto III video game. They were also included in the Scarface: The World Is Yours video game, based on the 1983 film. Her hit "Love in the Shadows" was featured in the films Thief of Hearts and Circuit.

Also in 1985, she provided back-up vocals for Human League front-man Philip Oakey's debut solo album, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder.[2]

Daily had a top 10 hit in 1987 with the song "Mind Over Matter," which is featured in the movie Summer School. Daily plays guitar, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion. In her 1988 song, "Some People," she plays guitar and harmonica. She also sang a song that was used in The Breakfast Club called "Waiting." ("Waiting" also appeared on the soundtrack to The Breakfast Club.)
Daily released a single titled "Beautiful," that she made available through iTunes, on April 29, 2008. She also sang the song "Dawn's Theme," which was used at the end of the movie Streets.

Personal life[]

Daily dated actor Jon-Erik Hexum of the television show Cover Up. She was dating him at the time of his death when he accidentally shot himself with a prop gun on the set of Cover Up. Daily was married to Rick Salomon from 1995–2000. They have two daughters, Hunter (b. 1996) and Tyson (b. 1998).[3]

Filmography[]

Feature[]

Year Film Role Notes
1982 Funny Money Cass
1982 The Escape Artist Sandra
1982 Wacko Bambi
1982 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains Motel Maid
1983 One Dark Night Leslie Winslow
1983 Valley Girl Loryn
1984 Streets of Fire Baby Doll
1984 No Small Affair Susan
1985 Fandango Judy
1985 Pee-wee's Big Adventure Dottie
1985 Better Off Dead
1988 Bad Dreams' Lana
1989 Loverboy Linda
1991 Dutch Hailey
1991 Dogfight Marcie
1992 Lorenzo's Oil dubbing voice for Zack O'Malley
1994 The Little Rascals dubbing voice of Froggy
1994 The Flintstones (film) dubbing voice of Bam Bam Rubble
1995 A Goofy Movie voice
1998 The Rugrats Movie Tommy Pickles
1998 Babe: Pig in the City Babe
1999 Gen¹³ Freefall unreleased in US, but direct-to-video in Europe and Australia
2000 Bob's Video V.C.
2000 Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman Nathan direct-to-video
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Tommy Pickles
2001 Recess: School's Out Cap'n Sticky
2001 The Trumpet of the Swan Ella
2002 The Making and Meaning of We Are Family documentary
2002 The Powerpuff Girls Movie Buttercup
2002 The Country Bears voice
2003 Rugrats Go Wild Tommy Pickles
2005 Potheads: The Movie Mrs. B Johnson
2005 The Devil's Rejects Candy
2006 Cutting Room Joanne Kramer
2006 Mustang Sally Mustang Sally
2006 Happy Feet Baby Mumble
2006 National Lampoon's Pledge This! Catherine Johnson
2007 White Air Alex's Mother
2007 The Unlikely's Natalie Redding
2008 Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber Junior
2009 My Sister's Keeper Nurse Susan
2010 Gnomes and Trolls: The Forest Trial Junior
2010 Boy Toy Helen
2011 Happy Feet 2 Erik (voice)[4]

Short Subjects[]

Year Film Role Notes
1985 The Orkly Kid
2004 Stop That Cycle
2004 Wait
2007 Up-In-Down Town

Television[]

Year Film Role Notes
1986 Saturday Night Live Herself (as E.G. Daily) Musical Guest (Episode 212, May 17, 1986)
1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) Quarx (voice) Episode: The Star Child
1991–2004 Rugrats Tommy Pickles 173 episodes
1992–1997 Eek! the Cat Wendy Elizabeth (voice) 30 episodes
1994–1997 Duckman Mambo (voice) 15 episodes
1995 Bump in the Night Germ Girls (voice) 1 episode
1995–2005 Powerpuff Girls Buttercup 81 episodes
1995–1996 What-A-Mess voice
1996 Jungle Cubs Bagheera (voice) 13 episodes
1996–1997 Quack Pack Louie (voice) 39 episodes
1997 Friends Leslie (as E.G. Daily) Episode: The One with Phoebe's Ex-Partner
1997 Spicy City Nisa/Darleen (voice) Episode: Love is a Download
1998 The New Batman Adventures Thrift Store Manager (voice) Episode: Beware The Creeper
1998–1999 Recess (tv series) (voice) 2 episodes
1999–2010 The New Woody Woodpecker Show Knothead (voice) 8 episodes
1999–2000 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Private Isabel "Dizzy" Flores (voice) 40 episodes
2000–2002 Baby Blues (US TV series) Zoe, Baby Midge, Becky (voice, as E.G. Daily) 4 episodes
2002–2004 ChalkZone Rudy Tabootie (voice) 42 episodes
2003–2007 All Grown Up Tommy Pickles (voice)
2003–2010 Two and a Half Men Jake Harper (voice - opening theme song)
2006–2009 Histeria! Pepper Mills (voice)
2007 The Land Before Time (TV series) Rhett (voice) Episode: The Brave Longneck Scheme
2007 Random! Cartoons Victor/One-Eyed Bird/Co-Worker #1 (voice) Episode: Victor

Discography[]

Albums[]

Date of Release Title Label U.S. Billboard Peak RIAA Certification
1985 Wild Child A&M Records
May 25, 1989 Lace Around The Wound A&M Records
April 13, 1999 Tearing Down The Walls A&M Records

Singles[]

  • Say It, Say It -#70 Hot 100, #71 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, #4 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, #1 Hot Dance Club Play
  • Love In The Shadows -#14 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, #6 Hot Dance Club Play
  • Mind Over Matter -#17 Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales, #7 Hot Dance Club Play
  • Some People -#33 Hot Dance Club Play
  • Changing Faces
  • Beautiful -#19 Hot Dance Club Play

See also[]

  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)
  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References[]

  1. State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Lists Elizabeth A. Guttman on September 11, 1961.
  2. Giorgio Moroder Discography
  3. "Pam Anderson Weds Rick Salomon". US Magazine. 2007-10-07. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2009-10-01. Among the guests were ... his daughters Hunter, 11, and Tyson, 9. 
  4. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1402488/

External links[]

fi:Elizabeth Daily

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